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By J. M. Eleazer Precious Cargo Early these mornings I see the little ones in clumps along the roadsides waiting for their school bus. Well wrapped, they don’t seem to mind the cold. In fact I don’t recall ever getting cold when I was a youngster. May be I did and have forgotten. Or maybe they just made me come in and warm before I got very cold. The other morning one group had built a fire. And, as I passed, several of them were holding a foot right in the blaze. Parents there will like ly wonder why children’s shoes wear out so quick. For nothing wears much faster than ha]£- bumed leather. Then a little further down the road I usually meet the bus, picking up its precious cargo. The windows are all fogged over from their breath and warm bodies. Soon one of them starts finger-writing there writing or drawing something funny. Then they all start, and there is a rush for seats by the windows. It might be very cold, but youngsters do not let on about it. Schools are being consolidat ed and more and more children are riding to school. Those yel low buses are to be seen on most roads in the early morn ing and mid-afternoons. The sighting of one should strike caution in every driver, as he moves along the highways and byways. For, remember, they carry the most precious cargoes on earth. And the little ones that make them up are unpre dictable. They are liable to dart out when you least ex pect it. That “STOP” painted all over those yellow school buses car ries tremendous meaning. Ob serving it fully can save some awful regrets. For Expert Repair Bring Your Radio GEO. N. MARTIN Radio Service ''&M.ES and SERVICE 1014. Main Street Opposite Memorial Square 24 HOURS SERVICE Telephone 311W ^ Grass Seeder Barnwell county bqught a combination grass seeder and soil packer back in the fall, as a boon to their pasture devel opment. It is routed by County Agent Shelley and . the local SCS man. The charge is 50 cents per acre. Excellent re sults are secured with stands of small grass and clover seed where it was used, according to Shelley. •Hubbard of Bamberg tells me they secured one in similar manner. And several other counties have these seed-pack ers. The land is prepared well first. Then these outfits firm it, put the seed down, and firm it again, covering the seed just slightly, as they require. County Agent Jackson of Williamsburg told me several years ago that they had found packing to be of great value in getting stands of these small pasture seeds that we are seed- in so widely now. And an or dinary packer is fine. But get ting even distribution of these seed by hands is a job. This new combination machine does both the scattering of the seed and the packing job right, ac cording to those who have used it. Fat Cattle on Sericea County Agent Shelley of Barnwell told me that B. K. Anderson of Dunbarton uses BONNIE LASSIE! Hoot mon! ’Tig a charming, Bon nie lassie all dressed up in her Scotch plaid to absorb the sunshine and sea air at a fashionable winter resort. Her Scotch plaid cotton out fit is designed by Gantner of Cali fornia. The one-strap style will be popular in 1950, according to Na« tional Cotton Council experts. PROFESSIONAL NOTICE In regards to my practice, I will continue to make home visits in the city and the county as in the past. DR. REYBURN W. LOMINACK i Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CAR T E R’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 Used Cars By The Pound To stimulate his used car business, a Decatur, Illi nois, man sells cars by tihe pound with prices ranging from three cents to 75 cents a pound. If you are thinking of getting a car, come in and talk to us about financing it. PURCELLS "YOUR PRIVATE BANKER Phone 197 »» Lespedeza sericea extensively as summer grazing for his beef cattle. “They stayed fat all last summer on his 40 acres of it, and he is seeding more of it this spring,” he says. This crop needs to be grazed right. And that means holding it down so it won’t get tough. For then the cattle won’t eat it. If it gets ahead of them, mowing might be needed, so the tender stuff will come out again. Farm Women Active The 10 home demonstration clubs of McCormick county had “Light Fixtures” as the subject of their October meetings. “Home Beautification” was the subject in Beaufort, and a sea food dinner was prepared to boost the use of a local source of food. “Winter Bouquets was the subject of their meetings over in Lexington county. And Orangeburg ladies stressed lawns at their monthly home demonstration club meeting Preparing vegetables was the subject in several counties. Amd on and on the list goes of how the home agents and farm women are working to gether to build a better farm life. SAVE and Make It a Habit! Great oaks from little acorns grow—and large savings accounts are built a few dollars at a time. Open your insured account here now. „ _ NEWBERRY J Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY J. K. Willingham, Sec’y , Newberry, S. C. Boys Are Thai Way Once we tried to make a batch of wine at home. It didn’t turn out right, so we poured the fermenting stufl out. A colored boy was work- ing in the yard, tasted it, liked it, and drank his fill. The rest was poured out in a ditch dowr in the lot. Geese and hogs liked it too and drank it all up The colored boy went on ii the garden to work. When sun down came we found him lyinj there, dead to the world, drunk And over in the barnyard was a funny sight too. Those pigs and geese had lost control o: themselves, and were stagger ing, squawking, and squeakir around all over the place. I have never seen much ir common between a person and a hog. But drunk ones are very much alike. Tons of Grass Seed Many pastures were seeded in Dillon last fall. County Agent Goodyear secured a little over eleven tons for. 107 farm ers, and some secured their own planting seed. MRS. ELLIE H. .FELLERS Mrs-. Ellie Hunter Fellers, 84 died at noon Sunday at the res idence of her son, Hunter L Fellers in Prosperity. Mrs Fellers had been in declinin* health for several months. She was the widow of the late Luther Fellers. She was bom and reared near Prosperi ty, a daughter of the late John L. and Mary Dominick Hunter. She was a member of Zion Methodist Church where she was active in Sunday school and church work. She was one of the oldest members of the church. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3:30 at the graveside in Prosperity Cemetery conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. A. Whitten and Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger. She is survived by six chil dren, Mrs. M. C. Bedenbaugh, J. Press Fellers, Hunter L. Fel lers, all of Prosperity, C. E. Fellers of Newberry, and E. A. Fellers of Beckley, W. Va.; 14 grandchildren and 11 great- gr and children. THE NEWBERRY SUN BALANCED FARMING PROGRAM BE LAUNCHED To emphasize complete farm planning and efficient operation of the whole farm as a unit, the Clemson Extension Service with the endorsement and co operation of the South Caro lina State Agricultural Com mittee is launching a state-wide program to be known as the “Better Balanced Farming Pro gram.” Standards will be es tablished for complete farm and home planning, and opera tion and suitable recognition will be given farm families who reach these standards in their whole farm operation. The objectives of the pro gram will be to recognize suc cessful farm families who have met the prescribed standards in the operation of their whole farms and homes as units; to develop and use a definite set of standards for the planning and operation of whole farm units, such standards to be spe cific enough to be used in mea suring accomplishments, yet flexible enough to be adapted to different sizes and types of farms: through' recognition of outstanding farm families and appropriate educational publici ty to focus emphasis upon the planning an deficient operation of the whole farm and the home as a unit, and stimulate a desire on the part of farm families to meet the prescribed standards; and to provide ex tension workers with a definite objective in the planning and- efficient operation of the whole farm and the home as a unit. The development and conduct of the program will in no way conflict with or detract from the present efforts of the Ex tension Service toward the im provement of production and DRAYTON RUTHERFORD HOLDS REGULAR MEET The regular meeting of Dray ton Rutherford Chapter of liDC was held Tuesday afternoon, January 3, at the home of Mrs. R. D. Wright, with Mrs. E. B. Setzler -as associate hostess. The president, Mrs. Wright, presided and led in the salute to the confederate flag. Mrs. Parr, as chaplain led in the rit ual and prayer. There were fifteen members present. In the absence of those on the program, Mrs. Bowler read “The Message of the President- General,” by Mrs. Estelle Hag gard. Mrs. Cannon Blease then gave us a most interesting re port from a delegate’s point of view, of the New Orleans con vention. ^ - - ■ ■ ' > LOCATE STILL; NO ARREST Sheriff Tom M. Fellers and his deputies raided an 80 gal lon copper still in the Mt. Plea sant community Sunday morn ing, destroying six barrells of mash. “No arrests have - been made yet, but probably will be in a few days,” said Sheriff Fellers.l marketing practices in crops, livestock, or other enterprises on the-farm. No formal, signed plan or agreement is contem plated and standards will be simplified and clarified so that farmers can easily understand them and know what to work for and why. County agents and home demonstration agents with the cooperation of the county agri cultural committees will begin the program in 1950 by arrang ing for recognition of farm fam ilies who are already meeting the standards set up. WOODS BURNING DOES NOT RID BOLL WEEVIL R. J. Riebold, Supervisor of the South Carolina National Forests, has announced that some farmers this year are un wisely going back to burning the woods to kill the boll wee vils. Forest Supervisor Riebold says the increased population in weevils in 1949 was caused by the comparatively warm winter a year ago and the damp warm months of last June and July. Leading Agriculturists have long come to the conclusion that ’the use of insecticides is the most effective means of combatting the weevil and not woods burning. Probably more weevils can be killed by burn ing the cotton house, the barn or tool shed that is located in or near the cotton fields. To be sure, some weevils would be killed by burning but the dam age would be far greater than the damage done by the wee vils that would be killed. Those people who are familiar with the living habits of the boll weevil know that it hibernates around barns and other build ings with board roofs, under bark or rotten stumps, trees and logs and in very dense grass or leaves within the cot ton fields or within 25 to 30 feet of the field. Another well accepted method of weevil con trol is to gather up the cotton early and cut, plow under or otherwise kill all stalks which may serve as food for weevils. Mr. Riebold says burning the woods to destroy weevils is destructive, expensive and harmful. It does not influence boll wevil damage the follow ing , year. MARINE RECRUITING . SGT. HERE MONDAY Young men! Now is your chance to join the United States Marine Corps. A Marihe Re cruiting Sergeant will be in Newberry on Tuesday, January 17, 1950 at the Newberry Post Office from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to examine applicants for enlist ment in the oldest branch of the Armed Forces, the Marine Corps. If vou would like to travel, like to find adventure in some far off corner of the world, or desire to further your educa tion, if you are between the ages of 17 to 28 inclusive see the recruiting sergeant at the Newberry Post Office on Tues day, January 17, 1950. The sergeant will also be ac cepting applications from the ladies for enlistment in the Wo men’s Marines. Young ladies, 20 t© 31 year of age inclusive, single, high school graduates, are eligible. THE GALS ARE AT IT NOW Feminine football, gridiron glamour, pigskin pulchritude, and all that sort of thing will break out in a big way on Mel ton field at the University of South Carolina the night of Jah. 13 when the Delta Delta Delta and Pi Beta Phi sororities meet in the annual Pawder Bowl classic. The event is attended by all the pageantry j| customary in bowl games. A high spot will be the crowning of a Carolina male student as the 1 King of the Powder Bowl. The gals play 'a good brand of touch football, too—even if they do have to call time out occasionally to • straighten out their makeup, etc. WINNER OF SLOOO QJI RADIO PROGRAM' A 50-year-old Florence widow and mother of an invalid son, Mrs. Gladys DuBose, 156 No. Harrell St., was winner of $1,000 for correctly identifying the “Star of the Week” on the “Chesterfield Supper Club” pro gram last Friday. The coast-to- coast, broadcasts, starring Perry Como and various guest stars, are heard on NBC and WIS Thursdays at 10:00-10:30 p.m. She was the first South Caro linian to win the weekly prize award. Mrs. DuBose, a native of Greenwood, correctly identified comedian Robert Q. Lewis as the “Star of the Week” in win ning her check for $1,000. ‘Til use the money as a nest-egg for my son,” she told reporters. Marvin. 29, has been invalided since birth. Mrs. DuBose spent her youth in Columbia, where she gradu ated from Columbia. High School. Her husband, the late Jack A. 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