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i: FRIDAY, DECEMBeac 19, 1940 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE Argentina Hikers* Goal Taylor, Wis., Dec. 7.—With wand erlust, agile thumbs and faith that “something always turns up.” two Taylor youths are en route to Ar gentina. Vernon Rauk and Olaf Engebret- srtoon, both twenty-two, left here re cently on a hitch-hiking and work- your-way tour which they hope will take them to Buenos Aires and other South American points. They headed for New Orleans, where they hope to find jobs aboard a tramp steamer bound for South America. Failing that, they said, they will try their luck at Mftcican porta. Experienced wanderers, the boys two years aero hitch-hiked to Mon treal, crossed to Scotland on a cat tle boat and toured northern Eu rope. Their modest aim this time is to “see all of South America.” They carried little money and were unconcerned about getting meals. “We’ve got adjustable stomachs,” they explained. The youths have passports. Rauk is a University of Wisconsin graduate. Engebretson has complet ed two years there. Their choice of Argentina, as first stop in South America, they confessed, was not entirely unconnected with the fact that Rauk met a pretty girl from that country at the last university sum mer session. Society and CLUB NOTES By DORIS ARMFIELD PLANTING SHRUBS AND TREES Now’s the time to set out more trees and shrubs around the house. Select trees for permanence; some for year-round effect; some for shade framing, and background, and some for flower effect. Use nut-bearing and fruit trees in the home grounds planting. Pecans, pears, plums, peach es, and apples are desirable and should be given preference when they will serve the same purpose as ornament al trees. Locate trees to the side, a little to the front, and 15 to 30 feet from the house for framing. Pear, apple, and pecan trees are suitable for this purpose. Locate trees to the rear of the house for shade, background, and* screening. Use trees such as pecans around the barnyard for shade. Do not plant trees directly in front of the house. Place specimen trees (trees standing out by themselves) to the side, and possibly a little in front of the heuse and as desired in the side and back yards. Flowering dogwood, American redbud, peach, plum, and common crepe myrtle are trees suit able for such specimen purposes. Set shrubs, trees and vines in well- prepared fertile soil, in holes six inch es deeper and at least one foot wider than their root systems. Protect from sun and wind until planted in desired location.—The Progressive Farmer. RESERVE SUPPLY EXCEEDS DEMAND Only Officers Requesting Active Duty Are Being Called from This Area Atlanta, Dec. 6.—Indicating that the supply of reserve officers in the Fourth corps area far exceeds the demand for them, corps area headquarters dis closed today that only 3,495 of the area’s 18.591 comnrssioned men have been ordered to active duty through November 30. Headquarters officials said that in most cases only officers who request active duty are being called into reg ular training. The 18,591 figure for the Fourth corps area will be increased by ap proximately 1,500 at the end of the present school year when sixteen col leges and universities graduate their 1941 classes of reserve commissioned officers. Schools in the Fourth corps area with advanced reserve officers train ing corps units are. Alabama Poly technic institute, University of Ala bama, University of Florida, Georgia School of Technology, University of Georgia, Louisiana State university, Mississippi State college. University of Mississippi, Davidson college, North Carolina State college, Presbyterian college. Wofford college, Clemsor. col lege, the Citadel. University of Ten nessee, and Vanderbilt University. LUTHER LEAGUE MEET The Newberry District Luther League Cheer ^committee met with Miss Pearle Hamm, District president in the offices of Mr. A. J. Bowers, Jr., on Friday evenin'' Dec. 6th, in order to arrange a program for a visit to the Lowman home. The Lowmam Home has given Newberry District League the third Sunday in each month during the year, and call it “Newberry District League Day.” The Leaguers are planning to give a program there on each third Sun day afternoon. The committee made plans for Leagues to send a box to the Luther an Orphan Home, Salem, Va., for Christmas. The committee ha® ar ranged to meet again in January when they will make plans for the future. The committee is composed of Mr. James E. Kinard, chairman: Miss Ida Mae Franklin, secretary; Miss Mild red Lester, Mias Ruth Fulmer, and Miss Pearle Hamm, ex-officio. WE’RE SORRY When we say or do something someone doesn’t like. . . . Everything written in this column is meant in good faith, nothing said about any body is meant as an insult. . . . We make mistakes as anyone else does— I’m told its only human. . . . Last week I made the mistake of saying that I thought Mrs. Oarwile was one of Newberry’s oldest citizens . . . but she kindly pointed out my error by naming quite a few older than her self. . . . The article was only writ ten as sort of tribute or compliment, and I’m sorry if it hurt anyone’s feelings. I would like to retract the last line of the article about Mrs. Carwile in last week’s paper, by say ing that she isn't, by any means the oldest person in Newberry. EVERYONE WILL want to go to the high school to night (Thursday) to see the Newber ry High School Stunt Night, sponsor ed by the New-Berry Cordial, high school newspaper. This stunt night is an annual af fair, and one which everyone will en joy. Teachers and stodents are work ing to make this the best ever, so be there. The program will start at 7:45 P. M., and admission is only 10c for everyone. Fred Chandler. Others wining prizes were Irma Addis, Cecil Amick and Jim Hughes. Ending the party was a perform ance by Harry Weber, Philly DePrima Cecil Boggs, and Hal Ford in a “Little Nell” skit. The junior class cleared about for ty five dollars. THE ANNUAL PROGRAM which is presented at the Baptist church each year, formerly known as White Christmas, is a program which not only members of the Baptist church, but many others look forward to seeing. The program this year will be entirely different from any thing presented heretotore. It will be the Christmas story, in pageant form, with special music by the Junior choir. The program will be at six o’clock, Sunday, December 22, so plan to see it. And have an airship sent around. - Santa Claus took his wife’s advice, A plane soon landed on the ice. Junior had just brought home a bride, Both have learned the plane to guide Now they and the other boys Take down by plane the Christmas toys, But Santa Claus still moans his lost. And he would never count the cost, And things will never be all right, Unless he has a deer in sight. Now all his boys are looking around, To see if any can he found, And they hope to find someway A Deer for Dad on Christmas Day. SALUDA LAWYER BECOMES FARMER B. W. Crouch, Tired "of Four Walls, Makes 40 Bales on .22 Acres THE JUNIOR PARTY at the college Saturday night, which is given each year by the junior class to raise money for the Junior-Senior was quite a success. Harry Weber, president of the class, and others helping were responsible for the success. The reception rooms in Smeltzer Hall were festively decorated in red and green, Christmas colors. Among the different kinds of entertainment were bingo, dart throwing, brab bag, and others; but best of all was the House of Horrors. Each of these games cost from one to three cents. For those who waited “eats”, there were hot dogs, dopes and cakes. Winning a very pretty cake in the cake walk were Marie Varker and A FEW WEEKS AGO I wrote an article about Mrs. Anna Pearsall. In the article I mentioned that she wrote poetry, and wished I had some of it to print. Mrs. Pearsall sent me the following poem the first of the week, and it is with pleasure that I pass it on for you to read. “The Last Reindeer” Last year Santa Claus said to his wife. Trouble again has come into mv life,” And then he very sadly said, “Our faithful ole reindeer is dead.” When I had opened the bam door He did not meet me as before. I went inside and looked around And found him dead on the ground. Now Christmas time will soon be here And I have lost my last reindeer. But somehow one must be fountf, To take the Christmas things around. His wife replied, “You are growing old. And cannot stand the bitter cold, And surely you must keep in mind, That trained reindeers are hard to find. Perhaps you had better wire to town Saluda, Dec. 7.—Forty bales of cot. ton from approximately twenty-two acres is the reward B. W. Crouch claims for turning from forty years’ study of man-made laws to “nature-made laws” in agriculture. An escape from four walls and a desire to be in the open induced the tall, elderly lawyer to become a far mer. “I have been shut up inside of four walls for nearly forty years.” he said. “I wanted to live out m God’s great open the rest of my live in the sunshine and fresh air, and close to nature. “For many years I have been mix ed up with man-made laws and their application to human conduct and found them often inconsistent, con tradictory and unintelligiHe. Now 1 want to watch nature’s laws that work silently, consistently and in ac cordance with a will that is infallible and all-wise.” There is “not much chance nowa days to make much money farming,” he said, “but out there unde* the blue sky, in fresh air and warm sun shine, there is peace and content- men* and a good living for those who are willing to work.” The forty bales produced on Hie twenty-two acres averaged 450 pounds to the acre on another stretch MRS. SANDERS HOSTESS TO YWA MONDAY NIGHT The members of the Young Wo men’s Auxiliary of the First Bap- tiat Church were the guests of Mrs. Claude Sanders at the regular month ly meeting Monday night of this week. The program opened with the sing ing of the YWA theme hymn, “O, Zion Haste”, and the program was lead by Louise Ezell. Taking parts were Martha Buchanan, Margaret Scruggs, Brooksie Hutchinson, and Doris Armfibld. During the business session, sub jects of interest to the organization were discussed. After the meeting, the hostess ser ved a delectable chicken salad course with Russian tea. The president, Louise Ezell, pre sented a parting gift from the YWA to Mrs. Sanders, who has resigned her leadership of the auxiliary. Mrs. Duncan Johnson, Sr., will be the new leader. Pete: Who’s boss at your house? Tubby; Well, my wife and I share the job. She bosses the children and me. I boss the goldfish. Ten good soldiers, wisely led. Will beat a hundred without a head. —D. W. Thompson. which was in a drouth-striken sec tion. Asked how he garnered almost two bales an acre on the first plot, the attorney-farmer said; "Good seed, good seasons, good cultivation, plus soil-building with lespedeza and a green winter cover crop.” As to fertilizer, he said he believed he had “made a discovery. I have found that our Saluda county lands need less ammonia and more potash. I used, or tried to use, 409 pounds per acre of 4-10-6, but in fact only used about 350 pounds to .the acre. “I did not top-dress at all, but had to plant the second time, and suc ceeded in getting a perfect stand. This I caused to be thinned so as to leave from two to four stalks in the hill. I had rows not exceeding thirty-six inche.® in width. ’ Shallow cultivation was followed becauf*e. Crouch said, “too much plow ing is more injurious to cotton than too little.” For his 1941 crop, Crouch plans to use' a 3-12-8 fertilizer, “thereby slightly increasing the acid and pot ash content and reducing the am monia.” NEWBERRY is the CHRISTMAS CITY Do Your Shopping In Newberry’s WeD-stocked Stores We Can Duplicate Any Monument In Marble or Granite If you have a picture of a monument you like, or, if for any reason you wish a monument duplicated in marble or granite, we can do it for you. Carrying out the spirit of the sacred Christmas season, you will want to mark the last resting place of your loved ones. Consult us today. Newberry Monument Company J. B. COWARD, Proprietor YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GIVE YOUR PICTURE To the people who you think the world of you . . . give the giU they want this Christmas. It’s YOU they’re interested in, so give them a lovely, natural photograph of yourself. That’s the only kind we take of you in our studio, be cause WE’RE interested in you too. NICHOLS STUDIO FARMERS DRIVE TO REPLACE COTTON, TOBACCO CUTS COTTON is still king 'in South Carolina but rapidly is becoming just a has-been as far as some farmers are concerned. The latest, rebellion against the monarch’s reign has broken out in Dillon county. There a group of farmers have set aside 200 acres for a year or two of experimental plant ing of paprika—the swetet peppty seasoning. The European war har threatened the supply of the condiment, as this country’s imports come principally from Hungary, Spain and Portugal. The farmers will try producing paprika for a while to learn what fertilizers and strain of seed are best for South Carolina soil. A New York company has posted a $10,000 cash bonus to guarantee the growers a minimum of $50 an acre. The outfit plans to spend about. $15,000 additional for crushing ma chinery. But this is not the only way the state threatens to overthrow the cot ton regime. George E. Prince, director of the Clemson college extension service’s marketing division, said today “we are now trying to see if w« can grow garlic. The only other state I know of that grows it is California. “We are trying to find crops to be planted on acreage released from cotton and tobacco” under the ,Mar keting quota programs, Prince said. Peanut production is being in creased. A late winter variety of tomato is being grown on an increas ing scale in Spartanburg, the coun ty which has come into great promi nence as a peach-growing section since the first fifteen acres of peaches were set out there almost twenty years ago. Spartanburg now has 2,000 acres in late variety tomatoes and Cherokee county 500 acres. Rural electrification lines are mak ing more feasible irrigation systems operated by electric motors, enabling a further diversification of crops. Of even greater importance, Prince said, is the rapidly expanding live stock industry- This is caused by farmets planting far more acres than ever before in feedstuff’s, which are being converted into cash through livestock. As a further move s!ong this line, record-breaking work has been under way for permanent pas tures—a necessity for large-scale livestock growth. “South Carolina is not producing anything like its meat requirements,” the marketing official said. Well over 5,000 young peach trees have been ordered for setting out in the Ridge and Piedmont sections, Prince said. Cayenne pepper production will be “much higher” next year because im ports of this, like paprika, are cur tailed by the war. Growth of this crop is confined principally to Flor ence county. J. G. LONG Junious Gilbert Long, 69, passed away at his residence in the Bethle hem section of the county Monday afternoon. He had been ill since Sat urday afternoon. Besides his wife, Mrs. Anna Bundrick Long, he is survived by the following children, Mrs. Clark Kinard, Mrs. Horace Liviigston, Gil bert Long, Mrs. Perry Livingston, all of Pomaria; Mrs. Boyd Livingston of Winnsboro, Mrs. Lewis Dennis of Prsperity. Seventeen grandchildren also survive. FVneral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Bethlehem church with the Rev. E. K. Counts in charge. Interment fol lowed in the church cemetery.