Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OIL WITH RD-II9 &WZL Mz&ee,—A0 \upem •lame} City Filling Station Strother C. Paysinger, Distributor Bible Comment: Understanding Book of Psalms Aids Appreciation JSRAEL’S great songbook is, of course, the Book of Psalms. It is not the form or structure of the Psalms that is of chief im portance; it is their contents and message. But it may help to add an appreciation and understand ing of them and their rich beau ty if the nature of Hebrew poetry is realized. > Many people associate poetry with the idea of rhyme. There is rhythm, often cadences, in the poetry of the Psalms, but no rhyme. Instead, the structure of He brew poetry consists in some form of parallel statement, in similarity, contrast or in some extension or amplification of the thought. Strict adherence to these forms is found everywhere throughout the Psalms. An appreciation of the form and structure of the poetry will dispel an impression of undue repetition that one might otherwise receive. The apparent repetition is in tended, and one may judge for himself how it not only gives a sense of rhythm, but adds to the emphasis of the thought. In the Psalms is a strong sense of life and movement, typical of the history of Israel and its re ligious life. Pilgrimage was of the very essence of that history—the pil grimage of Abraham to Canaan, the descent into Egypt and the return through the wilderness, the Exile to Babylon and the return to the homeland. And “going up” was of the very essence of worship—ascending to “the hill of the Lord,” going to Jerusalem for the religious fes tivals. The Psalms are poems 1 of re- ligion on the march. LEADS FILIPINOS . . . Ramon Magsaysay, 46, who crushed Philippine Is. Huk guerillas, won presidency by 3 to 1 vote over Pres. Elpido Querino. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M, ELEAZER Last week we went through the firing of the pots and the killing of the hog on butchering day when I was a kid. The first faint fires of dawn were beginning to kindle in the east. And we kids stood close to the roaring fire that by then had the water in the great pots boil ing for the scald. They pulled the fire away from one side of the pots and proceeded to dip the smoking water up and pour it into a tilted barrel that was partly in the ground and leaning against a piece of cord wood on its side. When it had enough watpr in it, they threw a batch of hardwood ashes in. That helped clean the hog that was then slipped into the barrel. Two feet stucx out, and with them the men turned the scalding hog a time or two. Every now and then they would pull it out part of the way and grab a hank of hair to see if it had scald ed enough. Too much scalding would “set” the hair, they said. So they wanted to get it just right. Then they pulled the hog out on a bed of old rails to keep it off the ground. Everyone grabbed for the tail, as the hair slipped off it so easy. They all lit in to scraping. When that end was fairly cle^an, they raised the hog up, slipped the other end in the scalding barrel, and the process was repeated. After scraping the hair off, the hog assumed snowy whiteness. Then the two strongest men lock ed arms under it, while others held the upturned feet at both ends. In this way they carried it to the old apple tree, where the “gambling stick”, secur under the ligaments in the back of the hind legs, was slipped over a limb of the tree. There the hog hung, head down. Hot water was poured over it and it was scraped down with a razor- sharp knife to get any remain ing stray hair. All of this was done by the re flected light from the open fire. But day was fast approaching, and soon they could see to do more exacting parts of the job at hand. And here we mark the place until next week. 1 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER \ Clemson Extension Information Specialist “LESPEDEZA” BROOM They called him “Lespedeza” Broom. He was county agent at Monroe, North Carolina, for many years. He retired some years ago and passed away the other year. The folks there tell me he liter ally made the agriculture over with lespedeza. Up to then Union county there had been a run-down, all-cotton county. I once asked Mr. Broom how he got started with lesl- pedeza away back there when folks knew it as a little wild clover, Japanese clover, that would make mules slobber when they ate it. It just grew then on hedge rows and in old field roads and was never planted. He said one day he went back across the field with a farmer to see the crimson clover he had in duced him to plant. He knew their wornout soils needed something; so he was trying out crimson clover. The clover was a failure. Gift there in the spring, you could hardly see it on tile land. But walking back home he noticed lespedeza growing profusely on the hard untilled soil by their path. He said it was then he told that farmer, “Maybe this little wild clover holds something for us.” He inquired around and found that a seedsman in Alabama offer ed it. He got some. It did well. Soon he had it all over the county. He talked it so, and organized so many farm tours to see it over the county, they called him “Lespe deza” Broom, a name that stuck. Some of the early county agents in South Carolina organized tours of farmers across the line there to see the lespedeza that Broom was promoting. They saw good lands had been enriched by it. And crops following it, where hungry lespedeza came in across South Carolina. Now, folks, that’s the history of the coming of lespedeza to the Carolinas. Later the SCS came, embraced i«, and added great impetus to its growth as a crop. And the story of its spread is familiar from there on up to now. A great crop, lespedeza! Rec ognized by an early county agent, while it was growing wild there near something he had planted for the purpose it now serves, lespe deza means much to our agricul ture today. AMERANTHIS For several summers we have grown some of those brilliantly colored plants we have known only as summer poinsettias. Folks have seen them i->. our yard, want ed seed or plants, and we have scattered them around a lot. I never knew any other name for them until the other day a friend told me they were Amer- anthis. So now I will know what to call them, if I can remember that word. Now folks, if you want a splash of color for your yard just about all summer , would suggest a few of these brilliant plants. They are one of the most colorful things you ever. saw. The seed are as small as dust. And ours volun teer a lot, making it no trouble to get plants. But you might plant some in a box in. the basement early, like you do tomato plants, to be sure of having ’em. WHITE-FRINGED BEETLE When I was with County Agent Johnson of Beaufort he showed me the outbreak of dreaded white- fringed beetles that had just been found there around Dale. If this had happened a good many years ago, there would have been a lot of excitement. And justly so. For we did not have the remedy then. But science already had an effective remedy when this South American pest found this footing there in Beaufort. It was a bit of organic poison in the fer tilizer under crops that I first saw County Agent Hubbard try out so effectively against wireworms in Bamberg about 5 years ago. Since then, much of the fertiliz er in the wireworm areas of the state has the needed amount of poison put in at mixing time. And ttfe once dreaded wireworm has been eliminated from their con sideration as a destroyer of crops down there on va&t areas. Science marches on! And ex periment and experience have often worked the remedies out be fore th adversity hits us. We then take it in stride by applying the remedy, and go on to better harvests. So hail the experiment station, and the county agent who demon strates its findings in the field! For Expert Repair Bring Your Radio and Telavlalon GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television SALES and SERVICE 1309 MAIN STREET 24 HOUR SERVICE Talaphon# 311 JERSEY COWS RECEIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION Two registered Jersey cows in the Headspring Farm herd, Route 3, Newberry, have received special recognition for their outstanding production records made on Herd Improvement Registry test. The cows and their official records are as follows: Aristocrat Dreaming Dot Patsy, 8,441 lbs. milk with 502 lbs. butterfat at the age of 3 years and 2 months and Aristocrat Dreaming Elsie, 8,117 lbs. milk with 546 lbs. butterfat at the age of 3 years and 5 months. The official tests were made un der the supervision of Clemson Agricultural College for The American Jersey Cattle Club, Co lumbus, Ohio. NATIONAL 4-H WINNERS South Carolina’s three National 4-H Club whiners in 1953, their home counties and achievement projects are: L. to r. Mary Blaney, Chester, Home Improvement; George Glenn, Jr., Union, Poultry Achievement; and Patrecia Ann Martin, Chesterfield, Recreation and Rural Arts. t \ 5 t » / i t y i i i i i i i i f i ! I k KEMPER CHEVROLET COMPANY 1515-1517 Main St Newberry, S. I