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w FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1950 THE NEWBERRY SUN FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. Eleazer 5- The Colion Fight Since early sprimg the South Carolina Cotton Cotmariittee has been at work towards helping get the most effective job of cotton insect control done in the state. I have ‘been rather jtfese to this committee and know of the endless hours they put in. Our director, D. W. Watkins, is chairman of this state cotton committee. ■Not only have they employ ed all known means of getting the proper poisoning informa tion out to the farmers, but they have done what they could to get sufficient supplies at machines and poisons for the rush that’s expected during the immediate weeks ahead. Each cotton county has been organized for this fight through the county agricultural com mittee, and all agencies and in terested commercial groups are participating on the state and county levels. The cotton crop is coming along now. It cost a lot of money to pitch it. And it will take a lot still to make it. We have high hopes for the har vest. But we should know by now that the boll weevil, and possibly other bugs, can take it from us. Last year we * had a bad weevil situation. We fought it to a standstill and set a pretty good crop. But along came a very seasonable August and rot got a lot of what we had saved from the weevil. That won’t happen often, for we seldom have that sort of weather. Nor mally, these new poisons ap plied right will save cotton. Clems on’s Extension Circular 349 entitled “Cotton Production and Insect Control for South Carolina 1950” tells how to do it. It is free from your county agent’s office. PROSPERITY NEWS The operetta, “The I^aid and the Golden Slipper,” which was to be presented by the gramw mar grades of the Prosperity School, will not be given ’be cause of the measles epidemic in school. How Much Com? Our com yield is headed up in this state. This did not just happen. Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 LUCKY 13 At Fort Benning, Georgia, the 13th paratrooper to jump from a plane fell 1000 feet to the ground when his ’chute failed, and walked away unhurt. Such luck! Your lucky day will be the day you decide to let us finance you next new car. We give our custom mers every consideration. PURCELLS “YOUR PRIVATE BANKER” Phone 197 x- Remember? Remember what a time you had getting coal this past winter? Of course you do, and you wouldn’t want to go through with that ordeal again. FORTUNATELY right now we have a stock of GOOD QUALITY COAL and can make prompt deliveries. Let us put in at least a part of your winter re quirements now while you can get coal of GOOD QUALITY. Remember, you get much more Heat out of good coal. FARMERS Ice & Fuel Co. TELEPHONE 155 GEORGE MARTIN, Manager TV.'-- I SAVE AND YOU’LL 60 PLACES The Individual or family with a savings reservt can CHOOSE the path of its future — be it travel, security, a home or a business. Go places with an insured savings account here. Plans for commeaioeimient for the Prosperity High Sohool have been completed. On Friday mugsht, May 26, the class exercise will be (held at 8:15 o’clock. The sermon will be preach ed 'by Rev. Aubrey Estes of Newberry on Sunday morning, May 28, at 11:15 in the sohool auditorium. The graduation exercises will be held Monday evening, May 29, at 8:15. M|r. C. B. Seaborn, Director of Administration in the State Department of Edu cation. The graduates are: Jacob Amdck, Lila Mad Amick, Margie Lee Amdck, Vbight Amick, Anne Bedera- bangh, Doris 'Bedenbatugh, Dora Dean Bowers, Reba Bowers, Ridhard Cook, Wilfred Domi- ndtck, Perry Bangle, Edward Fulmer, Harvey Fulmer, Mir- iam Fulimer, Edna Hawkins, Katherine Hawkins, Narvis Hipp, Nelda Hite, Dalton Hor ton, Peggy Horton, ^ Gladys Long, Charles Seastrunk, Es telle Shealy, James Henry Summers, RcxxdeJl Taylor. Barnes. Mirs. James Wicker, Miss Mabel Hipp and' Jammy Barnes conducted the games. The hostess served a salad platf with ioedi tea. Mrs. W. E. Wessinger was hostess to the Crepe Myrtle/ Garden Chib Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W?. B. Ackerman, pro gram leader, read an article, “Roses in Every Yard.” Mrs. John W. Taylor read a poem, “Somebody’s Mother.” In a cake contest conducted by Mrs. J. Ray Dawkins, M Elbert Shealy was the winner. The hostess served a salad plate «nd iced tea. The memlbers of the eleventh grade were guests at a lovely party Wednesday evening, May 10, at the Community Hall by the grade mothers, Mrs. J. C. Sanford, Mrs. Raymond Hipp, Mrs. Harvey Hunter, Mrs. C. E. Seastrunk, and Mrs. P. H. Miss Betty Jeon 'Rickard be came the bride of Bobby Lee Charles in a ceremony per formed Saturday, May 13. at 7 p.m. at the home of Dr. J. B. Harman, D.D. Accompanying the couple were Mir. and Mrs. WL A. Jacobs of Columbia. Mrs. Charles is the daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. Robert Lee Rickard of 2037 Montgomery street, Newbrry, and attended the Newberry schools. She was dressed ip white with white accessories and wore a J corsage of pdnk carnations. I Mr. Charles is the son of t Mayfield Charlies and the late Mrs. Charles of 2007 Lee street Newberry. He attended the Union schools. In the recent war he served' eighteen months in the US Air Force. He is now engaged in farming. . The counde will make their home in Newberry. Mrs. C. E. Hendrix was hos tess to the May meeting of thd Literary Sorosis, Friday after noon, at the home of hex sister, Mrs. A. R. Chapped. Mrs. W. H. Leaphart read an interesting paper on Irvin Ber lin, noted song writer. During the social hour a number of Berlin’s songs were played on the record player. Miss Eleanor Sthearouse, chair man of the Cancer Drive, spon sored by the Club, gave a fav orable report on the drive, which was not quite completed, though. Mrs. Chappell assisted thd hostess in serving a palatable aadad plate with iced tea. Memorial Exercises sponsor ed by the William Lester chap ter of the UDC were held Wed nesday, May 10, in the high school auditorium. The Hon orable James Hare, Representa tive of the 3rd District, gave a very informing and inspiring address. Dr. J. B. Harman conducted! the devotions. Supt. C. E. Hendrix' presided over the meeting. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Willey Taylor gave them a sur prise family reunion Sunday, May 14. At noon the chdiildren, grandchildren, and great grand children gathered at the Taylor home and enjoyed a bountiful pink: dinner. The afternoon was spent in talking. The Tay lor s’ nine children were all present. 55 were present flew; this enjoyable family gathering. Mother’s Day guests of Mrs. M. D. Derrick were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Derick and their three childen, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Derrick of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ackerman and son, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Counts and children of Prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Old ham and Mrs. Nina Norman of Arlington, Va., were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Counts and Mrs. E. O. Counts. Rio belt Counts has returned) to Spencer, N. C., after a visit with his mother, Mrs. E. O. Counts and ether relatives. Mrs. Norman Livingston, Mrs. Page Roberson and two chil dren of Columbia, were Moth er’s Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hamm. Mrs. George Counts is visit ing her son, Elbert Counts and family. FOR SALE—1 good wood range in excellent condition. Will sell cheap. Phone 327k2 or call at the Carolina Remnant Store on Main street. 2tp % ZW Kjutmg The time to clean a gun is immediately after use, before any deterioration has taken place. This simple statement evidently requires emphasis, for we are told that 75% of those purchasing new firearms do not also buy the necessary supplies to care for them. The following methods flop care of the bore axe suggested by CoL Townsend Whelan, not ed arms authority: Use the same procedure ex actly for shotgun, riffle, or pis tol You need a cleaning rod, a brass brush, cut flannel patch es, powder solvent, oil and gun grease. The ordinary shotgun jointed cleaning rod serves per fectly for that weapon. Riffle and pistol rods should be of tool or stanless steel Bolt-action and single-shot rifles, and shotguns are easiest and best cleaned from the breech, resting the muzzle on a newspaper on the floor. Le-| vex-action rifles must, be clean ed from the muzzle.* In clean ing the cylinder erf a revolver hold it by the cylinder, the frame. 1. Then saturate a patch with powder solvent or gun oil swab the bore. 2. Swob the bore with four or five dry flannel patches to remtove dirt loosened by opera tion 1. Then look through the bore against a strong perfectly udges of dirt or see that it is _ If not, or if smudges lead are seen or if the _ seem to stick slightly when run ning through the bore, the cur* is simple. Merely screw a bra*# wire bristle brush on the dip it in powder solvent or and swab through the 'bore a dozen times. Push the all the way through the and out the muzzle before ing it back. Never use a bristle brush in any bore. 3. The bore being clean, satu rate a patch with gun oil use it as a swab. This pre the bore from rust for about • month. If the gun is to be aside for a longer period, the oil out the next day swab with a patch heavily rated with good gun g 4. Before firing the again swab all oil or of the. bore with sev (Continued on Back Clemson worked out the 5-pointf program for increasing com yields. The county agents put on demonstrations of it in the counties a few years ago. Many farmers saw it, and toe prac tice spread. Now the state and county com contests serve to further rapidly spread the new ideas about com culture. The first four points are good preparation of toe land, good seed, thicker stands, and liberali fertilization. These have large ly passed, as far as the 1950 corn crop ds concerned. Yes, all but toe last one. And we will finish that one too soon with top-dressing. And that brings us to our point. Much nitrogen is need ed to make a lot of com. You have prepared the land, put down a good complete fertilizer under it, and planted your com by now very likely. And that’s all to the good. You have the stage set there for a good yield. But you need two things to realize on it, water and nitro gen. A few will supplv the need ed shower by irrigation, but that’s not at all widespread yet. But all can attend to the other necessity, nitrogen* Remember it takes about 2 pounds of nitrogen for each bushel of com you .get. Now, that’s got to come from the land of the fertilizer sack. Most of our land has only enough nitrogen in it to make yields like we used to make, 12 to 14 bushels per acre. What you get above that on ordinary land must come from the other things you have done there and that needed nitrogen you have applied. A good many of your nitro gen materials carry in the neighborhood of 20 percent ni trogen!. For each 10 (bushels of com you get, above what the land itself will supply ni trogen for you will need to use 100 pounds of such top-dressing. So Clemson’s Woodle and Craven s4y to top-dress accord ing to the stalks you have on the land to get the yield poten tial that’s there. For it’s poor business to do everything else that goes into a crop and then creat yourself out of toe yield by not putting enough nitro gen there when 20 pounds of \ it would ordinarly give you I about 10 additional butoels of com. If it’s bushels of com you want, watch your nitrogen. If it’s just acres of com you are after, forget it. And the fifth point is—cultivate shallow and lay by early. Your county agent is still taking applications for the 1950 corn contest. Boys Ar« That Way The balmy days of late May had arrived. It was Saturday ’ afternoon. We had put toe tubj half full of water in toe sun 1 that morning to warm up for' toe weekend bath. At noon wd got that, put on clean overalls! and shirt, ate dinner, and then went down in the pasture \ where toe first baseball gamej of the season was to be played.) They laid down a place in: the rail fence for toe' horses j and buggies to get through. My little colored playmate, Zeke, and I were put to toe job of minding toe gap so the cows wouldn’t get out into toe com across toe road. We played there and had a' good tom© eating dewberries and wild plums that grew in the fence comers. We didn’t! pay much attention to toe base- 1 ball We just liked to be down there with the crowd. So mind ing the fence suited us pretty well There was a right wide ditch that had washed between the fence and the road. Zeke and I got to wondering if w e could jump it. He tried and made it all right. He was just a shade bigger than I was. But I’d try to equal him on everything. So I went away beck and got a good start. As I approached the ditch, my nerve failed me, and I had to go back and get another start. That time I was literally flying. I made my leap and was just a few inches short. The toes of one foot made it to the firm bank and caught. All of that weight on one foot yanked my toot up and sprained my ankly likd something awful.' I fell .back in t!he ditch and Zeke oame to my rescue. The thing pained bad and started swelling almost immediately. He called for someone else to watch the gaip, and he carried me up to toel house on his 'back. I was in for a week with that. And .got out of drawing a lot of water and bringing in a lot of. Ftovewood, The next Saturday We were down at our jobs again and one of the funniest things l ever saw happened. Will havd to tell you about that next week. NEWBERRY"^ federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY J. K. Willingham, Sec’y Newberry, S. C. CERTIFIED SERVICE Tree and Shrub Pruning, Spraying and Surgery WARRENFELTZ - EICK CO. Of Rock Hill NOW IN TOWN For Estimate on Work, C^l W. J. EICK, Wiseman Hotel NEWBERRY MON. & TOE. May 22 - m KIDS MHatinee TUE. 4 p. m. AU School C ■ • V ■lilT. 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