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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FARMS
AND
FOLKS
By J. M. Eleazer
Killing Buzzards
Buzzards were bothering
cows and sows at calving and
pigging time so in. Greenwood
that County Agent Garvin call
ed Clemson for relief. Plans
for making a trap were furn
ished. Two were made and
baited with dead animals. One
promptly caught 129 buzzards
and the other 85. These were
disposed of, and no more trou
ble was experienced.
I have heard of this from
time to time for the past 30
years. Buzzards attacking live
things seems to be sort of like
dogs sucking eggs. Once they
start, they become bad at it,
and will teach others to do it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Mayor and pledge
myself to abide the results of
the Democratic Primary.
LELAND S. WILSON
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of
Mayor of Newberry, agreeing
to abide the results of the pri
mary.
JAMES E. WISEMAN
ALDERMAN WARD 1
I announce myself a candi
date for the office of Alderman
for Ward 1, and agree to abide
the results of the city primary.
GEORGE W. MARTIN
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman in
Ward No. 1, and pledge my
self to abide by the results of
the Democratic Primary.
L. POPE WICKER, JR.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman for
Ward 1 and agree to abide by
the results of the primary.
t. c. (ted) McDowell
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman from
Ward 1, agreeing to abide the
results of the primary.
ARTHUR W. WELLING, M.D.
ALDERMAN WARD 3
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election to the
office of Alderman from Ward
S and pledge myself to abide
the results of the primary.
j. ed. McConnell
And they can just ruin a calf
and a pig crop, often attacking
the mothers in labor too.
Likad Hybrid Corn
County Agent Bob Bailey ob
served this: “In one community
where there was no rain for
9 weeks, the N. C. 27 hybrid
corn didn’t even wilt."
Now that’s in line with what
we have always heard about
good hybrid corns. They have
greater vigor, more roots and
less stalk usually. This en
ables them to stand adversity
better. Consequently, a high
er yield is secured.
Remember there are many
hybrids. Some are not as good
as the corn you have. Some
are considerably better. For
our whole state, N. C. 27 is
tops. For the Up Country,
Dixie 17 is good too. And for
the entire state and the Low
Country especially, Dixie 18 is
looking good.
Yes, out of all of the hybrids,
these three are being recom
mended by your state corn
committee after reviewing ex
periment station and farm per
formance by many of the hy
brids. And their advice is to
buy only “Certified” seed. A
list of those having “Certified”
seed of adapted sorts will be
furnished anyone writing Bob
Garrison, Clemson, S. C.
scavenger worms, and about a
half dozen of them were still
in there alive and getting along
OK, from all appearances.
Nine years in a small tight
box, with no air except what
it contained, and no water, heat
nor light. And no food except
their own dead skeletons! No
wonder man has never been
able to eradicate an insect.
Perpetual Motion
In 1940 L. M. Sparks, Clem-
son’s extension boll weevil
man, noticed that some tiny
scavenger worms (Dermestids)
were eating three tiny dead ti
ger beetles in his collection.
The tiger beetles themselves
are about twice the size of an
average flea.
At that time he put them all
in a little metal box about the
size of a half dollar and a half
inch thick, with tight fitting
friction top.
H e opened that little box and
showed it to me the other day.
It was completely full of moul
ted skeletons of those little
Boys Are That Way
In the Stone Hills of the
Dutch Fork, where we were
raised, things were rather
peaceful. We had two notorious
drunkards that periodically
raised a little whoopee.
Once one of them stopped in
front of our house in his bug
gy and called us kids out there
to him. We were afraid not
to go. He gave each of us a
coconut and a can of sardines,
told us they were our very
own, gave his horse a hard rap
with the whip, and sped around
the curve on two wheels. We
thought sure the buggy was
going to turn over. And we
didn’t want that to happen.
Wte wanted him to get on down
the road. For we were as
afraid of him as we were of a
mad dog.
We later learned that he sold
his last remnant of cotton that
day and had spent every cent
of it on liquor, coconuts, and
sardines, none of which his
suffering family needed. They
needed clothes and shoes and
books for schoql.
On another occasion the oth
er one passed out while walk
ing along the road a little ways
below our house and rolled in
to the ditch. A big rain came
up and he all but drowned be
fore it sobered him up enough
and he crawled up in the bri
ers a piece.
I lived in horror of these
men. Guess that’s why I have
always been eternally down on
liquor. I’ve seen what it can
make of men. And that burn
ed into my mind and is in
delibly there.
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I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman from
Ward 3 and pledge myself to
abide the results of the prim
ary.
FORREST W. DICKERT
ALDERMAN WARD 5
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election for
Alderman in Ward 5, and
pledge myself to abide by the
results of the Democratic Pri
mary.
CECIL E. KINARD
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Alderman for
Ward 5 and agree to abide the
results of the primary.
A. H. (Bill) CLARK
ALDERMAN WARD S
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for Alderman in
Ward 6 and pledge myself to
abide by the results of the
Democratic primary.
J. LEE BOOZER
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Al
derman from Ward ii and agree
to abide the results of the pri
mary.
THOS. O. STEWART
REGISTRATION FOR
GENERAL ELECTION
The Supervisor of Registra
tion has been ordered by the
City Council of the City of
Newberry to open the books of
registration 90 days prior to the
election and keep the same
open until ten days prior to the
general election for Mayor and
Aldermen in December.
Any person applying for a
Municipal Registration Certifi
cate must show that he has a
Newberry County Registration
Certificate, has resided within
the corporate limits of the City
of Newberry for a perior of
four months, or more, prior to
the election, and has paid the
1948 poll tax, if such tax was
assessed against him.
D. L. NANCE,
Supervisor of Registration.
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Wilson and Commission
Issue Statements
Statement from City Council In
Regard* To Dirt Loader Recent
ly Purchased by the Commis
sioners of Public Works and the
City Council
September 3, 1949
The public is well aware of
the fact that practically all of
the dirt streets of the City of
Newberry are in a bad con
dition at the present time; due
to the sewer and water expan
sion program which is being
carried out by the Commission
ers of Public Works. You also
realize that with the winter
months coming on now short
ly, it is necessary that steps
be made as soon as possible to
top soil these streets, in order
that they may be in condition
for traveling when the bad
weather sets in.
The Commissioners of Pub.
lie Works have obligated their
department to assist the street
department in putting the
streets back in good condition;
the obligation involved in this
particular instance being the
loading of the street depart
ment’s trucks with top soil,
which we in turn are to haul
and soil streets involved in this
program. This called for the
Commissioners to either rent a
loader, which is very expensive,
or make some other arrange
ments.
As Chairman of the Street
Department, I was submitted
quotations from Mr. Wise,
which had been asked for and
received by the Commissioners
of Public Works from Indus
trial State distributors of this
particular type of dirt moving
equipment. With the quota
tions, the proposition was made
that if the City Council would
pay half of the cost of this
equipment, the Commissioners
of Public Works would assume
the cost of the other half.
I submitted the matter, with
all literature and quotations
which had been given to me
from the Commissioners, to
your City Council for discus
sion and consideration. IT WAS
THOROUGHLY DISCUSSED
AND EVERY MEMBER OF
THE CITY COUNCIL AP
PROVED THE PURCHASE OF
THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
ON A 50-50 BASIS, AND I
WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE
MAYOR TO PROCEED IN
MAKING PURCHASE ON
THIS BASIS. No mention was
made at the meeting in re
gards to purchasing it locally.
I don’t think that any member
of the Council thought that
anyone locally would be inter
ested in submitting a price on
a dirt loader, which as you
know comes under the head
of Industrial equipment, that
is the type which was purchas
ed. This piece of equipment is
one which has long been need
ed by the street department;
and will prove beneficial not
only at thep resent time, but
in years to come.
LELAND S. WILSON
Chairman of Street de
partment.
Verified By:
A. P. SALLY
Miayor, City of Newberry.
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Commission, as a part of the
water and sewer expansion, to
aid the City, financially and
otherwise, to replace the streets
in good repair.
Bids for dirt loaders were
obtained by the Commission on
behalf of the City of Newberry,
from advertized dealers who
sell such equipment in the sur
rounding area and submitted to
the City Council for their con
sideration. The low bid was
accepted and the equipment
purchased by the City. One-
half of the cost was borne by
the Commission.
COMMISSIONERS OF
PUBLIC WORKS
Dr. H. B. Senn, Chairman
Mr. W. R. Reid
Dr. A. W. Welling
WITH SUBER MOTOR CO.
James Mills, who has been
with the Lipscomb Motor Com
pany as service manager since
they bagan operations in their
new building on College St., |
has accepted a position with the
PAGE FIVE
Suber Motor Company in Whit
mire.
Mr. Mills, who is an expert
mechanic on Studebaker cars,
has been connected with the
Studelaker people for the past
several years.
Statement From The Commis-
zioners of Public Works Re
garding The Purchase of a
Dirt Loader by the City of
Newberry
September 3, 1949.
The piece of equipment pur
chased was a Hough 5-8 yard
Bucket Loader powered by a
Case Industrial Tractor. This
item is industrial machinery
and not farm machinery. The
sole distributor for this type
industrial equipment in South
Carolina is Gaines W. Harri
son Co. The type of equip
ment purchased is not sold by
local dealers.
It is the obligation of the
BENNETT E. DAWKINS
Bennett Elliott Dawkins, 83,
died at the Newberry County
Hospital after a brief illness.
He was a son of the late Wes
ley Frank and Rebecca Cook
Dawkins and was the last mem
ber of his immediate family.
He was a farmer and was a
lifelong resident of the Pros
perity section of Newberry
County.
He is survived* by his wife,
M!rs. Nennie Hardy Dawkins;
eight sons, M. H. of Columbia,
J. Saxon, John H. and Hubber
D. of Prosperity, D. Bounce of
Leesville, Fitzue B. Ben F. and
Y. Dawkins, all of Newberry;
18 grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock
at the graveside at St. Lukes
Cemetery near Prosperity with
Dr. J. B. Harman, the Rev. C.
E. Seastrunk and the Rev. H. B.
Watson officiating.
The body remained at the
Leavell Funeral Home until
Friday morning when it was
carried to the home of J. S.
Dawkins in the O’Neal com
munity.
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