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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 THE NEWBERRY SUN Prosperity News Amick-Crumpton A marriage which came as a surprise to their friends was that of Miss Peggy Amick and John Crumpton, which took place Friday, February 11, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Phillips Lu theran Church. The ring cere mony was performed by the groom’s pastor, Rev. Stucke. Mks. Crumpton is the daugh ter of Mir. and Mrs. Johnnie Amick and was a member of the ninth grade of the Pros perity High School. She was attired in a brown dress with brown accessories. Mr. Crumpton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Crumpton of the Mt. Rethel-Garmany community. He runs the Sin clair Bus Station in Prosperity. The couple will make their home with the groom’s parents. Dogwood Garden Club The Dogwood Garden Club h^ld a delightful meeting Mon day afternoon with Mrs. W. E. Hancock. Mrs. H. B. Hendrix, program chairman, talked on the culture of azaleas and read an article, “Winter Gardens that Sing.” For gleanings Mrs. Von Long gave “Lincoln and the Little Creatures.” A clever “Broken Heart Puz zle” was conducied by Mrs. H. L. Shealy with the prize going to Mrs. J. H. Counts. An appetizing salad plate with Russian tea was served. The favors were Valentine bas kets of hear candy. Prosperity Garden Club Mrs. J. D. Luther was hos tess to the Prosperity Garden Club on Monday afternoon. Miss Effie Hawkins present ed a wealth of information on the Camellia sasanqua and the cemellia japonica and suggest ed that the garden club mem- beis do their part to make South Carolina a camellia state. The azalea was also mentioned as a suitable spring shrub. “Winter Gardens That Sing” was the subject of Miss Blanche Kiber’s discussion. Mrs. B. T. Young read several of Ogden Nash’s light-hearted poems. In the absence of Mrs. C. M. Singley recreation leader, Mrs. J. L. Counts conducted a heart contest for her. Miss Effie Hawkins won the door prize. Delicious sandwiches, cake and spiced tea were served. Crepe Myrtle Garden Club The Crepe Myrtle Club held its February meeting at the home of Mrs. Cale Wessinger on Tuesday afternoon with ten members present. In the absence of the leader, Mrs. Elbert Shealy, Mrs. Ray mond Ruff substituted. She had a very interesting program on camellias. Camellias were used in lovely arrangement^ in the living room and dining room. Mrs. Wilbur Wessinger was gleaner and read a poem, “What Mlakes a Nation Great.” Mrs. Bissell Ackerman conduc ted an observation contest with Mrs. W. A. Ballentine prize winner. The hostess served an attrac tive salad plate with coffee. Literary Sorosis The February meeting of the Literary Sorosis was held Fri day afternoon with Mrs. B. T. Young with fifteen members present. Mrs. G. W. Harmon and Miss Eleanor Shearouse contributed interesting and informative facts of the lives of two men of mark, Alexander Woolcott and Walter Pitkin. Mrs. C. T. Wyche presided over the business session During the social hour the continued on page (8) WANT ADS BLDG. SUPPLIES—J. M. 16x 32 Ceiling tile, Sheetrock, Fir Doors, Glass doors, Windows, Asbestos Siding and Shingles, Asphalt Shingles. We deliver Truck load lots. M. W. Crouch & Son, Phone 14-J; Johnston, S. C. I|28-2i25c GARDEN SEED — New Crop Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Newberry Drug Co., J. L. Dic ker!, Druggist, Phone 158, New berry, S. C. 2[ll-25c WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF the popular brands of can dies—chewing gum — cigars — cigarettes — fresh shipments coming in every day—prices right. R. Derrill Smith &' Son, Inc. Wholesale Grocers, New berry, S. C. tn HUNT CLUB Dog Feed—One of the very best balanced Ra tions—fresh shipment just re ceived—R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc.; Wholesale Grocers. Newberry, S. C. tn DIABETIC HEADQUARTERS— Insulin - Syringe Equipment. Test Tablets and Solutions. Newberry Drug Co., J. L. Dic- kert. Druggist, Phone 158, New berry, S. C. 2|ll-25c PECANS—PECANS — Still buy ing—bring us what you don’t need—don’t let them spoil — R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., Wholesale Grocers, Newberry, S. C. tn THE BEST PLACE FOR Buick & Chevrolet Service IS Davis Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street Holiday Notice Tuesday February, 22nd. Being A LEGAL HOLIDAY ^Washington’s Birthday^ THE NEWBERRY FEDERALSA VINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Will not be open For Business HAL—HAY—Serecia Lespedeza Hay—$30.00 per ton — can supply any quantity you want —R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc. Wholesale Grocers., Newberry, S. C. tn Seen Along THE Roadside By J. M. Eleazer Clemson College Extension ' Information Specialist REN-O-SAL CHICK TABS— Safeguard your investment by keeping Dr. Salisbury’s REN-O-SAL Tablets in the drinking water. Newberry Drug Co., J. L. Dickert, Drug gist. Phone 158, Newberry S. C. 2|ll-25c LOCKER PAPER and contain ers—shipment just received- ready for your freezer locker- R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., Wholesale Grocers, Newberry, S. C. tn PEERLESS HOG FEED — We can supply you with this brand of real good feed—R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc.; Wholesale Grocers; Newberry, S. C. tn NOTICE—I am now prepared to assist you with the filing of your Income Tax Returns State and Federal. Also Social Security and Withholding. Am loc'ated at 1304 Main Street up stairs o^er Baker’s Shoe Shop in office formerly occupied by Dr. Lynch. Mrs. A. H. Counts. WANTED — Scrap iron, brass. copper, lead, zinc aluminum pewter, old batteries, radiators, all kinds of rags, old waste cot ton, mattress cotton. We also have a nice line of groceries. W. H. STERLING, VINCENT ST. BLDG. SUPPLIES—J. M. 16x 32 Ceiling tile, Sheetrock, Fir Doors, Glass doors, Windows, Asbestos Siding and Shingles, Asphalt Shingles. We deliver Truck load lots. M. W. Crouch & Son, Phone 14-J; Johnston. S. C. l|28-2|25c IS YOUR CAR ON THE JOB? Don't let your car down . . . let us give you complete auto service at prices you'll like. We do all kinds of auto re pairing, including body and fender work. F. J. HARMON Call us either day or night DAY 106-W — NIGHT 160-W 935 Friend Street SMITH RADIO SERVICE If you’re missing your favorite radio programs du e to a dead or improper ly operating receiver call 724-J or bring your set to Carolina Electric Co., 942 Main street. We charge only for parts replaced—we replace only parts we know will make your radio right again. E. K. (ESTON) SMITH AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE Returns of personal property, new buildings, transfer of real estate, poll and road tax, are to be made at the County Au ditor’s Office beginning: January 1st, 1949 through February 281h, 1949 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 fifty outside of incorporated towns are liable to pay com mutation (road) tax of $1.00 All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your fail ure to make return calls for penalty as prescribed by law. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS County Auditor Two hundred sixty - five droughts in the past 42 years! That’s a little over 6 a year. Records of the Columbia weather bureau office show this. Of these 117 were for from 14 to 21 days; 79 of them ran from 21 to 27 days. And 69 of those droughts in the past 42 years ran over 27 days. And we know that all of those droughts hurt certain crops that they hit. Some of them were disastrous. If the loss from these droughts could be put down in dollars, it would be a stag gering figure. Farming has advanced tre mendously. We now know a lot about fertilizing, and culture and soil saving, and soil buil ding. And the breeders have given us wonderful new strains of high producing sorts of all crops. We apply all of this and do our utmost. And the harvest is abundant. IF ONE OF THOSE DROUGHT PERI ODS DOESN’T HIT at the criti cal time. Folks in the dry lands of the West wonder why we are in terested in irrigation. With 46 inches of rain! Our soil does not retain wa ter like the rich soils of the West. And that big rainfall of ours is not distributed even ly. Remember, 265 droughts of two weeks or longer in the past 42 years. That’s an av erage of one about every two months. Few crops can hope to escape that. And short wa ter usually means a short crop in most cases. And, folks, those are some of the reasons why interest is growing in this thing called ir rigation, making the needed shower when drought strikes! corn per acre. E. N. Williams, state leader of Negro exten sion work, announces that J. C. Hinson of Lancaster was tops with 96 bushels per acre. Second place was won by Thomas Harrison of Fairfield with 90 bushels. And third went to Clyde Cauthen of Lan caster, who produced 87 bush els per acre . This contest has stimulated interest in com growing by Negro boys in all parts of the state according to Waymon Johnson, assistant to Williams. Thus the “new look” goes to more and more corn fields. And the state average yield contin ues to climb upward. I guess we all talk funny to others in some ways. During Christmas I heard the merry word pronounced “mary” at least nine times out of ten on the radio. It depend ed upon where the speaker was from. North and West seem to have it “marry” and we call it merry. They call a creek a crick. And what is a back step to a house to us is a stoop to them. Where the hay is put in a barn is the mow to them. To us it is the loft. I was fixing to take them to task for that last one. But I looked up those two words in the / dictionary first. They mean the same thing, mow and loft. So I kept quiet. And that is the way with most of our differences. When we look into them, they are just not there. Or, if they are, they are so thin you can see through them. After the meeting, I verified it and we had a chat. Since finishing Clemson he has been cotton buyer for a group ol cotton mills there . His old home was one of the finest I have e ver visited. Nothing elaborate. But cool, clean and very likable. And his mother did not have to know you were coming to have a simple meal that' was aivine. It was a large family, and I knew about all of ’em except this boy. They lived down in Sumter county between Lynch burg and Olanta. And their hospitality just drew me there wh§n I was county agent down there and got >ver in that sec tion. I top worked a few seed ling pecans for Mr. Truluck twenty-odd years ago there by the yard. I stopped by there sometime ago and his son Har ry showed me the large trees that have grown from those buds and said they bore large crops of good nuts. Memories. memories! How plasant many of them are! ANNOUNCEMENT The Merit System Council, South Carolina Department of Public Welfare, announces writ ten examinations for the fol lowing positions: Visitor, Senior Visitor, Chila Wlelfare Worker, Junior Sten ographer, Senior Stenographer. The examinations are sche duled to be held on April 23, 1949. Centers for the examin ation will be determined by the number of geographic dis tribution of applicants. Appli cations to be considered for these examinations should be filed in the office of the Merit Sylstem Supervisor not later than April 2, 1949. Information and Application Blanks may be obtained from: Merit- System Supervisor, 219 Education Building, University of South Carolina, Columbia 19, South Carolina. PAGE FIVE ANNUAL NATIONAL SPELLING BEE The Annual National Spell ing Bee is to be sponsored again” this year in South Caro lina by the Anderson Indepen dent and the Anderson Daily Mail. James D. Brown, Coun- iy Supt. of Education has re ceived and mailed to each school the 1949 rules to be fol lowed in the county state and national contest. He has also requested the schools to make it known if they will have a contestant. Last year, due largely to the fact that the regulations came so late, there were very few to take part. It is hoped th°t this year an early start will bring out contestant from every school. * A good scattering of farm ers over the state have had Clemson’s Duffie help them plan for irrigation in recent months. So we will have a good little bit it the coming season. I will be telling you about it as I see it in my rounds. And there might be some tours for groups of farm ers to see it. Had a strange experience the other day. Had just fin ished spfeaking to the Rotary Club at Union. They were transacting a little business. A man behind a post from me got up and said something on the subject. I couldn’t see him. But I remarked to Coun ty Agent Martin next to me, “If my good old friend, Mr. I. M. Truluck, wasn’t dead I would sure say that was him over there who has just spok en.” And to my amazement he said, “That is a Truluck, Dewie Truluck.” I remembered then that Mr. Isadore did have a boy by that name. But I had never met him and didn’t know where he was. It is not all work and meet ings for 4-H clubsters. Listen to J. B. Williams as sistant county agent of Lau rens, talking. “During the month I further assisted the 4-H club boys at Oak Grove and Long Bran-h in completing their basketball goals. Seventeen members of the county-wide club went ’pos sum hunting on the night of Nov. 13. Following the hunt, a weiner roast was served at the home of Curtis and Joel Wallace. We feel that organiz ed recreation strengthens club work.” Are you raising hogs or rats? Those who have studied it say a rat eats a bushel of corn a year and destroys another bushel, or the equivalent of that in other feeds. According to that, S rats eat what it takes to make a top hog. And if you have the rats you can bet they will get theirs even if the hogs have to even tually go hungry. Wte now have a pretty ef fective way to kill rats. Most counties have had campaigns to that end. In some cases the farmers are calling for an other one and the county agents are arranging it. So it’s rats or hogs. To which is your corn . going? WSPA - Every Day 12:00 Wendy Warren 1:15 Ma Perkins 2:00 Blue Ridge Matinee 2:15 Perry Mason CBS W/'Cp \ WSPA—FM 950 KC. ^ OL ^ MQ It’s Here! Money on your Automobile, Furniture or Your Signature. $5.00 to $2,000.00 SPECIAL NOTE, AUTO DEALERS We will finance your sales, no strings attached, without recourse, no endorsements or re-purchase agreements necessary—plus attractive reserve paid date acceptance of deal. Phone 736-M. SERVICE FINANCE COMPANY 1506 Main St. Not many years ago the Mid west hardly knew what ferti lizer was. Now it takes it in growing volume. Iowa used only 8,400 tons in 1937. Ten years later it used 277,000 tons. \ And listen to what a leading farm paper out there says: “Have you ordered your fer tilizer? Unless farmers order now, dealers can’t get supplies started out to the country from fertilizer plants. If orders come late, a transportation jam may keep shipments from ar riving in time to do you any good.” That was from “Wal lace’s Farmer” of Iowa. And it could have been as well said here in South Carolina. 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