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j THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1955 FARMS AND FOLKS THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE By J. M. ELEAZER x Clemson Extension Information Specialist COTTON THIS YEAR Cotton promised well early. But •summer rains in some sections, specially at places over the Low Country, messed it up a lot. But even there, where it was persis tently poisoned, the county agents tell me that pretty good cotton was made. Many farmers started out well on a weevil control campaign and had their cotton in good shape. Bu' some didn’t carry on through, du' to rains or other causes. And in some cases these fields were eaten dear np. Listen to a few county agents on this: Lindler of Lee: “Fields proper ly poisoned gave good cotton yields, but unpoisoned adjoining fields suffered damage as high as 75 percent from the weevil.” Mtley of Dorchester: "Farmers getting good yields of cotton, with few exceptions, are those who fol lowed a good poisoning program.” Bowen of Sumter: "This year Turn again proven poison properly applied will save a cotton crop from the boll weevil. But it can’t be put on in just any old way, and it must be followed through as long as there’s a threat, or the weevil can eat your prop up there at the last.” I saw a good farmer on good land in Orangeburg who got a few early shois of poison on his cotton. But rains and other things caused him to leave it off from there on out. He told me he wasn’t picking a lock from his field of 34 acres. County Agent Grainger of Clarendon said their yields ran from nothing up to 500 pounds per acre. Polks, it looks like if we are to continue to grow cotton we must concentrate on that boll weevil thing. Cain of Calhoun says: “Our cotton yield, has been in proportion to the poisoning pro gram carried out.' STUDYING TOBACCO County Agent Rogers of Flor ence tells me he spent an inter esting day touring the farms and tobacco markets of the county with Senator Thurmond. It’s a fine thing to see a public official taking the time and go ing to the trouble to get out on the very soil with farmers to see and stud£ their problems. That should put him in position for in telligent action when farm legis lative matters come up. THAT COASTAL AGAIN Good reports continue to come about Coastal Bermuda grass. County Agent Livingston of Dil lon tells me R. E. Moody cut 7,- 364 pounds of good hay from his acre and a half of Coastal this year. HOG KILLIN’ TIME Fond memory carries me back to butcherin’ time on the farm when I was a kid. That was al ways a big day for us. They let us stay home from school for it. For varied reasons, home butch ering is not as common as it used to be. And we won’t go into them now. I just wanted to point out that, for me, good country cured ham is still tops in meats. But in late years they have been increas ingly hard to get. And, us usual, buying one is to take a chance. For they are not all good. But you can tell a lot about one before you cut it by running a keen knife blade into it and then smell to see if it has the aroma. Clemson’s Extension Bulletin 77, originally written in 1926 by J. R. Hawkins and last revised this year by DuRamt and Wheeler, en titled “Pork for Carolina Farms,” is now available free from your county or home agent. It tells how to cure good meat. ^ I have often wondered why somebne didn’t make a business out of producing and curing good country hams. At last I’ve found E VERY once in a while a show comes along that makes tele vision all seem worthwhile All the blood and gore, the old movies, the fuzzy kinescopes and other objectionable features of this fabulous medium are forgot ten when a really sock program comes up Such a show was the 90-minute spectacle put on by Mary Martin and Noel Coward Everyone had their reserva tions about the idea of two soli tary persons putting on a full hour- and-a-half show alone, with no acrobats in the background, no sharp comedians to fall back on. not even a skit between the highly distinguished personalities ’ But if anyone could do it, it would be the gentleman from Eng land and the little gal from Texas who never fails to stand Broadway and televiewers on their heads any time she performs Just a lit tle running continuity for dialog and ah the rest plain, honest-to- goodness music It certainly doesn’t sound like a fascinating 00-minutes and probably no one else in the world could get by with it but these two Sophis ticated, veddy. veddy English Coward singing “Deep in the Heart cf Texas” was. for us. the high light of the show PLATTER CHATTER Capitol:—Tommy Leone tU con tinues his fine work with “Some time” and we hope “sometime” soon this lad’s voice will be dis covered Flip side has “Heart less” MiekJ Mario does “Pet Me, Poppa” from “Guys and Dolls” with real conviction Reverse has a ditty called “Like I Loved Nobody Before” “Until Death Do Us Part” serves to introduce Margie Rayburn a gal who shows some promise It’s back by “That’s the Chance I’ve Got to Take.” one who is doing just that: It is Fred Henderson, Ninety Six, S. C. He cures a good many hundred and is expanding his business.’ He won’t tunn one loose until it’s at least six months old and just right. He learned the art from his dad, W. N. Henderson, who has been winning the ham prizes at the State Fair for many years. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER Another way we boys of the Stone Hills threw things was with a sling, not a sling-shot. They are different, quite different. To make a sling we used two raw-hide strings about 3 feet long and a half inch < wide. Then we cut a piece of raw leather about 8 inches long and 3 inches wide at the middle, sloping to about 2 inches at the beveled ends. One end of each string was -made se cure in a small hole cut at each end of this piece of leather. A slip knot was tied in the other end of one string so it could be securely looped around the wrist. The end of the other string would be held in the hand. Then a rock about the size of an egg would, be carefully placed In that sHng. We’d swing it around hard several times and then turn the string loose at the right time. We could really throw a rock hard that way. We could dent the barn or knock the bark off of a tree with 1L It was hard to get proficient with that sHng. And it was very dangerous for kids to be standing around the thrower. For, to turn the loose end free at the wrong time could really hurt somebody. We would use uneven, angular rocks as we could make them hum when we threw them. We used those things so much that we got to -n ^pre we could throw them n. r accurately. That is, we could usually hit a large tree or sheaf of fodder hang ing on a corn stalk. That’s the thing, you recall, that David killed Goliath with. And I can well understand how he could have done that. We threw those flinty rocks so hard it would of ten shatter them all to pieces, specially if they struck some thing that was hard too. 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What joy he must have brought to the sor rowing mother’s heart when he restored her only son to life? The fame of Jesus going abroad because of his mighty works, even of raising the dead to life, multitudes gathered to see and hear Jesus. Then came a mes sage from a gloomy dungeon in a castle of Herod beyond the Dead Sea. where John the Baptist was imprisoned. As he languished in his dungeon. John’s thoughts turned to Jesus and he wondered if he were really the long-promised Messiah. HQs high regard for Je*us led him to turn to him for an answer, and ha sent two of his disciples to Jesus to ask, “Art thou he that should come, or look we tor another?’’ In substance, the answer of Jesus was that his works of heal ing and of might were ample proof of his divinity. The messengers came at a time when Jesus was working miracles of healing, and Jesus unto them. “Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard—” He cited his miraculous works, in an ascend ing scale of importance, showing that the final purpose of them all was to bring the gospel to bear upon the hearts of men—“the poor have the gospel preached unto them.” May we find the marvelous works of our Lord assurance of his divinity ~ and incentive to en large our service for him. Former Newberrian Is Policewoman A former Newberrian is now a policewoman on the Sumter police force. She is Mrs. Evelyn Mims, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Campbell of Newberry. Mrs. Mims aflld Mrs. Peggy Hartgrove began their duties as peace officers on November 1st, according to a news article in The Sumter Daily Times, which continued as fol lows: “Their most important duty, City Manager Wade S. Kolb said, will be as goodwill ambassadors. This will include assisting strang ers in town, amd in general help ing people who are not familiar with the city. “He said the policewomen are expected to familiarise themselves with the city, and services offer ed by the city, in order to ,be of assistance to citizens. “Chief E. E. McIntosh said that Mrs. Hartgrove and Mrs. Mims have been in training for the past few weeks. They will handle traffic at school corners and check parking meters. ^ “Mrs. Mims Is a native of New berry and has lived In Sumter for 14 years. She is married to K. O. Mims, of the Fire Department. They have three sons, all in school. “Mrs. Mims has been a cosmetis consultant for the past 8 years. She is a graduate of Newberry high scHool. She is a member of St. John’s Methodist church, PTA and past member of the Nurses’ Aidee.” The Mims children are David, 12, Kent 7 and Steve, 6 years of age. 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