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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1951 THE NEWBERRY SUN / Call 197 For Full Details is for CASH And Convenient Consolidation! Pay those overdue bills in one lump sum! A quick, friendly loan from us will put you back on your feet! PurcelU E. B. PURCELL Real Estate 1418 Main Street KEITT PURCELL Auto Loans Insurance Newberry, S. C. Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTERS Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 , * »•* ..V r » * E « Como wind — com# roin — com# snow ELMO All Woothor Lotion holps to Loop your honds ond foe# smooth ond lovoly. Guord ogoinst tho horsh, drying offocts of inclomont woothor by taking odvontogo of this oxcoptional todoy. PHONE 610 FARMS AND FOLKS 100 BUSHEL CORN “You can make 100 bushels of corn per acre!” That’s what County Agent Can non of Lancaster told hts folks, after adding up the results of their Farm Bureau sponsored corn contest for 1960. Five of their farmers made more than that. And 16 of ‘em averaged 98.1 bushels per acre! Now that's as much corn as many'folks used to make on ten times that acreage. The know how contained in the 6-point Clem son method of growing corn is receiving wider application in the field each year. And the average yield of com is constant ly upward. With all that goes into a crop, as high as every thing Is, we can’t afford to piddle along with those extremely low yields of corn any more. We will have to bear down on that land and get more corn from it, or stop fooling with it. The Clem- son plan embodies the informa tion we have on that subject. Talk with your county agent about it. was' night. From all directions we _ could see folks coming through the woods, with burning torches marking their course up the jiaths that lead to the school- house. A few came in carts, buggies, and wagons. But most walked,, as it was not thought well to work a mule all day and then drive him at night too. The one-room school was pack ed for this, our first show. Two lanterns hung from the rafters down front furnished the light. And that was a plenty, for we were not accustomed to much light. The man did a few slight of hand tricks that mystified us no end. Next day some of the folks said they bet that fellow was a “conjurer” and that he would be dangerous to have around. Then he had the monkey do a few tricks that delighted every one. It convulsed the house when it tried to find fleas in the long white beard of one of the men. And one of the women creamed so Idud when it went owards her that it scared me stiff. Ttye next act was looked for ward to with much misgiving. It was to be the “talking machine.” We had heard of it. But no one had seen it. And few believed there was not some sort of trick to it. T l CLIMATE, SOIL, AND WATER I We have three elements that distinguish South Carolina. And they are more or less common to several states down here in the Southwest. But South Carolina seems to be right in the heart of ‘em. They are a climate that hits the happy medium, just right for abundant living. A soil, though depleted, that responds to the hand of husbandry on a year- ajround basis and where a very wide diversification is possible. And our abundance of water car ried golden potentials that have n’t been fully realized yet. Dr. Poole has a working com mittee at Clemson that's develop ing the educational opportunities for a better use and conservation of our great resources of water and soil in South Carolina. Of these three God-given el ements for abundant living, we can’t do anything about the first, the climate. It’s delightful, and all right Just as it is anyway. But the other too, we can do something to facilitate their ef fectiveness and use. Much is being done towards building and saving the soil. We know and practice a good bit of what’s known about that. But the matter of use and conser vation of our water resources hasn’t received so much atten tion. It is a great and rather unwieldy and somewhat intangi ble thing that’s hard to get a hold on. But its importance is such that we must begin to dig into it. For those are not just rivulets of water, as we have known them in the past, that course down the channels In every valley of our state. Those are rivulets of golden potentials;; largely unused potentials, of many ;kjpds. And they spell out many'upp ' here. , we ha Crop Industrial for a’ better future ion, and crop yields dreamed of before! e, we might call it. tentlals of great mag nitude. «^or large quantities of good fresh water are getting harder and harder to fimj in our expanding industrial age. And what power lies in that water, as it works its way back to the sea, after incessant showers spill it the year around across state and in our mountains to the west! _ NEWBERRY ) Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY Willingham, Sec’y Newberry, S. C. BETTER MELONS When I was in County Agent Willis’s office in Chesterfield he had received batches of several new sorts of watermelons for testing out under farm conditions. They were from Dr. Anders down at the U. S. Vegetable Breeding Laboratory near Charleston. Last summer I told you of the 4-acre planting of another new sort that Willis had put out with one of his melon growers, Smith Oliver of Ruby. Wilt resistance is what Dr. Anders Is working for. On old 'melon land there those did well. Mr. Smith har vested 4,700 marketable melons from the 4 acres, and that’s a good melon yield In anybody's language. The eating and ship ping quality of that one was al so good. It hasn’t been releas ed yet and simply carries the number 48-13. Dr. Anders and the TJSDA’S work along this line ih this and other cooperating states Is bring ing grea improvement in the field of watermelons. Wilt is such a pest that melons can't be safely grown on the same land over once in about 6 to 8 years. With these resistant sorts, the grower can likely soon reduce that a lot. Then safe melon land won’t be such a problem. Dr. Hughes at Clemson’s Edlso Sta tion is working on a better can taloupe for South Carolina too. BOYS ARE THAT WAY Last week I told you of the coming of our first show in a covered wagon. And we finished talking about that monkey dis solving the cracker in the water and drinking it. We played around out there at the wagon until the length ening shadows faded out and it After elaborate introductory re- raaks, he announced we would now see and hear the most start ling invention of the age, the talking machine! He wound the thing up, put a new needle in, set it to turning, placed the needle on the^clyinder, and we could hear aerating sound like the static know on radio today. A perfect quiet filled the room. Then the far-away sound- squeaky strains of an \>ld hymn came. We thought that wonderful. But that wasn’t all. Then a shrill voice chimed in and sang it! Well, that was the ast word. And then there was some sort of recitation that came from that strange, box with the lorn on it. We looked with awe and wonder. The next day, which was Satur day, I heard all sorts of explana tions down at the blacksmith shop at the foot of the hill, where folks brought their mules to be shod and implements to be fixed. The common belief was that someone was under thet table with his head in that box. But how could he put that organ music in there, someone asked. Oh, that was a sort of music box, someone explained. Next week I will have to tell you about the most wonderful part of all. a moving picture that we saw at that show! “that’s what I call 00 a swell program" MAYOR PROCLAIMS ‘KNOW BANK BETTER WEEK’ IN NEWBERRY In accord with the national “Know Your Bank Better Week” program, Newberry’s Mayor James Wiseman has designated the week of February 5 through TO as “Know Your Bank Better Week” here in the .city, and re quests that the businessmen and Individuals seek to' conform to the portions of the official pro clamation -as published below: PROCLAMATION Whereas, the week beginning February 5th, 1951, and lasting through February 10th, 1951, is to b£ observed and known as, in the City of Newberry, “Know Your Bank Better Week”; and. Whereas, qll progressive citi zens recognize the need for, and the importance of, banking insti tutions in any community: and. Whereas, it is a well establish ed fact that no community can prosper without at least one sound and progressive bank; and institution around which the business life revolves/ where the rights of. Investors and borrowers are safeguarded by the laws o f the State: where farihers bu°i- nessmen, large and small, textile workers, laborers, and all other oroducers of wealth are assisted throiujh the various services ren dered by local banks: and. Whereas, all too few citizens in every community know their NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING OF J. H. CLARY CLOTHING COMPANY •** NOTICE Is hereby given thai a special meeting of the stock holders of J. H. 'Clary Clothing Company, a corporation, will be held at the storeroom of the Compftny, 1214 Main Street, New berry, S. C., at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of Monday, March 5, 1951, for the purpose of consider ing and acting upon a Resolution then and there to be offered, looking to the liquidation and winding up the affairs of the cor poration, for dissolving and sur rendering its charter, and for the transaction of any other business connected with "'said liquidation. February 1, 1951 J. H. Clary President 39-2t-c GASOLINE TAX REPRESENTED FORTY PER CENT Gasoline taxes in the state rep resented 40 percept of the cost of gasoline for South Carolina motorists during 1950, and this year the, percentage will be even higher under a full tAvelve months of the increased gasoline tax rate, it was announced recently try J. T. Melton, Exchange Secre tary of the S. C. Petroleum In dustries Committee. He pointed out that the aver-, age state gasoline tax averaged 6 1-2 cents a gallon in South Carolina during 1960, because of the mid-^ar increase in the ratf from six cents to seven cents. This year, however, the full seven cents a gallon state rate will apply from the beginning with the 1 1-2 cents federal tax making a total tax of 8 1-2 cents on each gallon of gasoline. aaaca WOMANS CLUB fO CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY The Womans Club of Newberry will celdbrate its golden anniver sary with a teg at the home of Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr. f on Mc- Caughiin Avenue, this afternoon (Thursday), February 8th from 4 until 5 o’clock! This will also be the annual reciprocity meeting. Mrs. Paul .Sherrill, Sec. Mrs. F. Scott ElliQtt, Pres. T MOATS ON MINESWE6P** kiehard D. Moats, fireman prentice, USN, Route 2. Kinards, is serving aboard the minesweoF er USS Incredible* in Korean g w&tQrs The Incredible operates ships from Great Britan, Ca . Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea. Vessels of all nations unit under the flag ' Nations. r-+- operate as a of the United banks, know the officials who serve them, and know the many services and opportunities that can be afforded to them; now, Therefore, I, James E. Wise man, mayor of the City of New berry, do hereby proclaim from line o’clock a.m., February 5th to one o’clock p.m., February TOth, in the year 1951, as “Know v otrr Bank Better Week,” and 1o urge the citizens of the city • nd county of Newberry to visit ’he local banks during the said ^eek for the imrpose of meeting he officials and having them ex plain the many fine services and >i PPortunities which thfe banks Vfer to them. The officials of he banks will welcome the o ortunlty to acquaint the citizens nd visitors with the banks’ ser vices with the view of obtaining a better understanding and closer elationship between the citizene uid the banks to the end that both may prosper through the medium of mutual understanding *nd trust to the betterment and levelopment of the State of South Carolina, and especially Vewberjry county. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto slgped my name and af fixed the official seal of the City of Newberry, this 1st day of February, 1951. Custom We have installed a modern upholstering pertment, featuring a factory and custom trai man. We can do tufting and piping on any ty furniture. V • ^ We carry over 200 patterns to select prices include pick up and delivery service. / urn 1 route Take a tip from me. Make if • date to lilten to the old parlor game, animal, vegetable or mineral in its smart radio format. It’s Twenty Questions — emceed by the smooth Bill Slater. The guessperts include.- Fred VanDeventer, Florence Rinard, Herb Polesie, Johnny McPhee and an interesting guest. MBS Saturday night at 8:00 o'clock over Take your pick I 4-door Sodahs, 2-door Sedans, 6- and 3-passenger New in Style — Mew in Structure — Mew in Power— Oa#am# in Orirf* Anneal— Tt^S the 1951 BUI' is, Convertibles WKDK MUTUAL , BROADCASTING COMPANY For TWENTY QUESTIONS! For Expert Repair Bring Your Radio and Televlalon GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television Service SALES and SERVICE BOYCE STREET Opposite County Library 24 HOUR SERVICE Talaphona 811 H ere is good news fgr folks with*a shrewd eye for what heir dollars will buy. Here is a tidy traveler that defies the upward trend of costs — proudly'wears a 1951 price tag like that which zoomed last year’s Special into popularity so great that it put a crimp in “the low-pricfed three.” Take our word for it, this is every inch and ounce a Buick — Buick-featured, Buick- designed, Buick-built from the ground up — but literally the newest ♦hing on wheels. The sturdy and ample body is new. The high-strength frame is new. The power is new to the Special, which now has the Standard •quipnmt, aecnaorU* and trim iUuMtraUd ora tubjaet to changt without no tic*. When better mutemebilea ere built BUICK frill build them thrifty F-263 engine that first made its name in the Super, and here delivers 120 horse power with standard trans- mission—128 witfi Dynaflow Drive.* It’s a Buick with less weight and more power—and that spells a pair of new thrills for you. There’s a performance thrill such as you’ve never enjoyed in the Special—plus a handsome gas-saving into the bargain. We’ll make a prediction now as to what title folks will give it, once they get it out on the road. ^Standard on ROADMASTER, optional at extra coot on other Sanaa. That title in three words, will be: “Thriftiest Buick ^fet!”* Better hurry around to your Buick dealer’s and look this marvel over. We’ll give you another prediction—which is: Once this one’s discovered, the demand will be terrific. ,|| — I . . I «■— ■ —' '!■■■-■ I I IQMi !■ . JVo other car ■ provides el! thiss ; \DYMAFLOW DAfVS • FIMiBAH POWER • PUSH-BAR FOREFRONT • WHITE-GLOW INSTRUMENTS • TORQUE-TUBE DRIVE • 4-WHEEL COIL SPRINGING • DREAMLINE STYLING • DUAL VENTILATION BODY BY FISHER 9iwevit f$(M|4 Kemper TELEPHONE 988 Motor Co ■ 'Si- •kQflS&vS Y, S. C