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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemaon Extension Information Specialist
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CHRISTMAS!
What magic this season has,
Christmas!
And that is specially so where
there are children around.
But I hope we all still get a
thrill out of rising early, build
ing a big fire in the open fire
place, and sitting there on the
rug and opening the presents, as
one of the children hands them
to us from under the Christmas
tree there. •
The usual cares of the day are
thrown aside then. Even the
livestock and poultry were fed
extra portions the afternoon be
fore, so that on this great day the
ordinary chores won't be calling.
Yes, on Christmas day the old
routine is forgotten. We just sit
around, eat, and do as we please.
Friends will call, goodies will be
passed around, and we might get
out and visit- some too. But you
had better watch out! For re
member a lot of kids will be try
ing to ride that new bike, scoot
ing down the hill on that new
coaster, or carelessly throwing
firecrackers about just to see
somebody jump.
And then there is the reverent
side too. Christmas exercises
have been held of late at the
churches. Carols were sung, and
the little ones said their pieces.
All of that helped build up the
fine atmosphere we live in during
Christmas.
All in all, these are the things
that make Christmas different.
Who could think evil thoughts
or do a mean act now? It seems
that even the criminal would find
his ways mended for a spell, as
this magic of Christmas invades
the land.
Surely, in a troubled world,
Christmas comes as a pleasant
oasis, where we can linger for a
while, renewing our faith and mel
lowing and improving our outlook.
WILD DUCK AND GEESE
IN ISSAQUEENA
I’ve told you often of the thou
sands of wild geese that now flock
to Gaddy’s farm pond up in the
edge of North Carolina for the
winter. He* welcomed them, and
they keep coming back in in
creasing numbers each season.
Over 8,000 of 'em there now!
I have often wondered why more
farm ponds were not set aside as
safe havens for water fowl.
Clemson has declared Lake Is-
saqueena, here on its lands, a win
ter refuge for water fowl. And
even though this is the first win
ter of this protection, the wild
geese and ducks have sensed it
already and several hundred are
there.
The secret seems to be not to
disturb them with hunters, dogs,
nor boats. And gain their confi
dence and make it so increased
numbers can live there by feed
ing them some grain. This last
item seems rather important. For
you know food for waterfowl is
rather scarce, and they can't stay
if food is not available.
After years of protection on
the Gaddy pond, I’ve seen wild
geese come up and eat corn out
of Mrs. Gaddy’s hand. And they
will come up to within 15 feet of
you, a stranger. Not so if any
one breaks their confidence. One
year a thoughtless boy shot a
firecracker there on the edge of
Gaddy’s pond. Every goose left
and it took him a long time to
regain their confidence.
So Clemson asks the coopera
tion of everyone in making beauti
ful Lake Issaqueena a haven for
wildlife that all can enjoy. Our
wildlife needs that, if it is to sur
vive. Protect it there, and event
ually there will be some good
shooting again on the rivers,
creeks, and ponds for many miles
around. For, remember, the geese
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There are many thoughts that go through the minds
of each of us at Christmas ... impressions that remain
with us for days to reflect the happiness that prevails at
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the Yuletide Season. ' *
From Christmases past there are remembrances of
associations with loved ones and friends... of tokens of
esteem from those about us ... there have been Christ
mas festivities... family reunions... religious worship
.. . the joy of giving .. . and the happiness that comes
from being remembered. These and many others are
the impressions that make Christmas meaningful and
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joyful. ,
It is the sincere wish of your City officials that you
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may enjoy every one of these blessings this Holiday
Season ... that the Christmastide this year may be the
most impressive of them all.
CITY OF NEWBERRY
J. E Wiseman E H. Layton C. A Dufford
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George W. Martin Forrest Dickert
J. L Boozer, Sr. C. E Kinard
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and ducks do not stay there all
the time. They feed around over
the area for a good many miles
and just come back in there for
safety and rest Then at about
full moon in March they light out
for their breeding and feeding
grounds in the Far North for the
summer. During full moon in
October they return South with
their increased numbers. But,
folks, down here where there are
so many folks out with guns, these
great wild creatures need a few
safe havens so that reasonable
numbers may survive to populate
the future with their kind.
A little help from us in populous
areas, and the experts tell us a
lot of our game will come back.
Many counties have quail projects.
The 4-H boys plant feed on hedge
lows and ditch banks, and the
county agents put out young quail
with them in a number of counties.
Some of these planted quail are
taking hold, the agents tell me,
and you can find their covies
around the lespedeza bicolor patch
es where they feed.
More power to all of this. Our
efforts have greatly altered the
range. It looks like our con
servation efforts can largely re
store it. '
FAVORITE STORY
Archibald Rutledge calls it his
favorite hunting story. You will
find it by him in the November
issue of The South Carolina Maga
zine.
I’m sure it will be your favorite
too, after you read it.
My friend and classmate, P. L.
McCall, read it to a group of us,
as we sat around an open fire in
his lodge in the big bend of the
Pee Dee River, on last Thanksgiv
ing’s night. I’ve never seen a group
more convulsed with laughter than
that
GRAZING '
Do you have any green grazing
now?
Some have, where it was mana
ged right. The county agents show
tne some in every county I go.
I see two sorts of that. One is
where they seeded temporary or
annual grazing early, back in late
August or early September, and
had enough natural moisture to
get it up or where they added it
with irrigation. And the other
cases are where they had the
usual tall fescue and Ladino clover
that was managed right last sum
mer.
By “managed right” in the latter
case, I mean it was fertilized but
not grazed in the late summer and
fall. That enabled it to make a
good shaggy growth before cold
weather set in. And those folks
now have their herds feasting on
that great reserve of green stuff
that was taken into winter on
those pastures.
We often brag about our past
ures. But that usually takes
place in the spring. What we need
is for more folks to be able to
brag a bit about theirs in January.
Ask your county agent to help
you plan a full 12 month’s graz
ing program. It can be done, and
some are already doing it.
HOGS FROM TENNESSEE
History records the fact that a
little over 100 years ago cotton
was truly king of crops in South
Carolina, as it continued to be
for some decades. Along about
1830-40 a hog route from Kentucky
came across the mountains to
Greenville. And each year from
30,000 to 40,000 hogs weighing
about 300 pounds each were driv
en to Greenville all the way from
Kentucky. They were sold to the
cotton planters of the state for
their meat supply. No refrigera
tion then. They had to bring the
meat on the hoof.
Now we produce hogs by the
thousands, sell ’em to our pack
ing plants, and get meat products
back. Change, change, the con
stancy of it.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Christmas was a great time for
us in the Stone Hills of the Dutch
Fork in my day.
It was then that the scattered
clan all tried to return. For weeks
before, we would get plenty of
suitable wood cut for stove and
fireplace. Extra beds and cots
would be readied in every nook.
Butchering was done just before.
And cakes and candies were fixed
in advance.
So when the great season came,
work did not interfere much with
the festivities planned. Folks
often let the calf run with the cow
some to get rid of even the
chore of some of the milking.
Buggies met the daily wood-
burner train three miles away.
Soon all the kinnery were in and
the good times started in earnest.
By day the men hunted quail
that were plentiful. We kids trap
ped rabbits and often went ’possum
huntin’ at night. The ladies visit
ed around and caught up with the
family news. And the smaller
children played all day with their
simple toys and ate sweets galore.
X No family ate alone. You either
had company or were company
for most meals.
Nights were perhaps the best.
Then we all met at the ancestral
home down the valley. The liv
ing room was big and the fire
place immense. The old folks
occupied the corners by the fire
place where they could look out
of the ‘windows when we shot our
fireworks. The ladies circled the
wall in the great room, the chil
dren played on the floor, while
the m^n engaged in a hot setback
game there in the middle of the
room. Every now and then one
would have to change to get away
from the fire.
Eats were passed and we kids
went out under the supervision of
one parent to shoot our meager
fireworks. Then at late hour the
party broke. Dp paths in various
directions the groups stole off in
the darkness, following the torch
bearer who led the line. And
often, as I turned sleepily along,
holding to my mother’s skirts, I
heard cocks crowing across the
way, marking the witching .hour of
midnight. Soon then we were
lost in a mountainous featherbed.
Day came all too soon and another
set of glorious festivities began.
That, briefly, folks, was the
Christmas I knew.
I wish for all of my people in
Newberry County a joyous Christ
mas and a happy and prosperous
New 'Year.
My prayer and hope is that we
will all rededicate ourselves at
this season to the principles of
Christ; that the New Year will
bring peace in Korea and through
out the world.
Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn
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WISHES
Dawdle Dell Data
B USH QUACKENBUSH. from
over in the Bumble Bee Bend
section, drove into town Saturday
morning and an hour later reported
his vehicle stolen. It shouldn’t be
hard for Constable Starr Badgett
to identify if he sees it. It is a
wagon, pulled by two oxen and
loaded with chicken houses and
other sorts of small houses that
Bush makes. '
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Bert Groggtns down at Grog-
gins’ Groggery was rooked by
a fellow from the city Tuesday
night. Bert took a check made
out on the North Bank of the
Sweet Lick River.
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Judge Crooker really threw the
book at that drunken driver in
court Monday morning who
pleaded that at the time of his ac
cident he had drunk only five beers
and was “as sober as a judge.”
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Widow Wiley, who rums a board
ing bouse on Elm street, bed to move
Odd Bodkin from s second-floor
room to the first floor because her
downstairs tenants complained of bis
stamping overhead with bis wooden
leg.
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' Constable Starr Badgett has had
a busy week. He is trying to catch
a crow that steals women’s undies
from washlines and drops them at
Squire Gladmoney Debitside’s front
door. And Starr has discovered
that thieves are stealing the cov
ered bridge a cress the Sweet Lick
river piece by piece.
Lady: “I see by the paper that
a woman in Omaha just cremated
her fourth husband.”
Old Maid: “Isn’t that always
the way! Some' of us can’t get a
man while others have husbands
to burn.
ALL OF US?
He: “Do you take your troubles
bed with you?”
Him: “Yes, dammit, my wife
won’t sleep alone.”,
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the fullest measure of Yuletide blessings.
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