The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 21, 1952, Image 6
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1952
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
A SIGHT OF A LIFETIME
The wild geese have come back
to Gaddy’s pond at Ansonville.
Not a dozen, and not a hundred,
but some 6 to 7 thousand of ’em!
I've told you of ’em before. But
to me that story is ever uew.
On full moon in each October
they come, with the increase from
their summer retreat in the vast
wastes of the Arctic Circle. They
spend the winter there on the Gad
dy farm, where they are welcome.
He and Mrs. Gaddy call them their
“winter visitors.”
Then, as spring approaches,
they again hear the call of the
North. They become a bit rest
less.. With longer and longer
daily practice flights, they get in
shape for their trip back north.
And then along during full moon
in March they pull out on their
non-stop flight back to northern
feeding grounds.
I never tire of seeing this
spectacle. And I try to get there
at least once each winter. Mr.
Gaddy gives you corn. You throw
it out, as you would feed chickens
there in the barnyard. And they
will come up as close as chickens
to get it. And out from there they
literally cover the ground, acres
of ’em!
A small admission charge is
made to buy corn with. To get
there you go through either Lan
caster or Chesterfield, thence
twenty-odd miles to Wadesboro,
North Carolina. And , Ansonville
is about eight miles above there.
It is open to the public during all
daylight hours while the geese
are there.
How did all of this start, you
might ask? Back in the early
thirties a few wild geese lit in
there with his tame geese one
day. He didn’t do the usual thing,
run for his gun. He ran for some
hungry from their long flights.
They stayed. And since then
they have been coming back with
their increase each fall. He
knows, for he has banded a lot ef
’em. And new ones come too.
Now the number reaches some six
or seven thousand.
With all the ponds we are build
ing, it's a wonder someone else
doesn’t do a bit of needed wild
life conservation in this way.
A BOUNTY FROM THE WOODS
The honey locust now hangs
black and tasty on the thorny
trees. As kids, we ate ’em by the
armfuls. And I still like ’em.
IRRIGATION IN NEWBERRY
Paul Ezell, county agent at New
berry, tells me they now have six
irrigation outfits in the county.
Among other things, he says they
used irrigation on some cotton
during the past dry summer. Said
it sure did good.
That county has a rather large
percentage of its land wrapped
up in good sod. And they also
grow' considerable alfalfa, the
most in the state, I believe. Ezell
was early in applying the borax
treatment to land for alfalfa. And
corn, for they were weary and
they have made some fine records
with this hay crop there.
One of the men who has an ir
rigation outfit has a herd of dairy
cattle. He has no running water
near the barn; so the cows had
been getting their water while off
in the pastures during the day
time. Since the irrigation outfit
is in use only occasionally, he
leaves it connected up leading to
the barn. With it he pumps a
large concrete trough full of water
for the cows at night. They empty
it every night. And this has up
ped his milk production 20 per
cent
SAME CASE . . . Major Edmund
Buchser, Tell City, Ind., holds
map case he was issued In World
War II. He was issued case again
when ho reported to Korea.
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water at all times? It makes quite
a difference. For it takes a lot
of water to make a lot of milk.
THE LION AND THE LAMB
Tom Morgan tells of the lion
and the lamb that lay down to
gether. But when they got up
you couldn’t see but one of 'em
any more.
The moral to this, I guess, is
to watch out for the company
you keep.
RATHER SINGULAR
A good many of the county
agents carried their reserve com
missions over from ^Vorld War
II. Two of them were called back
in the service. First was County
Agent Miller of York. County
Agent Abrams was then transfer
red there from Beaufort. And in
a little while he too was called
back into service. Miller is back
now, and Abrams is just in from
Korea. It was rather singular
that both who were recalled hap
pened to be serving York at the
time.
I REMEMBER
BY IKS OLD TIMERS
From Mrs. Helen Longstreet Mil
ler, Beaufort, S.C.: I can remem
ber “before telephones” when gro
cers and butchers sent an errand
boy to back doors to take the day’s
orders tor the delivery wagon to
bring In afternoon deliveries
From Mrs. H. 8. Anderson, Mis
sion, Texas: I remember when
rounding a curve in the road see
ing a sign posted on a tree which
read: “Sound Klaxon.”
From Mrs. Bertha Williams, Ft.
Recovery, Ohio: I remember
toting water to the leach barrel,
gathering walnut hulls for dye;
gathering in the nice, dry beach-
wood with which to bake the pie.
From Bolle Smith, Grace, Idaho:
I remember the old horse-pow
ered threshing machine when the
threshers all came to the farm. We
borrowed dishes, chairs, tables,
pans to feed the men, and even the
ladies went from house to house
to help their neighbors out.
From E. E. Meredith, Fairmont,
W. Va.: I remember when the
wood fire in the heating stove
burned down to golden embers, and
Dad popped com over it in a
screen wire popper. Popcorn was
not obtained at the movie house in
those days.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
The old rail fenc^ of childhood
brings back memories in addition
to those listed here last week.
It was such a practical thing,
and we made it ourselves from the
best trees in the woods. And
when it settled down and some
small trees grew up in its corners,
it stood against storm and stock.
Sometimes' you would have a year
ling that would learn to push
against the top rails and throw
them off previous to jumping out.
But that one was soon detected
and disposed of.
We kids.'liked to hide in the
fence comers and play Indian. By
placing a few pine .tops right, we
could have a cozy retreat there in
the angles where the rails lapped.
And it was from the top of the
old rail fence down in the pasture
behind the cedars that the group
once -staged its cussing contest.
One of the boys proposed it to see
who could cuss best. (I say cuss,
not curse, for we weren’t really
cursing. The spirit behind it has
a lot to do with that. This was
just good-natured cussing that
was indulged in there).
One by one the boys, white and
black, took their turns by getting
up on the fence and cutting loose
the most fluent cussing he knew
and could handle artistically.
Most of ’em had their turns and
waited for Rix who was towards
the last. Everyone felt he would
surely win, for he could really
handle that sort of language to
perfection. He got up and let
loose. It was done with such per
fection that it sounded like music
to the gang, and the pasture was
hilarious with laughter.
Little did any of them know
that a stern uncle was watching
proceedings from behind a nearby
dense cedar. He tolerated it un
til this boy got too fluent. Then
he stepped out. A stroke of light
ning wouldn't have startled the
gang more. He whipped everyone
right then and there except Rix,
who beat it away. He avoided the
uncle for a good while. But at
long last their paths crossed and
he got a double portion.
STRICTLY FRESH
A MARINE general giving a
^ speech, and bothered by 9
hovering helicopter, told news£
men “tell it to get out.” Guess he
really believes in “power” of the
press.
• • •
Strictly sober: A G.I. in Korea
was miraculously saved when
shrapnel struck a pocket Bible
instead of a vital spot, which just
proves He is always there when
we need Him.
• • •
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2. In which city is John Hopkins University: (a) Baltimore,
(b) Miami, (c) Boston, (d) Chicago?
3. The word “Jehovah” derives from which racial group:
(a) Hebrew, (b) Chinese, (c) Irish, (d) Persians?
4. The Cape of Good Hope is on southern tip of which: (a) South
Africa, (b) California, (c) Florida, (d) Greenland?
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the old-shoe business.
• • •
An old elephant named Salt sat
down in Canterbury, England, re
fused to move. Guess Salt must
be bitter about something.
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Hitler’s sister wants proof he is
dead in order to claim his estate.
Would an old “Sieg” and a couple
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r\AVE SCRIBBLE, editor of the
Dawdle Dell Data, has given
Widow Wiley a year’s subscription
to the paper free, because one of
Widow’* hens has been flying
through a back window of the print
shop and depositing an egg regu
larly once a day in Dave’s hat. .
• • *
FOR SALE: While visiting in
your town recently, I stopped by
an auction on the court house lawn.
When I scratched a mosquito bite,
I discovered I had bought a
stuffed bison. Same may be seen
at Knute Bellows’ blacksmith shop
and purchased cheap. — A City
Slicker.
*• • •
Squire Gladmoney Debitside suf
fered an inconvenient accident on
his farm over near Baleful Gap. He
got a thumb caught in one of the
valves of his milking machine and
couldn’t get loose. He called his
10-year-old nephew to finish the
milking, and the boy tried to do the
chore with an orange juicer. Squire
had to call the veterinary, but no'
for his thumb.
• * *
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Dawdle
Dell Shakespeare and Fish Fry So
ciety will have Hamlet and halibu
Friday night in the school gym.
Miss Frenzy Toaeihopper will sing
the soliloquies, which she has set
to music, and Rancid Riley, local
garbage dealer, will dish the fish.
• • •
Prof. Walden Hightower has been
visiting his parents over at Hungry
Hollow. He’s been researching to
show that Hungry Hollow original
ly was named Stomach Rumble,
because the first settlers arrived
in the middle of winter out of food.
The pioneer name may have been
more apt, but we think the present
one carries more dignity and pres
tige.
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When completed in 1833, the
136-mile railroad from Charles
ton to'Hamburg, near Augusta,
Georgia, was the longest passen
ger-carrying steam railway in
the world. As early as 1830 a
specially-designed engine, “Best
Friend of Charleston,” was
making short hauls of passengers
and freight.
Now, over a century after
South Carolina’s first railroad, a
newly established United States
Brewers Foundation Division
Office will work constantly to en
courage maintenance of whole
some conditions wherever beer
and ale are sold. As in other
states, the program will call for
close cooperation between law-
enforcement officers and beer
licensees throughout South Caro
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