Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAGE FOl'R THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1939 JUST KIDS— Statistic*— LEnne SEE^WE^G-OT ( 2.6 noRE-5CHoOU. days-times' F.IVE l"b 130 HOORS -TinES’faO IS'TSOO MINUTES^ TIMES 60 \S 4fc8,oOO SECONDS*-THEN GOOD OEE VACA5H0N TtnE^- WE ONLY Got w68,ooo more seconds o' school! ./ ///’ m i ’y tyi'li >; q ■ "SET YOH . DiPNT„ADP;. ANYTHING FER STAY IN’. IN DlDJA? YOH GOTTA" ADD PLENTY FER STAYIN' IN MUSH! I VJONNEP HOW MANY LICK INA FELLER.KIN G ’ T ?? IN 468,000 SECONDS noSN.I LIMING LAND OF MUCH IMPORTANCE INTERVIEW WITH J. INNIS Me- in-aid, South Carolina farmers are CANTS. PRES. ATLANTIC LIME j using less than 20 per cent, of the CORPORATION, CHARLESTON limestone necessary for diversified ; 'farming, says H. A. Woodle, exten- A half million tons of lime are sion agronomist, urging farmers to ’ needed annually by South Carolina; prepare now for farm profits in 1940 soils, the Extension Service Depart- and 1941 by using limestone liberally, ment of Clemson College, asserts, “Sooner or later, if we are to con- INDIANS CAPTURE FROM OGLETHORPE The Indians came from behind in. the last five minutes of play last a: rl it is further stated by the same tinue to farm our land, it must be Friday night to win over the Ogle- authorities that 40 per cent, of the limed,” the agronomist declares. ‘The tnor P e ^ .^'1.-. , 0. A crowd of -1.500 state’s soil is strongly acid and is longer it is delayed, the more difficult \iot capable of profitable agriculture, the problem will be. Since many watched Newberry make nine first downs to Oglethorpe’s seven. Col- Another 40 per cent, is moderately farmers have failed to use all their * an " t, jo 'dough later injured, wa- the acid, productive only when relatively soil building allowances under the heavy use of well-balanced fertilizer AAA program, they may secure South Carolina soil is slightly acid. without extra expense if they act ppearheai ot the Newberry offensive, while Debruhl led the defense. In the second half, arial attacks PS - PS St>S - PS ?■> -S-J 1 sli . ; ; ■ , - I A ' wYi a to alkaline and capable of support- promptly. County agents can give by both teams failed to click. Then , information about this plan.” ing diversified farming. Benefits of Lime The benefits of lime’s use have been successful agriculture are Lime Le- Oglethorpo completed a 36-yard pass Asserting tna: the three ‘LV of to the Newberry 4 and Mills carried it over m two tries. Kelly failed to S4 kiiinrm fifi gumes, aVid Livestock, Mr. Woodle an< ? ''’ben the half ended, continles: ‘We can never have a Oglethorpe ied, 6-0. profitable system of diversified ag- The third period was a punting I riculture in South Carolina until dfuel. between the two teams, and farmers use lime freely.’ i Oglethorpe went on a pass down i „<■ “South Carolina farmers use ap- to the Newberry 15, where an at- '' ’ ' ' heavy 1 cTiv P rox > ma tely 10 percent of all the tempted field goal was blocked by | listed as follows: Promotes activity of beneficial soil bacteria; reduces, or corrects soil acidity: obtains greater efficiency ; from fertilizers and manure; fosters | physical condition , , commercial fertilizer sold in the Debruh , Newberry captain. In the harmless comnounds and^upples e aL I United States ' V et the >’ use ,ess than fou, , th P eriod - Axelbourg punted out 1 ‘ PI : . . n .. .1 , . 1. ,, l.n,. « t f, tllP ITV' TirllPI’P T.11PQC VP- cium and magnesium witi. plant food. The effect of lime’s use on crop yields can be judged by the following one percent of the lime sold for ag- to the Newberry 45, where Lucas re- ricultural purposes. In comparison., turned to the 50. A long pass, Lucas Kentucky farmers, who follow a to Cappola was good for 37 yards, ^^ , S£SL , ’’<toS)"3S3 f-w*, *>«•» T >>*" soil and (second) limed soil as fol-! ln »’ use less than two percent of the to the Petrel 3, wheie Lucas carried I . commercial fertilizer, but more tnan it over Lucas converted, and the "Fertilizer, but not limed cotton, 812 10 percent of all the lime. Indians led 7-6 pounds an acre-1,027 pounds, limed;: Reminding that 40 percent of toe, ■ Newberry k.cked off to the Petrels, corn, 22 bushels an acre-45 bushels:; S °!' S in the Sta e ar " eithe . r strongly the Oglethorpe team covered Axel- oats. 40 bushels an acre-55 bushels; aCld 0r . Vey . Str ° n « 1 y . aCld ’ th . e , bourg s punt well and downed Lucas wheat, 17 bushels an acre-27 bush-L ron0m, *\ state * tha l t \ hese solls ^! lrl h >s tracks. The Indians were Petrel 24 when els; ’legumes, 1,459 pounds-3,793 tuoacid to producebestcrop growth. threatening in the Petr pound.; hay, 2.7 **_*. ton,; lot i “i«n., »h„ 1. aoundod. y4 Huuiiua, imjr, .p.< t-u.ip o u ; nee( j ^ use 500,000 tons of limo- tuee, 115 crates—905 crates; Spinach,i, „ | 130 bushels—429 bushels; ckrrots, 20 j Stone annually ’ bushels—420 bushels ! 'sCOUTS GOING FOR A RIDE A large part of the limestone re- ouired in this state will be supplied The Girl Scouts of troop 2, will go from the vast deposit of Santee lime- on a bicycle ride Saturday morning stone on our own property at Holly at 10:30. They are asked to meet Making a Show a Result of Borrowing Thinks The Spectator The departments, commissions, in stitutions and other public services of our State are now preparing their budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1940. Every official of the State is con vinced that his work is worthy of larger support and that his program should he enlarged. That is the pro per attitude, of course. No one is ■worthy of his work who does not love it and wish to expand it. And I say with pleasure that my association with our officials convinces me that we are well served. It is, in truth, something for a just pride that our courts are clean and honorable in judging between litigants and our administrative officials are men whose official fairness is not questioned. This is true of our institutions, too, most of whose executive heads I ap preciate highly. So in speaking for reduced appropriations I am not ac tuated by wants of sympathy for those who spend the public money as our stewards; but I am speaking for those whose work and investment must provide the means which sus tain the public services. A few years ago a trip along our highways and through our towns was depressing. Houses looked neg lected; barns looked dilapidated; farms looked abandoned. Everything looks better today. Houses are being built, old houses are being repainted barns are being improved in some spots. But nearly all this building, all the repairing, all the painting is done on borrowed money. True it is that, whether earned or| borrowed, the money spent pays for labor and materials and circulates through all the channels of trade, but | a state can only prosper permanent ly through earnings, through produc tion, not through loans. A loan may be used productively in business by, increasing the earning power of the; borrower; but no lasting prosperity can be built on loans which are merely spent. I submit to thoughtful men and | women that what we have done is j like covering a big wash-out with a thin bridge instead of filling it in. It deceives the eye—that’s all. We are making a show with bor rowed money; we have jumped from one creditor to another. But the debt is still there. A few years ago we operated our state government for |4,000,000 a year. During that year the income of our farmers was more than $300,- 000,000, now we spend about fi-’ty million dollars, which is as much as the cotton crop is bringing. A few years ago a normal cotton crop was worth about $100,000,000 a year. On cotton crops bringing form $75,000,000 to $100,000,0oo this State was built as we see it today. During recent years we have multiplied our public services and our public expen ditures at the very time when the taxpayers were seeking relief thru a half dozen Federal loan agencies. It is, indeed an impressive anomaly that while we spend money in an ever increasing amount our public officials are vigorously pursuing every possibility to get a dollar from the Federal government. Be hold a double anomly; while we seek Federal grants to relieve our prop erty we expand our public services with the lavish hand of a prince; and we extend our public services through greater impositions on a very poor State. As a very practical matter what should be done ? Speaking broadly, two things should be done simultan eously. We should reduce our ap propriations and try to bring in new f taxpayers. A considerable saving might be had by a business-like ap proach to State administration. The first step might be a central purchas-1 ing system. I think economies might be effected without changing the of ficials who do the actual buying. It would be sufficient to have a clearing j house for prices, based on the known j quantities and gualities of supplies used by all State services, including the institutions. This would prevent | the corruption and graft which seems j to obcess our minds. Then we might I survey and appraise every public ser vice to make sure that it isn’t car rying a lot of dead wood, nor indeed too much green wood. Banks are ex amined; merchants report to com mercial rating bodies; factories are inspected to determine the condition of the machinery and to weed put obsolescence which produces at too high a cost per unit. Yet we have ^Institutions spending millitons of dollars with the general sentimental acclaim of ,all of us, but without a competent control of anybody except those in immediate operation.' I do not believe that there is cor ruption in public office and I do not mean to imply that anything is not strictly according to Hoyle; but all public service should be what we need today and the ship of State might well go into dry dock occasionally to scrape off the barnacles. I urge our people to set themselves resolutely against any and every new dollar of public expenditures. What can we do to bring in more enterprises ? Pennsylvania is send ing broadcast a booklet telling the world that during this present year her state administrative costs have been cut 17 per cent and that for the next two years she plans to reduce them 20 per cent. She further bids for new business by saying that she has (1) State Administration sym- jiathetic and co-operative with in dustry; (2) an efficient State Admini stration; (3) that there are no gen eral sales taxes and no personal in come taxes. Why may we not take matters in hand here? South Carolina might well do the following: (a) Remove the 3-mill Property tax which the people voted off. (b) Reduce the capital stock tax to 2 mills as an act of good faith. (c) Remove the Intangibles tax which seems to stand in the way of bringing in rich citizens whose In come tax payments would move than take the place of the Intan gibles revenue. (d) curb the punitive damage prac- (Continued on page eight) have been started for getting out ground agricultural lime. Ths dev elopment offers a rare opportunity to the people in South Carolina to build up their farms and pasture lands and to place this state on a sound and prosperous basis. Mother Nature has left this state a great heritage in this vast deposit of al most pure limestone located on our property at Holly Hill. Millions of tons of this material is available for our farms and pasture lands and for the manufacture of many chemicals and other products. I want to call the farmers atten tion to a recent news letter from Clemson College under the heading “FOR LAND’S SAKE USE LIME.” Clemson says: “At the present time, even with the increased use of limestone stimulated by AAA grants- at the home 0 f Mrs. J. D. FYench and bring a light lunch. This was the fnal home game for the Indians this season if no more can be scheduled. They have never been defeated in the new stadium, this ending their second victorious season in the stadium. Next week the Indians will go to Deland, Florida, to meet the strong Stetson Hatters on the gridiron. Four Lion Cubs Born at Philadelphia Zoo PHILADELPHIA, Pa. . . . Four new arrivals as they appeared at the Philadelphia Zoo. They were born to Sultana, famous lioness. « Trespass Notices Legal Forms PRINTING OFFICE SUPPUES \ Typewritter and Adding Machine Ribbons THE SUN New 19:3 Chevr ’et 3’: -::t FT f 'erf 7 ’