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* THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1949 Holiday Notice £ WE WILL BE CLOSED Saturday, December 24th (Christinas Eve) and Monday, December 26th Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n FARMS AND FOLKS 'll'*’*'*** 5 J' really'wouldn't be Christmas unless we experienced the thrill and excitement of last minute shopping, wrapping gifts and search ing for cards and the thousand other things that enter into the full enjoyment of a real Christmas. There's always- just one thing after another. Yet, through it all, the true significance of the occasion is always present to remind us of the friends each of us have. That's why we send our best wishes for a Merry Christmas. By J. M. Eleazer KSiSikKfckkXftkKMtkMtMiMiltMl Irrigation Paid It wasn’t a specially dry year. Yet irrigation paid L. C. Nor ton well on his tobacco over in Marlboro county the past sea son. I saw him during the harvest. He said then he could tell it paid. Recently I got the final re suits from our tobacco special ist, J. M. Lewis. Mr. Norton grows a good bit of tobacco, among other things. He didn’t irrigate it all. As it wasn’t so specially dry, he just tried it on a part of his crop. That part made 564 pounds more than the rest of the field per acre. This extra poundage brought him $269.33 per acre. I heard the general complaint that tobacco was light the past season. The leaves were thin, and they just didn’t turn out the poundage. And that was the case too with Mr. Norton’s tobacco. To look at it in the field, there did not appear to be that much difference. But that water he gave it at the right time just put that weight and quality there. He had that two weeks of hot weather that hurt most crops in the state the past sea son. During that time he gave his tobacco three showers of an inch each at seven-day in tervals. And each one was worth $89.77 per acre to him. Drought takes a dreadful toll from all of our crops practically every season. It does not al ways ruin them. But it trims us down and often keeps us poor. Water at the fight time would have written another story there. We have many sources of easy water. Streams flow cease lessly down their ancient chan nels to the sea through practi cally every valley in our state, while crops often parch and burn there on their very banks. With all costs of making a crop high, and with results from ir rigation sure, we will not like ly be long now in insuring some of our harvests by apply ing the needed shower when drought threatens. Irrigation! Looks like it will be the next important trend in our agriculture. For -years, the boys and girls have used their completed’ rec ord books as tickets to’ the Ki- wanis-sponsored 4-H barbecue at the county fair. This year over 700 youngsters were there. Their own 4-H officers handled this meeting, and did it well. Rural leadership in the mak ing there. Boys Axe That Way This is the time of year that my brother and I used to prac tically feed the family with rabbits. We didn’t hunt ’em. Didn’t like ’em shot up. We trapped them. I say “we,” but it was mostly him. He was older and always did have more energy than I did. He built the boxes, selected the places to set them, and all. We had better luck than jther boys in that same busi ness in the stone hills. They used pretty new boards to build theirs with and baited them with turnips, apple cores, and the like. We built ours out of old weather-beaten and moss-covered boards. We felt that they looked so natural and fitted into the rustic paths so well that the rabbit would not be curious about them. And we never baited them. But we really raked the rabbits all season.* Our house was seldom without this good meat. Our boxes covered a circuit of a mile or more across hills and vales. We went to see them every morning at the very crack of day. Bareback on the same horse, we would gal lop away into the mists and white frosts of dawn. It was often very cold and that warm horse was good to sit on. Next week, a little more about trapping rabbits. Wonder How They Do It? Even in the hot summer preachers still wear their coats and look comfortable. I won der how they do it. FIRESTONE HOME & AUTO SUPPLIES Quick Grazing B. T. White of Cherokee county sowed his winter graz ing on August 10. He used 100 pounds of ryegrass and 2 pounds of Ladino clover. He raised that ryegrass seed, and that’s why he felt like using plenty. He turned his cattle on it on Sept. 30. I was there a few weeks after that. It had rain ed a lot. Yet the cattle were not even making deep tracks on it, he had such a sod. And there was plenty of clover there too. It pays to use plenty of seed, according to County Agent Lee. And when you grow ’em, you can afford to use enough. A New Force I’ve discovered a new force. But I can’t harness it. Is is the one that makes the tips to my shirtcollars turn up. Nothing will hold ’em down. They even get on top of my coat lapels. F arm Processing I was coming through Flor ence late the other night and stopped to eat. Got barbecue, and they brought a neat bottle of barbecue sauce. I noted on the bottle that it was made in Florence by the Coleman Hot Sauce Company. It was good, too, not too hot. They have been growing a lot of hot peppers around Flor ence for a long time. But they have all been shipped away.’ Was glad to see a local firm putting some of them into fin ished form. For, as Director Watkins often points out, there ’s where added profits lie. The producer of raw prod ucts is often the “poor boy.” He gets what he can. But that : s sometimes not enough to even pay casts. , But the manu facturer is on a somewhat dif ferent basis. He buys for cash, adds processing costs, and us ually gets his profit. That’s why it is good for farming '•ommunities to do some of that finishing too. Sumter 4-H Work Sumter county has long done a good job of 4-H club work among its farm boys and girls. Assistant County Agent Alston tells me that they had their fall meeting of 4-H club offi cers and local leaders a few weeks ago. And out of 116 eli gible persons from all over the county, 104 were there. MAY THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS BRING TO YOU AND YOURS— LOVE that passeth all under standing in kindness to others. IDEALS of unselfish Service and Devotion to worth-while Visions. FAITH inspiring Success, Hap piness, Hope, and Forgiveness. ENERGY to walk the pathway of Righteousness, Truth and Perfect Peace. —Chaplain “Bill” Carpenter AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places on the date given below for the purpose of taking tax returns of all real* estate and personal property. Persons owning prop erty in more than one district will make returnes for each district. All able bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty- one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax. All persons between the ages of twenty-one and fif ty outside of incorporated towns and cities are liable to pay commutation tax of $1.00. All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 each. WHITMIRE City Hall, Tuesday, January 3. 1950. Aragon Baldwin Mill, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan uary 4 and 5, 1950. G. M. & R. E. NEEL STORE Friday, January 6, 1950, from 9 until 12. SILVERSTREET Friday, January 6, 1950, from 2 until 5. CHAPPELLS Monday, January 9, 1950. HOLLINGSWORTH STORE Tuesday, January 10, 1950, from 9 until 12. KIN ARDS Tuesday, January 10, 1950, from 2 until 5. PROSPERITY Friday, January 13, 1950. ST. LUKES Monday, January 16, 1950, from 9 until 12. O’NEAL Monday, January 16, 1950 from 2 until 5. LITTLE MOUNTAIN Tuesday, January 17, 1950. PEAK Thursday, January 19, 1950. . POMARIA Friday, January 20, 1950. JAMES HOMER CROOKS STORE Monday, January 23, 1950, from 9 until 12. A. E. & R. E. REESE STORE Monday, January 23, 1950, from 2 until 5. At Auditor’s office to March 1st, after which a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS Auditor Newberry County SANTA CLAUS? He rides to the East, and he rides to the West, Of his goodies he touchies not one; He eateth the crumbs of the Christmas feast When the near little folks are done! Old Santa Claus doeth all that he can; This beautiful mission *s his; Then, children, be good ‘o the 1 little old man, When you find out who the little man is. Holiday Notice! The Undersigned Banks will be closed Monday, December 26, In Observance of Christmas South Carolina National Bank NEWBERRY, S. C. Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY, S. C. JOANNA, S. C. A Few Suggestions . . . Electric Percolators Electric Toasters Electric Irons Electric Waffle Irons Electric Refrigerators Electric Ranges Brass Fire Sets Flashlights Food Mixers Etc. SKATES FOR THE KIDDIES BICYCLES TRICYCLES — AIR RIFLES Clarence T. Summer, Inc. Hardware Department