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— — 'la-** ■ ' AIK' -1 PRIDA^ MARCH 10, 1950 THE NEWBERRY SUN iiFjr Ted Hesting There are hunters who love their dogs and constantly asso ciate. with them — men who work their dogs both in season and out. They go in for “class” dogs. They understand them. But the average man, the cas ual hunter, has no business with that kind of dog. So before starting your search for the right individual of any breed, have frankly and clearly in mind the kind of dog you’ll fit. According to Horace Lytle, author of many dog articles and frequent field-trial judge, that’s just as important as fitting the dog to the man. Your interest in dogs and hunting is an index to th e kind of dog that will provide the best fit. If you hunt only a few days a year and are not prepared to devote a great deal of time and money to keeping your dog in top condition, a field-trial-type pointer or set ter will be inapproapriate. A highly keyed dog would fret you to death. You would get a better fit from a cautious, close-working dog. You might find the right one among Brit- tanys or German shorthairs. If you don’t want a do that points game, investigate the possibility of getting a springer, American water spaniel, Labrador, or others. A gentleman recently told me that while he has had beagles all his life he now hunts mostly for pheasant in northern Ohio. He loses too many cripples, and wondered about getting either a Chesapeake or Labrador as a game saver. He had something there. An American water spaniel or springer might also suit him admirably. Many bea gles are used to hunt pheasant, and the basset is good at this, too. There is a much more certain pattern to follow in choosing hounds. Regardless of differ ence of opinion as to the re spective merit of Walkers, Julys, Triggs, and others, there is little or no debate as to proper pattern of performance. Much the same thing is true in the case of retrievers. Pat tern of performance is stan dard, whether one favors the Chesapeake, Labrador, goldei* or others. It is a different mat ter when we talk of the dog for upland game birds. You must consider the temperament of the dog—and the master. FARMS AND FOLKS COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Bob Feller’s two no-hit and ten-one hit games are a majoi league record for most low-hit games in a career. LOT OF CRUST Pulling into Fort Gay, West Virginia, recently, a streamlined passenger train ran into a truckload of pies. A lot of crust! Even bold fellows with lots of crust get into trouble if they arn’t covered by insurance. Your Protection Our Business PURCELLS 4, YOUR PRIVATE BANKER” Phone 197 By J. M. Eleazer Poison In Fertilizer For the past two summers I have been telling you about the results they were getting in the Bamberg area from using poi son in fertilizer against insects that hit from below the ground County Agent Hubbard start ed it there two summers ago. Other agents carried groups of farmers in there to see it. Last summer a number of othei counties tried it out extensive ly. Their results were very good too. In Colleton I saw a number of fields, including corn, cotton, and tobacco, where it made the difference between a short crop and a good one Definite results have been got ten by the experiment station where they had plots on land that happened to • have under ground insect troubles specially wireworms. This year I understand some of the fertilizer companies are again putting up the poisoned mixtures for those who so or der it. Hubbard tells me that the usual mixture is five pounds of chlordane to a ton of fertilizer. Then this is used at the rate of about 400 pounds per acre under the crop. This has given almost perfect control of wireworms, and it appears to have also held root lice and bud worms down. In fact in Allendale county agent Searson said the poisoned fer tilizer seemed to control any insect that beset a crop from underground. 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. Open an account now. Gardening Time The name of Clemson’s A. E. Schilletter has become synon ymous with gardening in South Carolina. For over 30 years, including two war periods, he has been on the housetop shouting ad vice and encouragement to home gardeners. Now he says: “Gardening should be . fore most in the mind of every farmer again this year. Due to last year’s short crops and the scarcity of money on most farms, vegetables will be most important in supplementing the family food supply.” Make it rich. And water it if you can. That’s the way to insure the harvest. Do we receive a dollar in value from the dollar we pay in taxes? Some citizens re ceive much more than their tax dollar pays for; that is because the total of all the taxes paid enables us to provide many public services, such as schools, colleges, health, police protec tion, and an excellent system of public roads. The average man receives more than he pays for. My question, however, is just this: do we receive fifteen mil lion dollars of public benefit from the fifteen million dollar gasoline tax? I’m not sure of the figures at the moment, but the fifteen million will serve. The answer may be that we receive fifteen million dollars of construction, policing and other service. I do not chal lenge that; all the money is spent, honestly spent, in pub lic service. But before we let ourselves be carried away with the idea of a cent in additional gasoline tax, let us inquire whether the money is being used productively, helpfully, necessarily. We learn in busi ness that a man may be honest and faithful and industrious and still not bp the most effi cient worker. We might well study how the Highway money i§ spent. South Carolina has good roads; pur Highway Depart ment builds and maintains the roads in a very commendable' degree of efficiency: I am not attacking it: on the contrary I have both appreciation and friendly regard for those in charge, both the Commissioners and the competent executives. I throw my bomb straight out: why is the Highway money being used to widen a city street, move all the buildings on both sides? It is said that this is costing a million dollars I do not know whether the leg islature authorized this, or whe ther the Highway Commission undertook this of its own „jr * choice: the point I make is that while we cry about short age of Highway funds to get the farmer out of the mud; and while we call for more gaso line taxes in order to do more for the farmer, we spend a mil lion dollars on a City Street. Of course one can defend this; one can enthusiasticall advocate this, but there was no such ur gency for this; if we had waite- ed three years we might have had three millions more for those farmers in the mud. The case cited is not the only instance of spending thousands of dollars today that could be postponed several years, or postponed forever. Let us observe the approach es to the road to Beaufort Port Royal and Pafris Island, leading out of Highway 17. In stead of the road merely com ing into or going from 17 it has a long sweeping approach from North and another from the South: at least a mile or more of expensive construction that could have been avoided so as to have money for the farmers sunk in the mud. In another County, instead of comin straight to the main road the Highway (some years ago) bought a right-of-way parallel- in the present highway ' for about three miles, and paved it; now both roads are maintain ed. If certainly was not urgent. Now I notice a magnificent boulevard running about five miles into Walterboro, though some miles of that same high way are in need of repair. Of course it is nice to do all these things, and the money is hon estly spent, but why do such things today when more urgent needs cannot be attended to? Again, coming from Charleston to Walterboro two new roads, not far apart, have been con structed within the last two or three years. Why the haste? There were roads to Charles ton and Walterboro. Don’t misunderstand me: this is not a point against Walter boro, or against Charleston; and the point will be made that these are farm-to-market roads. But how many roads should a half-dozen farmers have, . if both those parallel roads are necessary? Of course they may be useful, but what about all the other farmers wtho are bur ied in the mud? If you ride over the State you will observe that miles of roads seem to be for the spe cial benefit of some voter of special local influence; or the road may be for some kins man. It is said that these roads are farm-to-market roads and have special .political value. There may be at least a grain of truth in that; but it is a grain comparable to the Bibli cal story of the mustard seed, which though smallest of the seeds sprouts and makes a great tree. The only reason for a State Highway Commission is to have a body to survey the State and act in the interest of the State as a whole. Even the High way Commission tends to be come an ambitious opportunity for each Commissioner to serve his region, rather than to serve the whole State. It shows how soon we become submerged in politics. The State Legislature should not meddle in the pav ing of roads; nor should the Commissioners become so local in their point of view as to be ambitious contenders for their immediate territory. All that I've been talking about is the present day idea of being "realistic;” but we should be more soundly real istic if we served the whole State. We are spending great sums of money on our schools and Colleges, great sums when we consider the condition of South Carolina. I do not dissent from those who tell us that Massa chusetts and Virginia pay this or that: we must not try to spend on the scale of other peo ple, though that is the com monest practice of the time. We may well conclude that some teachers are deserving of more pay: but are there not thousands of teachers who are paid: more than they really earn? By the way, do you know what the pay of the teachers is, or have we joined in a loud chorus without def inite knowledge? Here is some thing to help you form a con clusion: A new teacher, fresh from college, with no exper ience, receives about $175 a month for nine months, in even small schools; cities pay much more. And this rises to $285 a month for nine months in av erage schools. Even small town schools pay Superintendents from $275 to $350 a month, us ually for twelve months, I’m told. The tendency is to compare teacher-salaries with salaries in other fields. That overlooks many thousands of capable workers who receive less. Per haps ev^rvhodv should join a Union and have an annual strike. The majority of people have nobody to speak for them. Nor do all young lawyers and physicians draw large fees. However, get ^he facts in your own Court House; and then you can think this out on the basis of the facts. We used to starve all the preachers and country physi cians in order to keep them alert and active; but that day is gone. So, alas, we starved the teachers in order to keep them intellectually vigorous as well as individually humble. I had that rich experience, and still retain the humility. But today we observe the pay of off ice-workers, and we grow dissatisfied. One trouble is that we have our mind on whaj somebody else is receiving. (Continued on Back Page; LARGE, well-known, AAAI mfgr. needs two men for perm- anent work in sales, service dept., full-time with no lay-offs. Forty-two men in S. C., starting green, are making more money than ever before. Perhaps you could use more money than in 1949. If you are 25r50, married, clean character, and can furnish ref-r erences as to honesty, energy, have car, write State Manager, Box 5112, Columbia, S. C. for interview thid week. 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