Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950 THE NEWBERRY SUN SiHgM'— for "file sensational new 1950 fRlGlDAlRH I HOME AFPUANCE5 See'em soon, at... Maxwell Bros & Lindsay AUDITOR’S 1950 TAX ASSESSMENT NOTICE Returns of all personal property and real estate, poll and road tax, are to be made at the County Au ditor’s Office beginning: January 1st, 1950 through February 28th, 1950 All able-bodie*- male citizens between the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 pole 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 failure to make return calls for penalty as pre scribed by law. This is land year- It is very important that all tax payers make tax returns before Febru ary 28th, 1950. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS County Auditor Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 STAGECOACH ROBBERY There was a stagecoach robbery in Redwood, Cal ifornia recently. A 50 year old stagecoach brought there for a rodeo was stolen. Stagecach robberies are rare, nowadays, but it s still a good idea to have everything of value insured. Your Protection Our Business “YOUR PRIVATE BANKER Phone 197 ff TEACH THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF SAVING Children — and adults—with the savings habit are always welcome at this Association. Our insured savings plan is ideal for small savers. Opfen an account now. NEWBERRY 7 Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF KBWBBRRY K. Willingham, Sec’y dewberry, S. C. FARMS AND FOLKS My, if those bones could talk, what tales they could tell! This soil of ours is the physical link with a past, too distant for us to contemplate. By J. M. Eleazer 4-H In Pickens Back when most counties in the state counted their 4-H Club members by the tens, Pickens county was counting theirs by the hundreds. For many years, the veteran county agent, Tom Bowen, now retired, did a major job of 4-H Club work. And the results of that have long shown in the leadership that Pickens county sent over the state. You see it everywhere you go in agricul tural circles over the state. Dur ing the time I was county agent in Sumter, we employed four different assistant agents. We just went out to get the best ons we could. And three of them came from Pickens. And the other one was a product from these, a Sumter county boy, who has his 4-H experi ence under those three Pickens boys. ' In late years most of the counties in the state have grown with 4-H until now they too number their members in the hundreds, about fifty thou sand in all in the state. In Pickens they are still car rying on with a fine 4-H pro gram. The past year they en rolled 313 boys. Of these, 276 completed their year’s demon strations and turned in records. A dairy calf club is one oi Pickens’ latest 4-H undertak ings. They now have 34 fine Jersey heifers and 2 Guernseys out with their youngsters. County Agent Wood says they don’t have much dairying in the county, but feel that some of these boys will grow into it with their 4-H heifers as a start. Some Corn The 10 farmers in the state corn contest from Jasper coun ty made from 79.5 to 124.5 bushels per acre. All together, .hey averayed 96.02! Gracious, where will this thing stop! We used to think the fellow who said he made a hundred bushels of com to the acre was just a cheerful liar. Now farmers in all counties are ap plying the Clemson 5-point com program and coming up with actual yields that we used to think could only be fiction. By Tsd Kestmg Boys Are That Way Last week we got that hog scalded and cleaned, that we kids always stayed from school to help butcher. 1' say “help.” We stayed in the way more than anything else. But we looked forward to it, and par ents always let us miss school that day. The two strongest men then picked the hog 4p by each catching a foreleg and gripping their other hands under the hog’s back. Thus they carried him to the place that he was to be hung. There it took all the rest to help raise him up so the gambling stick that had been inserted .under the ten dons near his hind feet could be put to the hook that hung from a limb of an old apple tree. There the hog was wash ed down, opened up, and the head cut off. The women would tnen take the insides down below the plum thicket and get the lard and chitterlings out. Also they cleaned th’e small intestines for sausage casings and the large ones for liver pudding. The men then took the car cass and laid it on its back on heavy table. The best axeman in the crowd then split it down the backbone and the meat was cut up. Trimmings were The ability to recognize and read sign of the red fox is the most effective method of learn ing about that elusive animal, and it’s exciting sport, too. Outdoor hawkshaws find 'sign reading more challenging when the snow is gone. Tracks may appear on most any ground sur face free of vegetation, espe cially when the soil has been softened by rain or thaws. The oval shape and the un usually small toe pads are dis tinctive ' characteristics reflected iri s the track. The mark of the heel pad does not project for ward between the outermost toe prints as in the dog track, and the furry nature of the foot may be seen on a good tracking surfact. The largest track of a forefoot that I have found measured 2.8 inches long and 1.8 inches wide. The track of a hind foot is always small er, and the mark of the heel pad is about half as wide as that of a forefoot. The track arrangements for the different gaits are similar to those of the domestic dog, except in walking or trotting the tracks of the fox are in an almost straight line. Naturalist Tom Scott sug gests that when studying fox sign, you* learn to identify the sharp, penetrating odor of fox scent. Their droppings are also good sign. Typical droppings ground for sausage, and the head, liver, lungs, etc., were put in a pot with a bag of rice to cook for pudding. When that was done, we ate from it for dinner, with baked sweet potatoes that had been cooked at breakfast time. I still think that fresh cooked liver and baked sweet potatoes is mighty good eating. IT1 have to finish this next week. V Attend Cammellia Show In Augusta Among those from Newberry who attended the Camellia Show held in Augusta, Ga., Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Summer, Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Senn, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carlton, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Summer, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Brown. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lominack, Mr. and Mrs. Don Rook, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wtest- wood. Dr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Welling, Mrs. J. L. Welling, Sr.. Mrs. H. B. Wells, Sr., Ful mer Wiells and Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn. They also visited Judge Ham mond’s Gardens .while in Au gusta. are usually in two to/ four seg ments, but there may be as many as nine. Sign niay be seen where the fox beds down. The bed may be found almost anywhere from a high ridge to the depths of. a weedy swale, often in a sunny exposure out of the wind. The circular bedding is about 15 inches in diameter. Those who have preconceiv ed ideas as to the great quan tities of game taken by foxes will be disappointed < at find ing so ‘ few ‘kills’ on the trail. So examine all prey carefully to become acquainted with feeding mannerism* of the killer. You will find fox dens aL most anywhere from gravelly knolls to temporarily dry marshes and from old wood chuck dens to dry drainage tile. A single family may use five or more different dens during the denning period from March through June, Except during breeding seasons, dens are only rarely used. If you find pups, try coax- in them to the mouth of the den. You can do it with a squeaking noise made by suck ing lips pressed to the back of the hand. Welfare Department PROSPERITY Announces Openings Chairman Joe B. Connelly ol the Newberry County Board of Public Welfare announces that examinations for the positions of visitor, junior stenographer, and senior stenographer with state and county departments of public welfare Will be held on April 22, 1950. Centers for holding the examinations will depend upon the number of applicants in the various sec tions of the state. Applicants to take the examinations should be filled with the wel fare department’s merit system supervisor not later than April 2. Applicants for position of vis itor must have completed a four year college course, al though seniors in college this year may be .admitted to the examination. / Applicants for position of junior stenographer must have education equivalent to grad uation from a standard four year high school, included or supplemented by training or experience. One year of full time paid stenographic experi ence may be , substituted for one year of high school. Applicants for position of senior stenographer must have education equivalent to grad uation from a standard 'four year high school plus at least one year’s recent full time paid employihent in stenographic work, One additional year of full time paid employment may be substituted for one year of high school. , r Information and application blanks should be requested of the Merit System Supervisor, Department of Public' Welfare. 219 Education Building, Uni versity of South Carolini lumbia, S. C. la, Co- FOR RENT — One three-room apartment, upstairs with pri vate bath. Reasonable rate. 1004 Boundary St. Velerie Rob inson. 3tp White-Whitmire Miss Helen White of Pros- . perity and Charles Whitmire of Newberry were married Saturday, January 28, at 6:00 at the home of the groom’s pastor, Rev. Brockwell in New berry. Miss Doris Whitmire, sister R| of the groom served as maid M of honor and Olin D. Wtiite, brother of the bride, served as best man. The ceremony was witnessed by several relatives and friends. Mrs. Whitmire is the daugh- g| ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howr -J White of the Oneal commi and was a member of the grade of the Prosperity E . School. She was attired brown with brown act and wore a carnation The groom is the son of Gertrude Whitmire and late Bunyan Whitmire of berry. He attended the Nc berry schools. He is now c ployed at the Mollohon branch of the Kendall Mills. After a brief honeymoon couple will , live with groom’s mother in Newberry. I — i j, Tenth Grade The members of the grade of the Prosperity School were delightfully tained Tuesday ever ;w their grade mothers, Adams, Mrs. H. I _ and Mrs. A. P. Pugh. 3 ty was held in the C< Hall. / The group enjoyed a ber of games. Punch and cookies served. r Mrs. Hancock, home teacher was present. Enjoy Weiner The members of th« Wightman Church weiner toast Thursday € iik the recreation hall church. Mr. and Mrs. ter Hamm, advisors, (Continued on p mm Spray or Dust Colion? This boll weevil control thing is developing very fast. We have materials that are ef fective as dusts or sprays. Which form of it will I use, is a question many a farmer will be facing in a few months. High pressure spraying with small amounts of rather strong mixtures is rather new. It has the advantage of daytime ap plication. Yet our experts at Clemson’s Florence station tell us that the spray is more dan gerous, unless .handled just right. So there is a decision we will have to make. ■ i " •v». — < 5 i 1 L Plan For It You can do everything you know to make a crop, and if you don’t get the water at the right time you won’t make much. We have experienced that so many times. But now, with the new types of sprinkler irrigation, we can remove the hazard of drought from many of our fields that are near streams and ponds. And when that is done, good yields are just about assured. But to get the full benefit from this added water, we need to do all we can there to make big yields possible. And that calls for good prep aration, liberal fertilization, good seed, and more stalks on Uie land. For it takes all of these things to make a big yield possible. Then, with the added water when needed, you clinch the yield. Clemson’s Circular 327, “Ir rigation in South Carolina,” is free at your county agent’s of fice. iiiijiijimminiiiiiiiiriiiminiiiintiniin] i jin 1 Uir.it - ‘ • . . . V , nfc' : * $ * -s' . ilHf mm Found in the Ground Wftiile County Agent Kinard of Jasper was examining a new drainage canal a farmer had out through some of his lowlands, he noticed what ap peared to be bones showing where the clay had washed a bit from the bottom of the canal. He dug some of them out and sent them to Dr. Stephen Tabor at the Univers ity. He identified them as fos sils of the long-extinct Zeugle- don, the ancestor of the whale. The backbones were in line tnere under 8 feet of soil, ap parently where the animal died some eons ago. 'J Great new performance with Chevrolet’s Advanced LOAD-MASTER "105” ■M Checker Cab~~ TAXI 24 Never before such power in Chevrolet trucksl The new Load-Master 105-h.p. engine — rugged, heavy-duty power plant; and thd famous Thrift-Master Engine—now stepped up to a husky 92 horsepower! 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