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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1948 THE NEWBERRY SUN Farms & Folks They live away back off the beaten paths. The soil is light and sandy. And the timber was taken before they came there some years ago. Yet Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rumph of Dorches ter county are doing well on their isolated farm. Their main crop is broilers. They have 14 good houses. Each week they get 900 chicks. And each week they dress and sell the equivalent of one batch. They grow ‘em out to good size in 11 to 12 weeks. And that always leaves a house or two empty for cleaning out and dis infecting for the new batch of chicks. And I want to tell you they really clean them out too. In fact they do just about every thing right. Mrs. Rumph knows those chicks, every whim and mood. It was a warm day, but I noti ced that one house with chicks about 6 weeks old was rather tightly closed up. 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That gave them a slight cold, that the ordinary person wouldn’t notice, and it would likely run into something serious. But she caught it at a glance. And said that they should be kept rather warm, until that slight cold passes off. We could see no thing wrong with them, but she could. Said they would be perfectly all right in few more days, and then she would give them full .ventilation again. They have an up-to-date dressing room there. They pack ’em in ice. And Mr. Rumph de livers them weekly to regular customers in their vicinity. ^ It’s work, and plenty of It. But with their convenient ar rangements, they are able to accomplish the usual work of twice their numbers. And their laying flock too is handled just as carefully as their broilers. The laying house too is of ce ment and brick. The nests are made in the walls, easy to clea n and hard for insects to hide in. A lot of their cut-over land now grows a beautiful stand of pines they planted. Some of these areas are now about rea dy for pulpwood thinning Later there will be poles, and then sawtimber. And. add to all of this they have hewn out of what was rather uninviting wastelands, the fishing is good in the deep clear river that courses through the place. WIEEVIL CONTROL The smell of the new boll weevil poisons are now familiar to all who travel the highways and byways of the state. The odors carry goodly distances, and they linger for days. Bamberg county is typical of the many that waged hard wee vil fights. County Agent Hubb ard told me they had over a hundred dusters at work there. Some of these were large trac tor outfits that take 8 rows at a time. Two firms i n that coun ty rented machines out to far mers who did not care to buy. The charge was 35 cents per acre dusted. When this cotton crop is har vested we will know a lot more about what to expect from a rather general use of the new poisons. For they sure ly went on vast acreages this time. Last year’s results were outstanding. A n equal break on a much larger acreage this year should tell in our ginning fig ures. ORANGEBURG SWIEET POTATOES Corbett Brothers had 1% acres of sweet potato plant beds just out of Orangeburg. Irrigation . made the plants shout there. This supplemented many farm plant beds. Thus Orangeburg had plenty of plan ts for the first time this year. W. K. Cherry has added a watering attachment to his two- row sweet potato plant setter. They had a good planting sea son and didn’t need the waterers much this time. We saw large fields of beautiful potatoes that were set by these ma chines over Orangeburg coun ty. County Agent McComb said they were giving uniform satisfaction. Two plowings and one easy hoeing make most of their commercial sweet potato crops there. Sweet potatoes are a mill ion dollar crop in Orangeburg, and it is gradually on the in crease. according to McComb. Ready year-around markets for them in any quantity ri ght there at several places in the county add money crop statute to them. BOYS ARE THAT WAY In the past few weeks here I have told the tales of the ear ly automobile in our Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork. In that connection, a wind fall came nay way. Dr. Eargle, a neighbor, was the first one in all of that sect ion to get a car. And he let me learn with him how to drive it. I drove him a lot. At first we used a lantern tied to the radiator for light at night. It was poor light, and occasionally we hung up on a stump or rock. One day a heavy rain came, as one of the rare cars to pass through there was a mile or two below our place. It fought mud and bog as far as our house. Trace chains had been put around the wheels, and it had tom them up. So the man parked it in our yard. He learned that I could drive. He left the keys with me and askedthat I bring it to him at Newberry, 25 miles away, as soon as the roads became passable. And we took him in the buggy to catch the train at White Rock. Well, sir, a car at my dis posal, and to drive it to far away Newberry was like a dream! Folks came to see it up close, put their hands on it. shake it, and sit in it. Eventually the roads dried off and two other boys had prim ed themselves for this adventure with me. We drove through those unfamiliar hills, inquir ing the way, for there were no road signs. We made the 25 miles in about two hours, caught the afternoon train back to White Rock, and walk ed the two miles home. We were marked boys for weeks to come. And how we talked about that trip! The older folks thought we were awful reckless to go off in one of those things, and several wouldn’t let their boys go. But to us it was a trip divine. Industrial experts figure that approximately 7 1-2 million workdays are lost annually as a result of sunburn. No one knows how many vacation-days have been ruined because of Old Sol. Wte’ve been told the whys and wherefores of sunburn countless times, but never seem to learn. Outdoor writer Harold Rogers feels that re peating a few basic facts might help us avoid that too-hot-to handle feeling this year. The intensity of rays which cause burning are strongest in the summer months, at midday, and at high altitudes. Water, sand and snow strongly reflect sunlight, and this reflection in creases the intensity of radia tion, making it easier to burn. Cloudy, hazy days do not pre vent sunburn. Drops of water left on the skin after a swim or from perspiration increase the intensity of the burn. Tan alone does not protect one from fur ther burning. Prevention of burning os largely a matter of common sense. Take the sun in very mild doses at first. If it is mid day in the summer, five minutes is ample. Then add a couple of minutes each day Vuntil your skin is toughened. If you haven’ttime or pa tience to acquire a tan by grad ual exposure, there are now available many so-called tan ning preparations. On the whole, these will not hasten tanning, but they may prevent burning. Those with oils are probably better for dry skins. Alcoholic solutions are recommended for oily skins. Nongreasy creams and lotions are usualy a good all-around choice. Scientific tests indicate the best preventatives are those which contain a diluted solution of paraaminobenzoic acid, or esters of the same acid. They have been found to have high absorption properties, are fair ly stable under ultraviolet rays and do not seem to irritate sen sitive skins. If. in spite of this advice, you do bum, cover- the burned parts with thick gauze kept constant ly wet with Burow’s solution, diluted 20 parts with water. In case of a bad burn it is better to call or see a physician. 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Lieutenant Crump was induc ted into service August, 1941, and was stationed at Camp Croft until he was selected to attend officers candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga., in Feb ruary, 1942. After graduation, he was stationed at Fort Dev- ens, Mass., Pine Camp, N. Y., and Camp Pickett, Va. Lt. Crump rose from private to lieutenant in his first year of service. He was sent over seas in June, 1943, going to North Africa. His Company went into Sicily on July 10, 1943, on D-Day and he was kill ed five days later in action near Coltigirone, Sicily, when his platoon ran into German tanks. He was a member at the time of the 180th Infantry, 45th Division. Lt. Crump is survived by his former wife; a daughter, Pris cilla: his parents, E. L. and Florence Davis Crump; three sisters, Mrs. Sudie C. Wicker, Mrs. E. C. deCordova and Miss Sarah Crump, and two brothers W. W. Crump of Anderson and E. L. Crump, Jr. of Clemson College. Prior to going into service, Lt. 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