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PAGE TWO ^ __ Many Newberry Families Make Their Living From The Land On February 1st, one hundrea and eleven Newberry county farm fami lies Who made their living from the land in 1940 will be recognized and honored by being awarded a certifi cate of recognition of their accom plishments in producing on the farm and conserving for home use seventy- five per cent or more of their food and feed requirements. The certificate^ will be signed by Governor Burnet R. Maybank, D. W. Watkins, Director of Extension, Verd Peterson, State Supervisor of voca tional education, and the chairman of Better Farm Living Program in New berry county. A program to award these ceitifi- cates will be conducted at the Newber ry County Courthouse Saturday morn ing, Feruary 1st, at 10:30 A. M. A radio set-up will be installed to hear addresses by Governor Maybank, Mr. Watkins and Mr. Peterson. The broad cast will be made on all South Caro lina radio stations at 11:00 o’clock. P. B. Ezell, County Agent and Ethel L. Counts, Home Demonstration Agent, will make a statement and talks by a representative of the vocational agri cultural teachers of the County and an outside speaker are scheduled. The colored farmers who are to receive certificates will meet at Dray ton Street High School at the same time where an address will be made and the certificates awarded. The following farm families will receive certificates: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Abrams, R-3, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Adams, and family, R-3, Pomaria; Mrs. C. L. Alewine and family, R-l, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Banks and family, R-2, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Boinest and family, R-3, Prosperity; Mr. Berley E. Boland and family, R-3, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Booz er and family, Chappels; Mrs. Louise S. Bradley and family, Newberry; Dr. W. C. Brown and family, R-l, New berry; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest O. Counts and family,, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cramer and family, R-l, Newberry; Mr. B. E. Dawkins and family, R-2, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. Motte Dawkins and family, R-4, New berry; Mr. and Mrs. James T. Enlow, and family, R-4, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse T. Enlow, R-2, Prosperity. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Epting and family, R-3, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Epting and family, R-3, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. T. W. rio.k, R-l, Newberry; Mr. Forrest L. Gra ham and family, R-l Pc maria; Mr. and Mrs. Augustus H. Hawkins, Pros perity; Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Haifacre, and family, Newberry; Mr .and Mrs. Rohn A. Hamm and family, Silver- street; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hardy and family, Chappells; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heller, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Heller and family, Newberry; Mr .and Mrs. Lee J. Hunt, Newberry; Mrs. Rosa A. Johnson and family, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Colie E. Lake and family, Little Mountain; Mr. J. C. Lake and family, Silver- street; Mr. and Mrs. OHn H. Lane and family, Newberry; Mr. and: Mrs. Wil liam P. Lathrop and family, Newber ry; Mr. and Mrs. Heber J. Leaphart, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. William J. Leitzsey and family, Pomaria; Mrs. G. Perry Lindler and family, Pomaria; Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Livingston and family, Newberry; Mr. George W. Long and family, Prosperity. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Junius F. Long and family, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Long, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Lovelace, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose M. Mayer, New berry; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Mayer and family, Pomaria; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Miller, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. S. C. McCurley and family, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Pugh and family, Prosperity; Mr. Joseph E. Pugh and family, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. David Luther Ruff and family, Newberry; Mr. and' Mrs. J. C. Oanford and family, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Scott and family, Whitmire; Mrs. Minnie L. Sease and family, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. Ja cob E. Sease and family, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Shealy and fam ily, Pomaria; Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Shealy, Newberry; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shealy and family, Pomaria; Mr. Rufus B. Shealy, Jr., and family, Little Mountain; Mr. A- A. Sligh and family, Silverstreet; Mr. George W. Summer and family, Newberry; Mr. J. M. Stuck and family, Pomaria; Mr. J. J. Stuck and family, Pomaria; Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Wedaman and family, Pomaria; Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Werts and family. Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wessinger and family, Newber ry; Mrs. Claude E. Wheeler and fam ily, Little Mountain; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wicker and family, Pomaria, Mr. Tom Wicker and family, Pomaria; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Workman and family, Chappells. Also, Lula Mae Boyce and family, Pomaria; Will Byrd and family, Sil- vtrstreet; Floyd Caldwell and family, Newberry; George Caldwell and fam ily, Newberry; Manus Caldwell and family, Newberry; James Cannon and family, Pomaria; Lewis Carter and family, Moumtville; Amanda Clark and family, Whitmire; C. H. Clark $md family, Whitmire; Adam Cromer and family, Box 110 Newberry, Nina V. Davenport and family, Newberry; C. D. Davidson and family, Silverstreet; Henion Davis and family, Newberry; Anderson Epps apid Ifamily, Whit mire; Oscar Gary and family, New berry; Enoch Hair and family, New berry; Belle M. Hawkins and family, Newberry; C. C. Humphries and ram- ily, Newberry; Larkin Jackson and family, Box 164A Newberry; Larkin Jackson and family, Box 215, New berry; Hezzie Jackson and family, Silverstreet; Ernest Johnson and fam ily, Prosperity, Peter Kinard and family, Newberry; Renner Koon and family, Pomaria, Acie Longshore and family, Silverstreet; Osborne Lake family, Newberry; Nathaniel Lane and family, Pomaria; James Marsh all and family, Chappells; Richard Marshall and family, Newberry; Will Mathis and family, Newberry; George Reeder and family, Silverstreet; J. P. Robinson and family, Silverstreet; J. W. Rutherford and family, Pomaria; Sam Sanders and family, Whitmire; Hampton Scurry, Jr., and family, Silverstreet; Johnnie Scurry and fam ily, Silverstreet; Carrie Shelton and family, Newberry; Daniel Spearman and family, Silverstret; David M. To- be and family, Pomaria; Julia Werts and family, Newberry; Jesse Walker and family. Little Mountain; Ernest A. Wicker and family, Newberry; Grady Wilson and family, Chappells; M. C. Wilson and family, Silverstreet; Jimmie Williams and family, New berry. i Australia’s new stamps bearing pictures of nurses are in great de mand. Chinese property deeds often bear as many as 100 signatures. THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, JANUARY 31. 1941 Maybank Favors Variable Grants Would Eliminate Matching Dollars by Poor States for Social Security Washington, Jan. 25. — Variable grants, wherein so-called “poor states” would not be required to match federal social security funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis were suggest ed today by Governor Burnet R. May- bank to Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer, of the social security board. Governor Maybank was optimistic tonight on the eve of his departure for Columbia concerning possibility for enactment of legislation to put the proposal into effect, to be introduc ed by Representative Butler B. Hare, of South Carolina, during the present session of congress. The governor also revealed that Paul McNutt, federal security ad ministrator and recently - appointed by President Roosevelt to direct a physical training and recreation pro gram for building the morale of the army, has promised to “come to South Carolina within a short while”, and isit the various training sites in the state. Mr. McNutt “is going to appoint a liaison officer” to work between the Columbia capital and his Washington offices, Governor Maybank said, with the idea that an adequate program for building and maintaining the morale of United States soldiers in South Carolina may be promoted. The gov ernor recalled that the federal se curity administrator was stationed at Fort Jackson during his World war training period “and told me today he was looking forward to a return visit soon.” Citing that the variable grants proposal has the support of the South ern conference of governors and that members of congress of the so-called “poor states” have been Working to gether in efforts to obtain distribu tion of federal social security bene fits based upon “per capita wealth and per capita income”. Governor May- bank said that Chairman Altmeyer is sympathetic with the plan. It is also his belief that President Roosevelt would support a sliding scale of social security benefits, al though he said he had not obtained from the president a definite com mitment. Manufacture of men’s tropical clothing is Panama’s largest in dustry. 16,000 Needed For The Air Corps Washington, Jan. 26.—The army asked for 16,600 volunteers today for the expanding air corps and related branches, stressing that men regist ered for the draft were eligible. Instructions to recruit this num ber for three-year enlistments by March 1 were dispatched to the nine corps area commanders in the Conti nental United States. The newest recruiting campaign started a drive almost to double the strength of the army air forces by next July, When it is hoped 10,100 officers, 15,000 flying cadets and 151,- 000 enlisted men will be in service. At present officers number 6,180, and there are 7,000 flying cadets and 83,- 000 men. Regardless of the rapid expansion, there is to be no reductions in qualifi cations for ground crews, or candi dates for training as pilots. Men with at least a high school education are still sought for enlistment. A substantial backlog of applica tions from young men who want to be military fliers promises am ample number of cadet candidates at the start of efforts to increase the annual rate of training from 7,000 to 12,000- pilots a year. Officials reported the January dnd February classes of flying cadets, numbering about 1,700 each, were fill ed from waiting lists, and 1,750 appli cants carried over for the March class which is to be increased to 2,400. COPS NAB NEGRO THIEF Quick action on the part of New berry polite netted them a negro who snatched a pair of pants from the counter of J. H. Summer’s store Sat urday night. The negro had made a purchase and when Mr. Summer turned to wrap the parcel the negro grabbed a pair of pants and ran into the street. Chief Dowd and Tom Long answered the call and 16 njin- utes later the negro was in custody and the pants recovered. Local cops have been very successful in handling cases of petty thievery and few cases get by them. COTTON GINNING REPORT Census report shows that 21,262 bailes of cotton were ginned in New berry County from the crop of 1940 prior to January 16, 1941 as compar ed with 22,212 bgles for the crop of 1939. Flu Epidemic May Decide The War Durham, N. C., Jan. 26.—A Duke university bacteriologist predicted to day that influenza would soon be a world-wide epidemic, possibly becom ing the arbiter of the war. Dr. Davit T. Smith, professor of bacteriology at the Duke’s school of medicine, said the epidemic would be worse in Europe for two reasons: First, the war, ■ which makes mil lions live in unhygienic canditions, also keeps them undernourished; sec ond, the fact that the wave began in this country and is moving eastward, and influenza waves, he said, general ly increase in virulency as they move. Hence Europe can expect to be Stricken with a more virulent form of the disease at a time when most of the population is in poorest con dition to fight it. What will hap pen in the closely-packed air raid shelters of England? “The answer is obvious,” Dr. Smith said. Dr. Smith went into the medical schol library records and came up with this data to support his con tention : The disease is not a killer itself, but millions have died in its wake during epidemics. The last world wide spread of influenza was in 1918- 19 when in less than 12 months there were more than 200,000,000 cases and more than 10,000,000 deaths. In the United States, in 20,000,000 cases and 450,000 deaths. Influenza lowers bodily resistance, and those who get up too early fall prey to more serious disease. Dr. Smith said the epidemic in this country was getting beyond the stage Where them term “epidemic” fitted and that it was widespread enough to be called “pandemic.” He said the current wave was mild, that it would continue to spread eastward to Europe with about 50 per cent of the population con tracting it, and then it would die down for a time. But in the fall there will be a vir ulent burst of cases throughout the world, said Dr. Smithy and the num ber of deaths will be high. There after the pandemic will “taper off over a period of several years in small recurrent waves.” Such may be expected, the doctor commented, if influenza follows its familiar pattern. Hill Nurse Brings Many Into World Pound, Va., Jan. 25.—“Granny” shores, who lives far ack in ths moun tains of the Upper Pound river sec tion, has brought 1,000 babies into the world in her time. And although she is a bit stooped now and her once-brisk step has changed to a shuffle, she still moves through the lonely hollows and oense thickets of the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, aiding wherever she can in the birth of a child. Puffiing continuously on her long stemmed pipe, the seventy-two-year- old woman says she was the attend ant at the birth of the second largest boy every bom. She said it weighed twenty-five pounds but was dead at birth. Bom in West Virginia, “Granny” Shores met and married a doctor from North Carolina, and the two even tually moved to the famous Pound section. The doctor walked atid rode horse back over the hills in his practice and with him much of the time was his tiny wife. From him she learned to diagnose diseases. Often she would stay with the sick as nurse. “The doctor used mineral medi cines mostly,” Granny says, “and I didn't know how to use drugs, but I knew something about herbs. ‘Through the summer and fall months I’d put away barks and roots and dried blossoms. The people back there had a lot of faith in herb medicines.” « She still remembers and recom mends some of her herb remedies. She prescribes boneset tea for colds. “Tea made of sycamore bark is good for colds,” she adds. For indegestion, she suggests a tea of peppermint and buckthorn bark. “For rheumatiz,” she advises, “I’d put hot sassafras or winter green leaves to the achin’ places, and I’d put some sort of grease to protect the skin. Rub toward the heart. “Measles? “Use elder berry or blossoms. Make a tea. It’ll shore break out the measles.” Asked if the mothers and chil dren did well under her treatment years ago, “Granny” Shores replied, “Shore^jhey did.” LOST—Short black fur Jacket oa Friday, January 10, between the home of Mrs. R. G. Wallace and Boundary Street school. If found re turn to Mrs. Herman Wright and receive reward. 17-ate Johnson-McCrackia Co. For 30 years this firm has served the farmer, and after all those years it remains the only store catering to, and serving principally, the farmers of this section. “The Fanner’s Friend” 4 New FARMALLS Athens Plows Have Made Names for Themselves Athens One-Way Plow Tiller Disc Plow (From 4 to 7 Discs) Series A Tractor Harrow Series B Tractor Harrow Available with either 23 or 26 inch Disc SEEDS OF ALL KINDS \ Lespedeza Seed Oats Wheat Barley Rye Corn Ferry’s Garden Seeds MEADOWS Stationary Wood Saw The most practical wood saw ever made for general farm use. Built of select timber with heavy bearings. Will swing 24, 26, 28, or 30 inch blocks. ALSO Meadows No. 1 and No. 2 SAW MILL EXCLUSIVE DEALERS Coker’s Pedigreed Cotton Seed THE SOUTH’S FOREMOST SEED BREEDERS 100 lb. bags Coker 100 Strain 3 — $ 7.50 100 lb. bags Coker 200 Strain 2 — $12.50 100 lb. bags Coker 200 Strain ! — $ 7.50 100 lb. bags Coker’s 4-in-l Sir. 4 i— $12.50 100 lb. bag Coker’s 4-in- Str. 3 — $ 7.50 100 lb. bags Coker-Wilds Str. 11 — $10.00 100 lb. bags Coker-Clevewilt 7 Str 2—$6.00 You can get anything from a 100 h.p. Diesel engine to a set of trace chains at this store. Hackney Wagons All-purpose Farm Wagons Bagging and Ties Wire Fencing, Barb Wire Hay, Oat Straw, Feed Oats Heavy Groceries Overalls, Work Shoes Harness Mule Gears Plow Stocks Pea Hullers Guano We have all that the farmer needs, or can get it quickly. EXCLUSIVE DEALERS FOR AERM0T0R Electric Water Systems for Deep and Shallow Wells Dependable Durable Economical Store Your Grain in The Farmers Bonded Warehouse and Hold For a Better Price. Farmall - A is the new size, culti-visioned tractor in the Farmall family. It is the tractor for farms that need the equivalent of two to four horses. It pulls a 16-inch bottom in average soil at 4% miles an hour—6 to 7 acres a day. Adjustable Rear Wheel Tread 40 to 68 in. Farmall - H fits that large number of farms In the “average size” group. It will pull two 14-incb bottoms under harder than average working conditions at better than four miles an hour. It is especially suited to extra large farms where a number of tractors are required to keep different kinds of work going at the same time. Adjustable Rear Wheel Tread 44 to 80 in. Farmall - B is the small Farmall in three-wheel type, adapt ed to cultivating two standard crop rows at a time. It has the same powerful 4-cylinder en gine as the Farmall-A, same transmission, same speeds, and pulls the same size drawbar machines. Adjustable Rear Wheel Tread 40 to 68 in. Farmall - M is the tractor for farms of large acreage, or smaller farms where power requirements are heavier because of unusually stubborn soil or for other reasons. It handles the four-row cul tivator anywhere, and has plenty of power for two-rjw potato diegers and two-row corn pickers where the going is tough. Adjustable Rear Wheel Tread 52 to 88 In. Every FARMALL in our stock is the product of careful, precise work. These modern power partners were built under the most favorable manufacturing! conditions. You will have to go a long way to find a Tractor as good as the FARMALL that is waiting for you here. POW ER UNITS MOWERS HAY BALERS COMBINES MANURE SPREADERS GASOLINE ENGINES GRAIN BINDERS STALK CUTTERS ENSILAGE CUTTERS LIME SPREADERS CORN BINDERS HAY RAKES POWER and MULE HAY BALERS SORGHUM & CANE MILLS Full line of Planters with Fertilizer attachment, and Cultivators for the FARMALLS listed above. WE WILL TRADE For The FOLLOWING on TRACTORS and OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT: Mules Cows Hogs Grain Your Old Tractor Morton’s Meat - Curing MAKES THINGS GOOD TO EAT SeeTJs For Your— MORTON’S Sugar Cure with Smoke Flavor MORTON’S Sausage Seasoning MORTON’S Tender quick and Meat pump Johnson-McCrackin Co. Main Street “Newberry’s Exclusive Mercantile Establishment’^ Newberry Distributors For Dr. LeGear’s Livestock Tonic For Treatment and Cara of COWS, HORSES, SHEEP, HOGS