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FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1951 THE NEWBERRY SUN '' WEAKNESS OK STRENGTH It U evident that a large and ■tubtxfra clique in this govern ment la still fighting for all the costly proposals which would transform the country Into a pa ternal state based on the British socialist model The vast expense of this, of course,: would simply be piled on top of a military budget which may run to $70,000,000,000 or more. It is even argued that the strains of rearmament will in themselves make extensive “so cial measures’' necessary. Well, theory Is one thing and fact is often quite another. And the evident fact is that the only way we can hope to pay for full scale defense without destroying the value of our money is to cut out every domestic tax expendi ture that can be avoided. And we must do this no matter hew it hurts, or what it does to the feel ings of those who pine for the socialist Utopia. We cannot draw a fast line be tween domestic policy, foreign policy,and military policy. Ever- increasing inflation, and a steady decline in the purchasing power of the dollar, could in itself un dermine the military program to a disastrous degree The politic ians talk about sacrifices. Let them start by sacrificing political programs which would sorely weaken us w'hen we must be strong. The only ones who are really sacrificing * anything are those in the armed forces. THE NEWBERRY FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION will be closed 9 JAN. 19th, in observance of s Birthday FARMS AND FOLKS FOLKS ARE ALIKE For years little South Carolina has been one of the leading states in the use of fertilizer. In our early days we were constantly clearing up new grounds that helped keep our production up. And the old compost heap was a familiar sight In the corner of every barn lot. That helped keep life in the soil too. In later years, when new ground became scarce, we had to start living from the fields we had. Minerals were soon washed and cropped out and the all-important nitrogen ran low in them. So the use of fertilizers grew. It hasn’t been long since the newer lands of the Midwest didn't know what fertilizer was But as time went on, they too spent much of their fertility, and folks there started using some fertili zer. And it has progressed to the point that Indiana used more fertilizer than South Carolina did last year! Ohio did too! And on out in Iowa the use of fertilizer is growing by leaps and bounds. Folks are about the same every where. In this they all mine the minerals from their soils until crops won’t grow good there with out adding them. Then they follow the old pattern that we used when the same necessity hit us here in the Southeast. And they start buying 'em in a sack. MUCH DRY LAND I am told that about 40 per cent of the land area in the United States has too little rain fall for safe general farming. But the highest yields of crops are made on these dry areas where they can get hold of the needed water. We are not in an area of light rainfall. But we do have crop- crippling droughts rather frequen tly. Supplementary portable irri gation is made easily possible by the frequent streams we see coursing their way down partical- ly every valley in the state. And farm ponds are being built by the score. Yes, 40 percent bf the land of this country is in the dry land areas. And the rest of it ie dry at times. Those dry times cut heavily into potential har vests Much of our real dry lands can't get water. We can easily for much of ours. LIVESTOCK OUTLOOK GOOD Our livestock man, J. T. Graves, says it looks like we will have a continued strong demand for livestock and their products for 1961. South Carolina ts near the bot tom in livestock. But even with that, livestock has grown to an important cash income item in many counties. We don’t seem to have grown so much in live stock numbers in recent years. But we have made great strides in taking better care of what we have. In fact, pure census mem bers do not tell the full story. With all of the packing plants we have now, as compared with none 30 years ago, it’s hard to see what became of the livestock then that now keeps a dozen packing plants busy. Some feel that the early fig ures were too high. Then stock ran out and it was not definitely known by many just how much stock they had. There were no Income taxes then; so liberal estimates had no bad angle. But, be all of that as it will, one who has covered this state as long as I have can see the vast progress that’s been made with livestock and in growing more of what they need to eat. And from what the Graves tells us 1961 is another year for us to continue to grow into livestock. TO SANDHILL FARMERS Have you made the acquaint tance of Giant Striata Crotalaria yet? Wide experience in the Chester field area has shown that it’s your best friend. It was taken there by Dave White from Clem- son’s Sandhill station a dozen years ago. It turned light sandy lands dark and fertile for him, and is still doing so. His county agent, Jake Willis, took hold of it and put it over Chesterfield county. It spread on into adjoin ing counties where the agents pointed out its magic in putting life into light sandy lands. Once seeded. It continues to come. Cultivations destroy it in cotton until so late it does not make big growth after lay-by. But in corn it makes a good cover crop after the crop is laid by. It is somewhat of a pest in summer hay. Winter hay crops and annual lespedeza get ahead of it. Sandhill farmers, here’s a valuable crop for you. It makes a paying seed crop too. BOYS ARE THAT WAY A milk cow was a must in our community. Each family had one. And when she dried up for a few weeks before calving, neighbors shared their milk. I can recall but once that this didn’t work. The cows of our most Intimate neighbors dried up about the same time.,, But ours was in full milk. A large Holstein cow, she poured out mUk.enough PROSPERITY Mrs. B. T. Young entertained with a lovely bridge party 'Tues day afternoon, honoring Mrs. S. S. Bierly and Mrs. Ted • Purdy of Portsmouth, Ohio, guests of Mrs. Pat E. Wise. The party was held at the home of Mrs. Wise. Mrs. P. W. Smith was winner of the high score prize Prizes were also presented the honor guests. Calling after the game were Miss Blandie Kibler, Mrs. J. D. Luther, Miss Ellen Wheeler, Mrs. Cochran, Mrs. J. A. Counts, Mrs. H. B. Hendrix, and Mrs. J. A. Williams. Strawberry short cake, coffee, and toasted nuts were served. Assisting the hostess in serving were Misses Phyllis and Pat Wise, and Mrs. Wise. Mrs. P. W. Smith was hostess to the Literary Sorosis Friday afternoon. Fifteen members and four guests. Miss Effie Hawkins, Miss Ellen Wheeler, Mrs. Pat E. Wise, and Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Charleston were present. Mrs. George W. Harmon gave an interesting paper on Winston Chucchill. The hostess served creamed chicken patties, a salad, coffee, and fruit cake. Mrs. Boyd Bedenbaugh under went an operation last Thursday in the Greenville General Hos pital. She is getting along nicely and expects to come home next W66k. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander of Washington, D. C. visited Mrs. Alexander’s mother, Mrs. H. E. Counts, over the weekend. Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts and her two sons spent the weekend in Greenwood with Mr. and Mrs, Robert Reagin and Mrs. A. K. Epting. W. E. Hancock left Sunday for a week’s visit with his brother, D. C. Hancock, at Trilby, Fla. Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Charles ton visited her sisters, Mrs. J. F. Browne and Mrs. L. W. Harmon, for several days last week. With Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bal- lentine for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ballentine of Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. David Lee and small son of Greenville, and Miss Jeannipe Ballentine, who’s teaching at Whitmire. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fellers of Augusta, Ga., were weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Fellers. David Bedenbaugh spent the weekend in Greenville and visited his mother, a patient in the Greenville General Hospital. Lt. and Mrs. Robert M. Myers and their two daughters, Sharon Anne and Kathy, of Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, Cola arrived Wednesday to visit Mrs. Myers' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Fellers. Lt. Myers returned to camp Saturday but Mrs. Myers and the children will be here for some time. Elton Sease and his son John ny of Columbia spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sease. Mr .and Mrs. O. F. Hendrix of Lexington spent Sunday with their son, C. E. Hendrix and fam ily. The members of the Beta Club, The Future Teachers of America Club, The American History class, and the seniors were in Columbia Tuesday for the Inaug- them. But she got killed, neck oroae. We were too lazy to draw water from the well for ner My, how that big old cow could soak up the water, bucket ful after bucketful! Our pasture wasn't much; so we tied her on ditch banks and along the road side with a chain. To save draw ing water, one of the boys was driving her to a spring down oack of the place where she could fill up with ease. He was on horseback and he just let that long chain drag. Alter he got down there below the cedars he got in a hurry and was running her. They had always told us not to run the milk cow, for then she wouldn’t let down the milk. But he must have been running her fast. \The horse stepped on the chain, throwing her a somer sault, and breaking her neck. Therefore neither we nor the neighbors had milk for a while. And that cramps a Dutchman powerfully. But in a little while we kids noted that the delicious brown milk gravy that we liked from everything that was fried reappeared. There was cream for the coffee. And one of our greatest treats returned to the table, cream blackberry pie, “fam ily pies,’’ we called ’em They were deep affairs, with much good crust and plenty of berries and cream. We were in the midst of one of those blackberry delights for supper one night. All of a sud den one of us asked, “Where did you get this cream from 7*' An evasive answer brought further suspicions Soon it was admitted that it was goat’s milk! Well, sir, that finished us! We kids quit eating right diere. My brother and I got a littls pale and my sister went out on the back porch and didn’t come back to the table that night. That milk was from my old nanny goat. I had a pair, and she had two kids. Parents knew that milk was perfectly all right. But kids are slaves of habit and want nothing to do with the new. After that It Was hard to get us to eat anythin# much that might have had milk' h* it catu we got another cow. iration cermo: Han FARM WORKERS NOW COVERED BY S. S. Regular farm workers come under the Federal social security law beginning January 1, 1961. Dairy farming will lead to old- age and survivors Insurance pro tection for the largest number of farm people in this area, with general farming next. It is em phasized that it is the regular farm worker who is paid cash wages who will come under the law—not the itinerant, seasonal or part-time worker. A new leaflet, “Notice for Farmers with Regular laired Help’’ explains how the farm op erator can tell whether any of his employees are covered by the law. Issued by the Bureau of In ternal Revenue, the leaflet is available from the Collector of Internal Revenue at Columbia, the Social Security Administration at Greenwood, or from offices of county agents or Production Marketing Administration. Many banks also have copies of the notice. In addition to explaining just what farm workers are covered the leaflet contains a tear-off slip. Form SS-4a, which the farm op erator should complete and mall if he has employees who will be covered by the law. Further in formation about making the quarterly, tax reports, and copies of the reporting blanks, will be sent to farmers who rhail this form to the collector of internal revenue. Although the new law brings farm work under the social secur ity system for the first time, the system will not be new to thou sands of tiie farm workers. Many of them made a substantial start toward old-age and survivors in surance payments by working in commercial or industrial jobs at some time since 1936. Some of them worked in war plants, and others are veterans of World War II, who will re ceive social security credit for their military service. Regularly employed farm work ers who do not have a social se curity account number card should secure one within the next few weeks. The account number Is necessary in order to insure proper social security credit for the worker's wages. Applica- ONE COUNTRY HAS PLENTY OF COAL Only one country on earth can h%ve all the coal it wants and needs. As you’ve probably guess ed, that country is the United States. Once again, Europe is turning to . the American coal ; industry to help fill her heeds. The slate- controlled coal Industries of Eng land and Germany Just can’t meet the demand. Here at home the blizzard of 1950 took a big ,bite out of the nation's coal stockpile sooner thah usual. In addition, demands for coal are growing greatly. But coal production will be plentiful. Last year, that production aver aged 10,000,000 tons a week. An estimated 60.000,000 tons was left in the stockpile at the-year’s end. And If additional coal is needed, the coal Industry reports that It tions for the account number card are In every post office. The card is Issued at no cost to the work- “Not all farm workers are covered by the new law,’’ Miss Pressly emphasizes. The farm operator himself does not receive the protection of old-age and survivors insurance, nor do farm workers who work less than five months for one employer. Before he can be covered by the law, a farm worker must work for an employer during a qualifying period of one full cal endar quarter. This may be the last calendar quarter of I960— October, November, and Decem ber. After he has served the quali fying period, the employee will earn social security credit for each succeeding calendar quart er of employment by the same op erator as long as he continues to work at least 60 days on a full time basis in each calendar quarter, and earns at least $50 in each quarter. He will also be covered for the first quarter in which he works less than 60 days if he earns cash wages of at least $50. In this event, before he can be covered 4n any future quarter, he must (foin serve a qualifying period. can step up prodduction to 12,- 000,000 tons a week, or even more. The great contrast between conditions in the coal industry here and abroad can be easily explained. In England and else where, coal was long run. by car tels, which stood .In the. .way. real competition. Under sociali zation and state control, condi tions have become.*even .worse. Management is inefficient . Me chanical and scientific improve ments have come with snail-like slowness. Labor is underpaid and dissatisfied. V in the United States a virile and progressive and competitive coal industry is doing the world’s most productive coal mining job. TREASURER DAWKINS MOVES TO NEWBERRY Treasurer and Mrs. Ray Dawk ins and their son, Chafles, a stu dent at Newberry College, moved last Saturday from Prosperity to Newberry, where they are now making their home on Harring ton street in the old Swittenberg home. At WELLS January A great ■■■ ALIVE with e: Walt Disney captures all the heart rousiiiK tfcriV of a plucky tad’s fight against cut-throat buc- cancers in the greatest adventure of them all! picture tement! our first eye-smacking look at the line of lovelies pictured here tells you that they've got what it takes in tHsual charm. But the fellow who said a picture speaks louder than a thousand words wasn't talking about these superbly able 1951 Buicks. Sure, they're smart to look at—smart in style and smart in dress. But they're also smartly powered— smartly engineered—smartly priced. And it would take a book to describe in full their deep-down goodness. Wha, Come, look them over, and you’ll see what we mean. There’s the Special which can ac curately be titled M the newest car in the world”—new in structure, new in power, new in dimensions, new in thrift—and potent in price appeal. There’s the SUPER—that looks and is a smart new edition of its "best seller” forebear. Then there’s the ROADMASTER— that coddles your anatomy on lux urious new fabrics and cloud-soft cushions—pampers your pride with its lordly bearing — shoots a deli cious tingle right up your spine by the exuberance of its power and action. We could go on and on. This is the car that "breathes through its nose.” This is the car that sports a brand-new front-end styling. This is the car with new high-visibility instrument dials, more easily read at night. This is the car with glare- and-heat-reducing glass f and a host of other news-making features you can’t afford to miss. So your No. 1 date this week end is with your Buick dealer. It won’t take you long to conclude that he’s offering the smartest buys of the year. it’s been done for ’51 is to take the best automobiles that ever bore the Buick name—and top them. fOptionai mt or MUmmtkmatnn - WHIN IITTII AUTOMOBIilS All ftUUT IUICK Wilt BUIID THIM