The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 16, 1950, Image 5
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1950
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WANT ADS
WANTED at once an upholster,
man or woman. Apply at Perk
ins Mattress works, P. O. Box 218
or phone 657-R. 31-2-tc.
FOR SALE—1000 loads of hard
wood fire wood in pole lengths
free for the moving. H. O. Long
and Sons, Silverstreet. 30-tf.
FOR SALE—Upright Steinway
piano, solid mahogany case,
recently repaired. Call 414-J 28-th.
Christmas Candy—Big stock on
hand and shipments coming in
every day—Hersheys, Peter Paul
Mounds and Almond Joys—Milky
Ways.
R. Derrill Smith and Son Inc.
Wholesale Grocers — Newberry,
S C. 30-4-tc.
Cigars in Christmas Wrappers—
25 or 50 to box—Tampa Nug-
getts—King Edwards — General
Knox—Cinco—Elmoro—
R. Derrill Smith and Son Inc.
Wholesale Grocers — Newberry,
S C. 30-4-tc.
Pecans—Pecans—Pecans—We are
buying Pecans every day—
Bring them to our warehouse.
R. Derrill Smith and Son Inc.
Wholesale Grocers — Newberry,
S C. 30-4-tc.
FARMS
AND
FOLKS
SAVING BACKWARDS
WANTED TO BUY—Iron, Metal
Batteries, Radiators and Rags.
W. H, Sterling, 1708 Vincent
street. Phone 731-W 28-th
J. K. Willingham, Sec’y Newberry, S. C.
FOR SALE—Seed oats $1.26 per
bushel. Feed oats $1.00 Seed
wheat $3.00 per bushel. H. O.
Long and Sons, Silverstreet, S.
C.
POS1TIVILY no tresspassing or
hunting of any kind on lands
of B. O., J. G. and H. O. Long.
We really mean what we say.
H. O. Long, Mgr. 26-tc.
MOTHERS—I Am ready to do
your sewing—Alterations—Baby
Smocking. Call 552-W 28-tn
TAXI 2
For Expert Repair Bring
Your Radio
GEO. N. MARTIN
Radio Service
SALES and SERVICE
BOYCE STREET
Opposite County Library
24 HOURS SERVICE
Telephone 311W
MAGICIAN COMING
TO BUSH RIVER
Dr. Albert Meiburg, a magician
from Clemson, will give a per-*
formance at Bush River High
School at 7:30 P.M. on Decem
ber 15. Dr. Meiberg’s perform
ance with added attractions will
be sponsored by the P. T. A.
Choir Singing
CONTEST,
^Program
A farmer told me the other day
he had learned how to save a
lot on the cost of making a cot
ton crop. Said . he had tried it
and it worked.
It was quite simple, he said.
You go about it in the usual
way. Put it on your best land,
use good seed, fertilize it well,
and work it fast. And then don’t
poison.
Thus you save the cost , of
poison, and that of applying It.
And that’s not all. You will
usudly cut away down on your
nicking costs too. And that’s not
to be sneezed at! For picking
costs are high.
But the main thing that’a
wrong with that, he pointed out,
is that it won’t keep the sheriff
from coming to see you. And
then when spring rolls around
again you might still have the
urge to plant. But you can’t.
DIVIDE GRAZING
“Year-around grazing doesn’t
mean on the same land,” says
County Agent Ezell of Newberry.
And he sure spoke an impor
tant truth there. Pasture c^n't
do its best with cattle on it all
the time. Experiment and ex
perience have shown this. If
you sow a combination of grasses
and clovers that will give year-
around growth, it Is best not to
graze it all the time. Our past
ure men, Woodle and Craven,
suggest having at least three
areas of grazing. If you only
have one big one, cut it up into
at least three. Then you can
control graze It, letting one or
two of the areas rest and grow
all the time while the cattle are
on the other. In this manner
you will get a lot better sod and
more grazing from the same
areas.
NEW PASTURES
Seventy farmers in Dillon got
County Agent Goodyear to secure
grass and clover seed for them
for seeding 650 acres of new*
improved pastures the past fall.
And a good many got their own
seed.
CURING POTATOES
Sweet potato prices were low
at digging time the past fall. So
a great many of them went into
storage. There was not enough
commercial storage space at
some places. So farmers improv
ised all sorts of storage. When
I was in County Agent Johnston’s
Office in Conway in the fall a
farmer came In to find out about
curing and keeping ’em in his
tobacco barn. And that was done
quite a bit over the Low Coun
try.
A large potato handler told me
that it took cold weather to
move many sweet potatoes. Last
winter we didn’t have any, and
cured potatoes moved slowly
clear through. Now maybe if we
can have a normal winter this
time, the country will go back to
eating sweet potatoes in ernest.
Then the cured crop could move
easily. ...
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INSURANCE
A diversified farm naturally
has a sort of insurance on the
harvest.
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I visited a farm in the Pee
Dee. Crops had looked good in
June. But a dash of hail came
and they went. The rains that
followed only served to make
his pasture better. And in the
c all his returns from cattle were
good.
Compare that with the cotton
f arm where the boll weevil struck
hard. Or with the tobacco farm,
vhere hail came.
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Now I’m not talking against
cotton and tobacco. For another
vear something might hit the
pastures and they might not be
rood. The thing is that with a
sensible variety of things, you
von’t likely lose on all of ‘em
at once. Crops and livestock
Hack up a lot better than either
\lone as a source of cash.
And that’s the story that Clem-
'©n has taught for years. It is
♦he story that the county agents
have taken to the filed and
demonstrated. And the thing
works!
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At dusk I sat by the Gulf at
Biloxi. How languid it lay and
was lost in the graying distance.
Yes, like a lion it slumbered’.
The great oaks that remained
were stripped of moss and lean
ed inward. For they had of.late
felt the fury of the sleeping
giant that lay out there. And
the strongest sea wall that man
could build was broken as pieces
of taffy.
On that calm evening it was
hard to realize the fury of
that peaceful water when the
storm king blows. I’d like to
see It then. But from a safe
distance.
There was a time that I was
awed by the fellow who could >
roll his r’s. And we have a'
sort of feeling that learning
came from north of the Ohio.
Yes, all too long we had a
feeling of inferiority, that we
didn't quite belong, that green
pastures were yonder.
•And I guess that was quite
natural, as we grew from the
ashes of a conquered province.
But in recent years that thing
has been changing. Good roads
and two wars (and maybe now,
the third) have served to make
one great and united country
out of us. And now we do not
feel as strangers when we go
abroad in the land. Good folks
everywhere, I find.
WORLD SALUTES FAMED
TERRACES IN SOUTH
The 200th anniversary of the
world-renowned terraces at Mid
dleton Gardens in Charleston, S.
C., is drawing international atten
tion this year. The vast project
—pictured here for the first time
in an exclusive aerial view—was
undertaken in 1741 under the sup*
ervision of Hemy Middleton,
President of the Continental
Congress. His crew of 100 com
pleted the Herculean task in
1750.
The other famous gardens in
Charleston are also preparing
for their busiest season—Mag*
MIDDLETON CE LEG RATION IS I
CHARLESTON GARDENS'
FEATURE
Wild ducks came and stayed
a while with painted ducks on a
painted river!
Some weeks ago I told you of
the realism of one of Carew
Rice’s silhouettes as projected on
the back of the outdoor theater
screen at Walterboro.
Yes, the water, trees, and
ducks are so realistic there that
I am told wild ducks actually
came and stayed there a while,
And what greater testimonial
could there be to this man’s art
than for it to even fool the
wild ducks. Man has already
acclaimed it.
The 200th anniversary of the
completion of the vast terraces
at Middleton Gardens is a feature
of international interest for the
thousands of visitors to Charles
ton’s world-famous gardens, open
this season from Thanksgiving
to May.
‘‘We are exnecting to be joined
in this,” according to J. J. Pringle
Smith, owner of Middleton, ‘‘by
distinguishied representatives of
the British side of the Middleton
family—and many suitable com-
memoriations are being planned
to link Charleston not only with’
Britain, but with France, which
sent its outstanding botanist to
help develop the estate.
‘‘Henry Middleton, whose early
leadership in the Colonies won
for him the Presidency of the
Continental Congress, was an in
spired planner and a great build
er; and the mansion he conceived
for Middleton Place was the talk
of the New World. Only one
small wing remains today, after
the Low Country destruction in
the War Between the States.
“From the meager records, we
gather that, using what he neto
of the great gardens of Europe.
Henry Middleton set out to
create not only America’s first
landscaped garden, but the gar
den show place of the world.
“Accordingly, he set a crew of
100 men to work, in 1741, laying
out and molding the broad
sweeping terraces. This small
army of workers completed the
Herculean task in 1760, with the
finishing touches being added the
next spring. So we now are cel
ebrating the world’s outstanding
rd
garden achievement.”
nolia and Cypress Gardens,
well as Middleton, being
from Thanksgiving to May.
Last year. Magnolia Gal
registered visitors from 26
eign countries, as well as
every state in the Union
from Alaska, Hawaii, and
Rico.
Magnolia Gardens, int
ally acclaimed the “world’s i
beautiful garden,” is also
ing for its busiest season,
year,says C. Norwood 1
Jr., “the throngs of
eluded tourists from ei
of the Union and from
Hawaii, and Puerto Rico,
dition, during a check
three weeks, visitors w«
tered at Magnolia from 26
countries:
“Argentina, Australia,
Belgium, Canada, Chile,
Cuba, Denmark, Dominican
public, England, Finland,
Greece, Holland, Hungary,
Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, :
Norway, Scotland, South
Sweden and Switzerland.”
New developments are
nounced at Cypress
where the visitor can relax
boat and be carried throi
otherwordly water garden.
ard of Jasper says a farmer there
had a quarter of an acre last
year that made valuable crop!
This year he planted 4 acres
that , were looking fine just be
fore the harvest, according to
Kinard. They require irrigation,
he says. I’ll find out more about
‘em when I go down there again,
and tell you about it.
CROPS COME AND GO
Here is something I never
heard of before, Chinese Hazel
Water Nuts. County Agent Kin-
It looks like asparagus as a
crop in South Carolina is rapidly
on its way out, according to a
study by C. L. Crenshaw of
Clemson experiment station*.
Reasons seem to be these.
Twenty years ago it cost $57 per
acre to grow asparagus. Now it
costs $106. Yields per acre back
then averaged 47 crates. Now
32. Costs of growing a crate has
risen from $1.22 then to $3.54
now. Cost of growing it is up
190 percent, while the returns
per crate are up only 46 percent.
BOYS ARE THAT WAY
We still hear of “breaking” a
horse or mule. But not of
“breaking” shoes.
That was always a painful
process for us country kids.
We went barefooted from the
last frost of spring to the first
one in the- fall. So during that
long spring, summer, and early
fall, our' feet just had their up-
impeded way.
We either got shoes that did
not fit, or feet had spread so
that no normal shoe would. When
we got a new pair of shoes, we
had to conquer them to com
fort. At first they rubbed and
hurt our feet. And the coarse
thread of my homemade stock
ings made their print where the
shoe fit tightest. A seam would
come under the sole of my foot
and it would burn like fire when
I had on new shoes.
If there were old folks with the
same size foot, they would offer
to “break” our shoes for
What a service that was! I o
had that good fortune once,
he wore my stiff shoes a
days they felt all right on
then.
And, unfortunately, at
was where we suffered
from breaking in new
pair .was always our
Shoes” for a good while
old every-day ones wore
out. ,
So our feet gave us
peace at church, winter or
mer. During the winter the
shoes hurt. And in the
any sort of shoe caused a
of fire to strike down the
of the sole of the foot
that seam formed when foot
crowded into a shoe. And
was made worse by shoes
fast growing boys just
Vine too small. A Sunday
will last a good while, and If
fit at first, it didn’t long.
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