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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1954
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
COURTHOUSE ENCOUNTER
By Sally S. Eads
O LD Hiram Gaylord had walked
from the farm to the county
courthouse in town. He liked to
walk, and walking helped when a
body was troubled and, too, he had
business to talk over with himself.
Of course, he couldn’t talk to him
self when he was asittin’ in the
back seat of niece Betty's car,
with Charlie, her husband drivin’
since they were bringing him to
court to prove that he was de
mented.
He had asked Laurie Warner
to meet him here this morning.
She must be in the courtroom now,
for she was always prompt. Laurie
was his wife’s niece, and after Ma
died three years ago, he had
wanted Laurie and her husband,
Tom, and the children to live with
him. He had no living children of
his own. But Tom was ailin’ then,
and Betty and Charlie persuaded
him to let them come instead. Now,
they claimed he was not capable
of attending to business and wanted
Charlie appointed as his guardian.
"Hm!” said Old Hiram to him
self. “They want control of my
fine farm with the nice home on
it, and my war pension.”
He walked up the courthouse
steps and down the hall, looking
for the courtroom. He paused in
front of the door. Betty ard Charlie
were sitting with their lawyer.
Laurie was sitting alone. Oic* Hi
ram took off his panama hat, ran
a comb through his white hair, and
went in. He had a minute in which
to whisper something to the Judge.
His honor pointed to a l^gal docu
ment spread out vr Ms d-'sk. but;
said nothing.
The judge’s gavel sounded aw
fully loud, and Old Hiram was
nervous anyway. Laurie patted his
hand and smiled.
He sat in shocked silence, as
Betty and Charlie told of the crazy
things he was supposed to have
done, like talkin’ to himself. Well,
who in tarnation did he have to
talk to? Certainly not Betty or
Charlie, and if he wtnt to town
one of them followed him to pre
vent him from telling anyone about
how they treated him. And they
said he gave away his money, as
much as ten dollars at a time.
Of course, he had always helped
the needy, and he and Ma had
always given one-tenth of their in
come to the church. A tenth was
the Lord’s they thought. He and
Ma had prospered and lived well.
The evidence proved Old Hiram
feeble-minded. He felt humiliated.
Betty and Charlie looked smug,
and Laurie was so angry her dark
eyes sparked fire. He hadn’t had
a chance to speak for himself.
But . . . Was the judge speakin’
for him?
“How long would you say Mr.
Gaylord has been demented?”
“About a year. Your Honor,”
“Would you say that he was of
sound mind when he allowed you
to move to his home two years
ago?”
“Yes. Your Honor.”
The judge picked up a legal
paper from his desk. “Here’s ar
ticles of agreement, made out and
signed by Mr. Hiram Gaylord
three years ago, in which he agrees
to allow Mrs. Laurie Warner and
her family to move into his home
and take care of him for the re
mainder of his natural life- In pay
ment for this service, he agrees to
will his home and farm to Mrs.
Warner. Do you wish to sign this
agreement. Mrs. Warnoi?” he
asked.
“Yes. Your Honor.” She stepped
to the desk. ar«d read and signed
the agreement.
Betty and Charlie left ii: a huh.
amid smiles from the courioom
audience.
Old Hiram stood up. He had re
sumed his military bearing. Hie-
appearance demanded attention
“Judge,” he said. “I’ve got to get
an eviction notice written up. Got
to get rid of iny icvjcsirftoie
tenants.”
He left the courtroom, holding
Laurie’s arm protectively, bo win-,’
in response to cheers from the
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TV PROGRAMS. APRIL 4-10, 1954
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Bible Comment:
The Great Contrast
Between Society
And Christianity
T3AUL once summed up what
Jesus had said and taught by
saying, “It is more blessed to
give than to receive.”
There, in a sentence, is the
contrast with a world whose
daily life largely concerns the
business of getting.
. Men try to soften that contrast
by talking about “enlightened
self-interest,” and by emphasiz
ing the advantages of a free,
competitive system.
Certainly the system is more
advantageous than any other
system which society has devel
oped and it should not be sacri
ficed for any system of totali
tarianism.
But the contrast between the
best that society has developed
and what the coming of the
kingdom of God would mean is
so great as to raise the question
whether Christianity can really
be made to work in a Christian
society.
It is obvious that the noblesl
Christian lives, such as those oi
the late Jane Addams and Gren
fell Labrador, are lived upon the
basis of something higher than
the profit motive.
But it is equally obvious that
the businessman, when he goes
from his church on Sunday to his*
business on Monday, has to make
a profit or go out of business.
It is also obvious that we are
all, in a way, parts of our en
vironment and subject to at least
some of its limitations.
So, in a sense, our problem
becomes that of putting into a
world still so largely un-Chris
tian as much Christian living as
we can.
One might compare Christians
to those living in a house while
it is being made over.
There is no world to which we
can move out, while the remak
ing process goes on, and much
adaptation is inevitable. Yet
great, effective transformations
can be made if the Christian goal
and the Christian purpose are
never forgotten.
BATON TWIRLEB . . . Demon
strating form which won her
title of “Miss Majorette of Amer
ica” is Janice Wadsworth of Flor
ida’s University of Miami.
55! in k it Overl
YOUR STATE AND MINE
M arlboro county holds
the world’s record for the
number of bushels of corn
raised on one acre. In 1889, in a
nationwide contest sponsored by
The American Agriculturist,
Capt. Z. J. Drake, of the Drake
section of Marlboro, produced
254 bushels and three pecks of
corn on one acre.
The seed used was an im
proved strain of the common
gourd variety of Southern White
Dent corn, and it was planted
on thin sandy land. Total fer
tilizer used was: 600 bushels
cotton seed, 1,000 lbs. stable
manure, 1,400 lbs. guano, 1,200
lbs. cotton seed meal, 1,200 lbs.
kainit, 400 lbs. nitrate of soda,
200 lbs. phosphate and bone.
The com was planted in 8-foot
rows, with hills 5 to 6 inches
apart, 5 inches deep, covered one
inch, on March 2. It was har
vested November 25 and checked
by several reputable witnesses.
The record yield has stood for
65 years.
The comers of the acre plot
were marked with large concrete
columns which still stand.
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COLUMBIA, 8. C.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension information Specialist
GRASS AND LITTER
If “Grass is the forgiveness of
Nature” in healing man’s scars on
the earth, as John J. Ingalls
preached in his day, surely litter
and leaves were a benediction to
the soil in his day, as in ours.
I just hate to see leaves, straw,
or litter of any sort raked from the
land or burned. For, folks, that’s
the stuff with which Nature builds
and hold the topsoil. And that’
the little fertile outer crust of the
earth from which we live. Dig
through those precious outer
inches and the other 12,500 miles
of earth to its center profits us
little, if- any, except as a founda
tion to keep us from falling
through.
I fixed a flower bad. It was dead
and lifeless clay, where the top
soil had been graded away. First,
the fall leaves that had dropped
there, were spaded in. It was left
until late winter. A good scatter
ing of partly decayed litter from
the woods and a bit of fertilizer
Were applied and worked in. As
spring dawned, flowers were seed
ed and set there. They thrived and
lush beauty was there until frost.
There life had been brought to
a dead spot by a bit of humus
from leaves. The fertilizer alone
could not have done that there in
that dead red clay.
The same principle applies in
field, garden, orchid, or grove.
A poet said “men rise on step
ping stones of their dead selves to
higher things.” How true in real
ity of plants. Their dead parts re
turn to life, life of the soil. And
earth’s abundance is thus Increas
ed.
But not so when the plant parts
are burned. The dead minerals are
retained in the ash. But the grow
ing element, nitrogen, and soil-lffe
producer, humus, go with the
smoke.
TOBACCO, “BM” AND “AM”
On Nov. 1, 1932, H. A. McGee
came to the Clemson Extension
Service as our first tobacco spec
ialist. He came with knowledge,
practical and wide.
That year we had averaged 580
pounds of tobacco per acre and the
crop brought a little over 4 mil
lion dollars.
But from then on our tobacco
statistics show a steady rise, a
remarkable imporvement right up
to the very present.
Like most years since Mr. Mc
Gee came, last year has set an
other record. Our average yield of
tobacco was 1,420 pounds per
acre. And the crop brought a bit
over 97 million dollars!
For the five years before Mr.
McGee came, we averaged 685
pounds per acre. For the past five
years now our state has averaged
1,344 pounds of tobacco per acre.
I know we have progressed in
all lines. But not like that. Many
factors account for this tobacco
progress, I know. But surely, one
of the principal ones is the impact
of the gentle, genteel, kindly, and
knowing Mr. McGee.
Since his retirement a few years
ago, his understudy, J. M. Lewis,
had carried on the tobacco work
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with equal effectiveness.
Before Mr. McGee came, little
science was applied to tobacco. In
fact we didn’t know much, and the
average man planted largely like
his father before him had. About
that time the breeders started ap
plying their magic to the crop’s
improvement. Clemson’s station at
Florence secured - adequate land
and expanded its tobacco investi
gations. And Mr. McGee, with
many practical ideas of his own,
was working through the county
agents in placing field demonstra
tions of everything that was
known to improve the status of
the crop. Then along came control
that intensified efforts on the acre
age that was tight.
The upshot of all of this has
been that, down to just about the
very last grower, we see about the
finest job being done in producing
tobacco of any crop we grow. Yes,
sir, down to the last man they are
applying just about all that science
has for them. And look at the re
sult!
So now, in talking about tobac-
BOOKMOBILE
SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 8th.
Union Community, Mrs. Grady
Lee Halfacre.
Union Community, Mrs. Eugene
Horton. *
Jolly Street Community, E. J.
Shealy.
Midway Community, Mrs. J. C.
Wheeler.
Little Mountain School.
Wheeland Community, Mrs. Joe
Fulmeir.
htaunt Pilgrim Community, Mrs.
G. Y. Cooper.
Friday, April 9th.
Oakland School.
Boundary Street School.
Prosperity Community, Public
Square.
Stoney Hill School.
Old O’Neal Community, Mrs.
Ruth Bowers.
co production in South Carolina
we need to divide time into two
parts, “BM”, meaning before Mc
Gee came, and “AM”, after McGee
came.
STAND CTUNTS
With every crop, it’s the stand
that counts, very skip is a loss,
loss of land, fertilizer, labor, and
produce. Several things contribute
to stand. First is good; seed. Did
you have yours tested? Your coun
ty agent wil send them off for you.
Then it takes a good seed bed
and moisture to get ’em up. When
dry, irrigation is supplying th©
moisture that insures the stand,
just as it will the final yield later
on, when drought strikes again.
I REMEMBER
BY THE OLD TIMERS
From Mrs. Myrtle French, Jor
dan Montana: Although 75 years
of age, I can still remember well
the thrill when I mounted the steps
of a horse-less carriage for my
first ride in one of the dangerous
things.
Mounted is right. It seems there
were no doors . . . one slid into
the seat and peered over the dash
board to the ground below. Above,
the fringe of the canopy top flut
tered in the breeze. The driver
climbed in. After settling himself
he gave a magical touch to some-;
thing that started a racket . . . I!
was told it was the engine under
the seat and had a momentary
fear it might blow up.
By twisting a bent rod that re
sembled a hydrant fixture, the hard
rubber wheels were straightened to
the road, a brake released and we
were off-flying along at 15‘ miles
per hour.
From Mrs. M. Green, Rnthton.
Minnesota: I remember when we
lived in a one-room sod house. We
used twisted hay for fuel and
home - made tallow candles for
light. For traveling, we had a
lumber,wagon and oxen.
The nearest town was 30 miles
away. Those Were the days.
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From Clara L. Kttner, Strath
more, California: I can remember
when we twisted long prairie grass
into figure eights which we used
for fuel in big boiler-like burners
which were filled and turned upside
down over an old fashioned cook
stove. This was in Minnesota.
(Send eantribatlana to this ealamm ta
the Old Timer, Commanltjr Press Serv
ice, Bax 89, Frankfort, Kentaeky)
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For each quarterly period
after date of issue for
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Rate
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Value
$100,000
6 months
1 %
100.501
9 months
1 %
100.752
12 months
101.517
15 months
101.903
18 months
1%%
102.293
21 months
108.685
24 months
s %
104.071
27 months
1 %
104.591
30 months
t %
105.114
33 months
2 %
100.639
36 months
(maturity)
*%%
107.764
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