The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, February 17, 1950, Image 5
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950
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FARMS
AND
FOLKS
By J. M. Eleazer
Irrigation Coming to the East
Back in September I rode
with county agents from Vir
ginia to the Canadian line to
see what they thought of irri
gation up there.
We rode visiting farmers all
day long for close to two weeks
in many states. Three of our
county agents were with me.
On all of that trip we saw
nothing but enthusiasm for ir
rigation.
At some places it was new
with them, and just a few
farmers had out it in. But
every one of these liked it and
many neighbors were getting
ready to install theirs.
In “Better Rural Life” a
writer states, “I rode from
Westerly up to Providence and
I counted on the main road 16
growers using irrigation. A
year ago you could see not
more than five or six.”
And in the “Maine ‘Potato
Growers News” a writer states:
“In one of our New England
States two truckloads df straw
berries pull into market. One
came from a farm where ir
rigation was used regularly,
and the other from a • farm
where there was no artificial
means of applying water. Let’s.
look at the berries and taste
them. Let’s watch what the
buyers do. The irrigated ber-
rier are fancier, tastier, juicier
and sell for a better price. The
farmer who did not irrigate his
berries admits that to compete
next year he will have to in
stall an irrigation system.
“You can find this same sit
uation on many other crops.
iMost of the cigar tobacco was
grown with irrigation this year.
There will not be many acres
grown without it in 1950.”
Then he shows that the
Maine potato grower must also
come to irrigation. Costs are
indeed too great and quality
and yield too important to de
pend upon weather alone to
bring the needed moisture.
And Bill Camp of California
who has aided in putting this
modern impetus behind irriga
tion in South Carolina through
Clemson, has just written com
mending the progress here. He
says, “As I stated to you and
others quite a number of years
ago, irrigation for the South
east is just as certain as the
sun comin up tomorrow morn
ing. Farming in many areas
of the Southeast can no longer
survive theu competition that it
is up against unless the farm
ers take advantage of every
known improvement in meth
ods.And surely irrigation, sup
plementary irrigation in their
case, is one of those.”
Up in Maine they have done
wonders in applying the latest
know-how to the making of po
tatoes. In the past 10 years
their progress has been great.
But now their potato experi
ment station tells them if they
are to make as much progress
in the next decade as they did
in the past one, it will have to
be made with irrigation. Fqr
I they have about reached the
limit of potato making with the
natural rainfall they may ex
pect.
Yes, it takes a lot of water
to make a lot of stuff, no mat
ter how we space and fertilize
it. And irrigation is the only
means we have for pushing
yields above that natural water
limit.
break on something like my
first column, “Seen Along the
Roadside,” gave the morning
dailies. (It’s released on Sun
day. )
So two years ago I started
this one, “Farms and Folks.”
It is used by most of the after
noon and by about 80 percent
of the weeklies regularly. But,
would you believe it, neither of
those four papers that request
ed it repeatealy use it regular
ly.
„ Yes, folks are funny people.
Editors too.
And there is a lot of human
nature in all of us. W)e want
what we haven’t got. Then
when we get it, we don’t. Ads
just come along, I guess, and
those fellows haVe to eat too.
Planting and Protecting Pines
South Carolina folks have
planted over 30 million pine
seedlings this winter. The state
grew these seedlings at Wedge-
field.
Bill Barker, our extension
forester here as Clemson, tells
me that 25 schools made plant
ings of pines on their lands
the past month. Thus the
youngsters are learning to
plant and protect pines, and the
schools will have a lesson in
forestry growing there for a
future harvest.
Folks Are Funny; Editors Too
Four editors, two of after
noon papers and two of week
lies, asked me to give them the
Boys Are That Way
By mid-afternoon the lucky
boy who got the bladder at
hog-killing time had it pretty
well dried, inflated, and was
beating it with a few cowpeas
in it to rattle. That was the
only sort of balloon or drum
we ever had.
By that time too the fat meat
had chilled so it would grind
well for lard. And that was
put in a pot to cook the lard
out slowly. Then one of the
last jobs, as dusk _ descended,
was to press that lard out,
leaving rich brown cracklings
that made good combread for
weeks after that.
Sausage was seasoned with
onions, pepper, coriander, sage,
maybe a little garlic, and pos
sibly some other things, and
stuffed. And so was the liver
puddin’.
In the rich broth that was
left from cooking the puddin*
meat, we stirred corn meal and
made scrapple, or puddin’ mUjrti
as we called it.
And the final event of thQ
butchering day was to fix up
a pan of “fresh” for each
neighbor. It contained a fam
ily serving of sausage, puddin',
spare-ribs, etc. And we kids
took it around, sometimes rid
ing horseback. This was . a
universal practice. It built
neighborliness and made the
fresh meat go further. For you
didn’t have to eat yourself sick
of it and then be ^without. For
all along, neighbors were re
turning it, when you really had
a taste for it again..
Then, after that lorious day
at home from school, next
morning's dawn saw us trek
king down that path through
the orchard and across the
frosted fields and woods to the
schoolhouse again. And, like
Christmas, the next butchering
time seemed a long way off to
us kids in the Stone Hills of
the Dutch Fork.
J. ROBERT BASS
J. Robert Bass, 65, died at a
Columbia hospital Thursday
morning after an extended ill
ness.
He was originally of New
berry, but had lived in Sara
sota, Fla., for a while before
going to Columbia.
He was a printer for the R.
L. Bryan company for a num
ber of years, as well as for
the Sloan Printing company
and The State company.
He was a member of the Eb-
enezer Dutheran church, the
Loyal Order of Moose, the
Eagles and the Typographical
union.
He is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. Garland W.
Powell of Bradenton, Fla., Mrs.
David ‘ A. Agnew of Mobile,
Ala., Mrs. Roger Whitney of
Sarasota, Fla., and Mrs. How
ard M. Prather of Alexandria,
Va., and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon from Mc
Cormick’s funeral home.
Interment was held at Rose-
mont cemetery.
Whitmire by his pastor, Rev.
J. A. Cave, and Rev. W. S. Ai
red. Interment followed in the
Whitmire Cemetery.
He is survived by his widow
M!rs. Addie Reeves, Kidd and
the following children; Mrs. J.
M. Parker of Tallahassee, Fla.,
Mrs. H. H. Huston of Page-
land, Mrs. Sam Greer of Shel
by, N, C., Mrs. Paul Brock of
Hickory, N. C., George Kidd
of Richmond, Va., John Kidd
of Halifax, Va., and Luke Kidd
of Newton, N. C.; three sisters,
Mrs. J. C. Cudd of Kings
Mountain, N. C., Mrs. Lizzie
Miller of Greer and . Mrs, Zenie
White of Abbeville; 21 grand
children, seven great-grand
children and * a number of
nieces and nephews.
WILLIE BOLAND
Willie Boland, 67, died Sat
urday meaning at the New-
uerry County Memorial Hospi
tal after an illness of several
months.
The husband of Mrs. Lou
Morris Boland, he was born
and reared in Newberry coun
ty. He was the son of the late
James and Laura Koon Boland.
Mr. Boland spent most of his
life near Little JMountain but
for a number of years had
made his residence at Prosperi
ty. He was a devoted member
of Holy Trinity Lutheran
church at Little Mountain.
Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday afternoon from
Holy Trinity Lutheran churcl
by his pastor Rev. Grady L.
Cooper. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Besides his widow, he is sur
vived by four brothers and sis
ters, Joe and Bates Boland,
both of Pomaria, Mrs. Corrie
Boland Shealy of Little Moun
tain and Mrs. Anna Boland
Bowers of Columbia, and, a
number of nieces and nephews.
CIVIL SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT
All college sophomores and
juniors studying agricultural
science should look into the
summer training proram of
fered by the Federal Govern
ment. The Soil Conservation
Service wants students to
serve as trainees for their pro
fessional positions. The en
trance salaries are $2,450 or
$2,875 per year.
For complete information on
how to apply for these jobs,
see the U.S. Civil Service Com
mission Secretary at most first
and second class post offices
in the Southeastern states. Ask
for Examination Announcement
No. 5-83-1(1950). Closing date
February 16, 1950.
Sadie Bowers, Local Secy.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
The Local Selective Service
office located in the basement
of the County Courthouse is
now open only two days each
week, namely, Mondays and
Tuesdays. Men reaching their
18th birthday who are requir
ed by law to register should
report to the board on one of
the two days for registration.
Also men between the ages of
18 and 26 who are being dis
charged from service should
report for registration within
thirty days after their dis
charge. -
SOME VARMIT
The motorcyclist, croud
grimly over the handlel
raced upward along a mount
trail. The mountain boy, hi
ing never seen such a si|
ran for his znuzzleloader.
footed, he crept out on a
precipice and waited,
the motprcycle popped '
view, far below, the boy s'
and fired.
“Did youh git th’ vi
Son?” his mother called.
“Can’t say, Mom . .
still growlin’ but I made
let go o’ that man.”
JOHN W. KIDD
John William Kidd, 84, died
Monday morning at the New
berry County Memorial Hospi
tal after an illness of several
months,
Born and reared in York
County he was the son of the
late Charles Herbert and Jose
phine Moore Kidd. He had
made his home in Pacolet un
til six years ago when he
moved to Whitmire, where he
made his home with his neph
ew, J. W. Kidd.
Mr. Kidd was a member of
the First Baptist Church of
Paw Creek and a Shriner and
Mason of a Charlotte Lodge.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at
the First Baptist Church in
NOTICE!
Business Licenses for 1950 are due
and payable at the City Clerk’s office
now. '
To avoid any penalties and last min-
ute rush, business establishments are
urged to secure licenses as early as pos
sible.
City of Newberry
By City Clerk and Treasurer.
MITCHELL’S GRILL
Announces
The Installation of
Semi-Cafeteria Lunch
Service
and invites the public to drop in daily
for lunch.
SEE and SELECT your FOOD
In Cafeteria Style
And Get The
QUICK SERVICE OFFERED
MITCHELL’S GRILL
Main Street
Newberry, S. C.
GOOD STOCKS
ON HAND
THEODORE HAVILANITS
FINE CHINA
APPLE BLOSSOM
BERKLEY
GLORIA
Now in stock in sufficient quantities at
W. E. TURNER
JEWELER
UNSi
and
We have opened a new Ni
Newberry and although we are
yet completely stocked, we
fine Azaleas and Camellias
sale at reasonable prices.
For a special opening offer
a limited number of 4 to 5 f
Azaleas which we are offering
each.
We will be known as . . .
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