The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, March 17, 1950, Image 5
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1950
THE NEWBERRY SUN
FARMS
AND
FOLKS
By J. M. Eleazer
Phones in Clarendon
With County Agent Grainger
as chairman of the group, the
94 school trustees of Clarendon
county are making a complete
survey for rural telephones in
Clarendon county.
“We plan to take in all of
the county or none,” says
Grainger. The rich territory
will help take care of the
sparsely settled. And, if their
plans work out, every farm in
the county that wants a phone
will get it. “It is area cover
age we are after,” he says,
“and not just the thickly set
tled areas.”
In late years the benediction
of electricity has come to most
of our farms. And farm-to-
market roads are putting many
an isolated farm out of the mud
and on Main Street. And, now,
add telephones to that, and we
will surely have the elements
for better living out on the
lands of the state.
Bad Music
I like to ride at night when
the moon is full.
It was the other night, and
I had a long trip across state.
And good music fits ' in there
too. I had looked forward to
that, after a busy week.
Well, sir, that turned out to
be a beautiful night. And it
would have been perfect, if I
could have found any good
music. Usually you can, by
hunting through the mire and
jumble of impetus ads, wild
and wooly torch singing, jangle
of furious jazz, and the doleful
tones of the hillbilly. But that
night I couldn’t find any sure
enough music for a long time.
A lot of folks must like that
sort of stuff, there’s so much
of it.
But after wangling that knob
for over an hour through spots
that sounded like cats fighting,
battles raing, and funeral dirges
I came to some music about
midnight. And from there on
the . sailing was smooth, as the
motor purred gently in the
crisp air across hills and vales.
I was simply out of this world
when twof ine voices, backed
by abundant orchestration, hit
Victor Herbert’s “Song of
Love.” And there followed for
an hour similar good music by
voice and instrument It was
really good living from there
on home.
Pleasant composure, a moon
lit night, a car rearin’ to go,
and good music not ruined by
overdoing the ads—all went to
make what might have been a
dreary trip an evening to re
member.
Two years ago radically new
sort of radio station was start
ed in New York by a man who
had suffered the disturbance I
did in the first part of that
trip. It was dedicated to good
music. Split-second timing was
’abandoned. Ads were', short
and dignified: The listener’s
pleasure was considered fore
most. ‘ The thing has succeed
ed big, I understand.
And where did they get the
idea that the crudest of hill
billy stuif is typical of farms
and appeals most to farm lik
ing? Watch a farm audidhce
react to good music, as I did
at Clemson’s Farmer’s Week,
and you’ll see. And if farm
people like good music, I be
lieve other folks do too.
Don’t get the idea I’m going
high-brow on this music thing.
I can take a little hillbilly and
jazzy stuff alon with it. But,
goodness sake, I get founderea
on a steady diet of the stuff.
And I can’t use much strictly
classical music either. But
there in the great middle-
ground is an ocean of great
music on which we average
folks can sail and feast for a
lifetime and find new thrills
every day. I wish more of the
radio program makers found
that out.
Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions
CARTER’S
Day Phone 719 — Night 6212
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LARGE,
well-known, AAAI mfgr. needs two men for perm
anent, work in sales, service dept., full-time with no
lay-pffs. 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
25-50, married, clean character, and can furnish ref
erences as to honesty, energy, have car, write State
Manager, Box 5112, Columbia, S. C. for interview
this week.
A Beautiful Sight
Late on a recent day I pass
ed the riugh Perrow farm near
Creston as a midwinter sun
was setting. Across from his
beautiful rarm home his fine
herd of Polled Hereford cattle
were grazing on dark lush
greenery thac looked to be a
foot deep over the ground. My
radio was on. Ana the news
caster was telling of blizzards
in the West and or critical areas
in the great cattle country out
there. Looked like maybe the
army would have to be called
upon again to fly hay in there
to starving and freezing cattle
marooned in the deep ice and
snow.
Soon after that (the middle
of February) I went with
Clemson’s grass men. Woo die
and Craven, on the state win
ter grazing tour. All parts of
the state were touched and
sights like that at Perrow’s
were seen in every county we
visited. Most of the county
agents are conducting similar
county tours to see their win
ter grazing demonstrations.
This thing carries a lot of
meaning for us in the South
east.
FLORIDA ORANGE BLOSSOMS
It seems timely to mention that the state flower of
Florida is the Orange Blossom.
It is always timely to mention the friendly, cour
teous services offered to our policyholders.
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Your Protection Our Business
PURCELLS
u YOUR PRIVATE BANKER”
Phone 197
USE
YOUR
HEAD...
AND GET
AHEAD
Boys Are Thai Way
The pride of possession and
the yearning for security just
come naturally I guess.
I experienced them both
early.
At an early age my folks
gave me a goat that I prized
above all else. And then I
got some ducks that were my
very own.
These possessions gave me
great pleasure. But they brought
responsibility that I realized a
bit. And that was, they must
be fed. My brother had his
pets too, and he reacted as I
did. His were a dog and guin
eas.
Feeling our responsibility,
each fall we sallied forth into
the fields after the harvest and
gleaned the nubbins that were
left. These we stored for the
rainy day. For winter was at
hand.
Wle used old cotton picking
sacks, strapped to our shoul
ders. Our fields, and those of
neighbors, were gone over
thoroughly. A nubbin left here
and there eventually gave us as
much as we wanted to tote.
Then to the house we trod,
added that to our pile, and felt
a bit more secure that night,
as the frosts of winter fell. One
day, away down in Cousin Ed’s
! creek bottom, I found a whole
pile of com they had overlook-
1 ed there in the tall grass in a
fom middle. It practically fill
ed my sack. And I sat on that
until my brother garnered the
field for an hour or more to
get his.
Experiences of childhood!
How pleasant they are to look
back on! And I can live it all
again, as I watch our young
sters today.
Wle kids always liked to ride
NOTICE
The City of Newberry will
accept sealed bids until 10
A.M. March 15th for 1 1950
model, long wheel base, 1%
ton truck cassis with cab,
equipped with duel rear wheels
and four speed standard trans
mission, and single speed rear
end, six 6.50x20, 8-ply tires.
The City reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
THE CITY OF NEWBERRY
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From your “take home pay” take part for savings.
You’ll find it worthwhile to save first, and spend
what is left after saving. Start with any convenient
amount in your own insured savings account here.
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AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
OF NEWBERRY
Willingham, Sec’y
Newberry, S. C.
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Radio Service
SALES and SERVICE
BOYCE STREET
Opposite County Library
24 HOURS SERVICE
Telephone 311W
on the load of seed cotton^to
the gin. "It rode so good 'and
smooth. Otherwise riding there
in the stone hills was a con
stant jarring, in a wagon with
no springs. ’ We would often
stand on tiptoes and our feet
would then absorb the shock.
But those rides a few miles
out to the new “suction” gin
of Mr. Cal Shealy’s at White
Rock were a treat in several
ways. We simply floated
through the Julian woods and
didn’t feel it when the wheels
bounced over roots and rocks.
And then we were fascinated
by that cotton suction pipe that
took it from the wagon.
Up to then the only gin we
had was one that you had to
carry the seed cotton upstairs
in baskets and pour it in the
hopper. Then -you picked the
lint up off the floor in great
armfuls and carried it to the
other side of the building and
pitched it in the press. And
when the press was full of
• oose cotton, we would jump in
to pack it down and would
sometimes go out of sight in
the fleecy staple.
Mr. Cal’s new gin was an in
novation for that day. I liked
to push that suction pipe
around and see that cotton hus
tle into it. Once I way play
ing on the back of the load
when they pushed the pipe up
and drove the wagon up a few
steps so the pipe would reach
the back of th e wagon. That
suction pipe got my hat as it
went over my head. I was
frantic. My yells brought Mr.
Cal from the gin room. Learn
ing my plight, he just lauhged,
went back in, watched for it
to come in view above the gin-
heads, and got it for me. After
that I always suffed my hat
in my pocket when we went to
the gin.
NOTICE—Am now prepared to
assist taxpayers with their in
come tax returns and am lo
cated in two rooms of the BUS
station at the rear of the court
house where I’ll appreciate
your business. Mrs. A. H.
Counts.
CRADLE NEAR 9
CENTURIES OLD
AT MRS. TOOHEYS
The GreenviUe News.
A cradle 194 years old and
a clawfoot table about 164
years old, are two of the prized
possessions handed down in a
Greenville family. They are at
809 McDaniel Avenue, the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Toohey
and where Mrs. Toohey’s moth
er, Mrs. J. Y. McFall resides,
when she is in the city.
' The cradle, a quaint old
thing, has been used for eight
generations. It was first own
ed by the late Richard Griffin,
who was born in Wales. His
mother was Edna Goode. He
married Nancy Ann Clark, also
a native of Wales in the year
1754.
On leaving his birthplace,
and coming to America to live,
the late Mr. Griffin settled first
in Orange, Hanover County,
Virginia, and afterwards settled
in Laurens district, South Car
olina, where he made his home.
He and his wife reared a fam
ily of 17 children, 11 boys and
six girls. Therefore the cradle
got plenty of rocking in those
days. There was one set of
twins, both boys rocked in the
cradle. Nancy, the couple’s
first born, was the couple’s first
child who occupied the cradle.
When the Revolutionary War
broke out, Richard Griffin was
the father of 10 children. He
wa£ a brave, loyal and faithful
patriot and aided in gaining
America’s independence, ren
dering valuable service in sup
plying all heeds for the Con
tinental Army from his planta
tion throughout the war.
There are many descendants
from his family of 17 phildpep
who are loval, useful citizens
scattered all over the United
States. Two of his children
married children of Col. James
Williams, hero of King's Moun
tain. He was buried in the
old Griffin cemetery in or new
Laurens County. Some of tne
late Mr. Griffin’s descendants
living in Greenville include:
Mrs." Edward S. Toohey, Rich
ard McFall Toohey, Edward S.
Toohey, Jr., Mrs. Jesse Young
McFall, Mrs. Joseph R. Craig,
Patricia Craig (of the eighth
generation), William Young
Fair, Praetor A. Bonham, Capt.
Milledge L. Bonham, now of
Elgin Field, Fla.; Lt. (jg) Wil
liam Ryan Bonham, U.S.S.
Roosevelt; Richard Griffin Bon
ham, Daisy Bonham, now of
Beverly Hills, Calif.; Mrs. Peter
Hodgson and Mrs. Jay E.
Haynes, the daughters of Proc
tor A. Bonham, who live out
of town. Many other promi
nent South Carolinians were
descended from the owner of
the prized old cradle.
The old claw foot table came
from the late Lt. Stephen Wil
liams’ family. The Lieutenant
was a brave and loyal soldier
who fought for his country
throughout the Revolutionary
War, This table has been hand
ed down from generation to
generation and is a lovely
piece of ornamental furniture.
The same four generations
are descendants of Stephen
Williams as well as of Richard
Griffin.
Living in Greenville at the
present time are four genera
tions of the descendants of
Richard Griffin. They are:
Mrs. Jesge Young McFall, Mrs.
E.- S. Toohey, Mrs. Joseph R.
Pi
Craig and Patricia Craig.
Ancestors of Richard Gr:
from Newberry are: Mrs. John
ug
Ancestors of Richard Griffin'
swberry
T. Norris, Jr., Elizabeth Grif
fin Norris, Mrs. J. L. Keitt,
Margaret Land Keitt, Anna
Joe Keitt, Mrs. H. M. Bryson,
Mrs. R. B. Waters (Rock Hill),
Mrs. J. W. Thomson (Charlotte,
N. C.), Mrs. C. A. Renneker
(Orangeburg), James A. Burton
(Kew Gardens, N. Y.), Frances
B. McCaughrin, Lucy W? Mo-
Caughrip, Albert G. McCaugh-
rin and three children, Mrs.
Benjamin Piekeps (Spartan
burg), Mrs. Charles Hsdtiwapg-
er (Columbia), Mrsj. ft B, Kil-
lings worth (Roslyn, L, J.), R.
P. Fair, Mrs, Walker Richard-
SGT. WISE RESTS
IN NATIVE SOIL
Recommittal services for Sgt.
Grady Lemuel Wise were con
ducted Saturday at 3 p. m. at
the graveside in St. James
Lutheran Church Cemetery by
his pastor, the Rev. C. J. Rice,
and Dr. R. A. Goodman.
Military rites were in charge
of the South Carolina National
Guard, Newberry Unit.
Sargeant Wise, the youngest
son of Mrs. Ida Fulmer Wise
and the late G. Lemuel Wise,
died a prisoner of the Germans,
March 10, 1945, while serving
with the 42nd Infantry of the
106th Infantry Division.
Immediately following his
graduation from Clemson Coll
ege, he was inducted into the
U. S. Army at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
and later trained at Ft. Jackson
where the 106th Division was
activated. The group was shipp
ed from Camp Atterbury, Ina.,
to England October 19,” 1944,
and into Germany early in De
cember. Along with hia entire
infantry outfit he was taken a
prisoner December 19, 1944,
during the Battle of the Ar
dennes, He died near Erfurt,
Germany,
Survivors besides his mother
include four brothers, G. Her
man, J. Harvey, Ray A. Wise,
all of Newberry, and Charles E.
Wlise of Lockhart; five sisters,
Mrs. W. V. Pugh, Mrs. E. O.
Shealy, Prosperity; Mrs. J. H.
Keisler, Gilbert; Mrs. J. R. La-
than, Burlington, N. C., and
Mrs. J. L. Fulmer, Charlottes
ville, Va.
•V:'
son (Memphis, Tenn.), J. R.
Fair (Little Rock. Ark.), Wil
liam Y, Fair (Greenville), Mrs.
William H, Ashbaugh (Glen
dale, Calif,), Mr#, Arthur H.
McCarrol, Margaret McCarrel
(Lancaster), James H. McIn
tosh (Columbia), Mrs. Hart
well Spelling (Marshall, Texas)
Waiter Hunt McIntosh, Baxter
McIntosh (Chicago), Mrs. E. S.
Toohey,
BURNS FATAL TO
VIRGIL F. KINARD
Virgle Furman Kinard, 33,
died early Saturday afternoon
at the Joanna hospital after be
ing serverely burned in an ex-^|
plosion in the slasher room of
the Joanna Mills early Saturday
morning.
Born and reared in the Back-
man Chapel section of New
berry county, he was the son of
Charlie F. and Mrs. Lizzie
Long Kinard of near Newberry.
For the past four years he had
made his home in Joanna. He
was a member of the Masonic
lodge and the Woodmen of the
World. Mr. Kinard was a devot
ed and faithful member of the
Bachman Chapel church but
had recently moved his member
ship to the Joanna church.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 4 o’clock Sunday
afternoon from McSwain Fu
neral home by the Rev. L. H.
Jeffeoat Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Leona Amick Kinard; his
parents, Charlie F. and Mrs*
Lizzie Long Kinard, five bro
thers and sisters, Heyward
Fred Kinard, both of
Thurnal Kinard of
Mrs. Broadus Baker of J
and Mrs. Robert Turner of N«
berry, and a number of un
and aunts and other relatr
MRS. ALICE G.
Mrs. Alice H. Gary. 77. wic
of J. C. Gary of the Ki]
section died suddenly Thi
aftemqon at her home.
Mrs. Gary was a member
Bush River Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daug
Miss Sara Gary, a member
the Clinton School faculity,.
Miss Margaret Gary of Kii
four sisters, Mrs. George
of Newberry, Mrs A. E.
of Columbia, Mrs. R. G.
and .Mrs. Ella Webb, both
Washington, D. C.
Interment was in the Bush Rive*,
Baptist Church Cemetery.
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