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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951 THE NEWBERRY SUN FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist NOTICE OF DELIQUENT TAX SALES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEV r BERRY TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY CONCERN: By authority of the tax laws of South Carolina and the various tax executions issued to me in the name of the State and County of Newberry by the Treasurer of said county, the following per sonal properties, listed below, have been seized and taken pos session of and are hereby ad vertised to be sold for delinquent taxes on November 5th (Monday) 1951, before the Newberry Court House Door, within the usual hours of public sales. Terms, Cash. All properties advertised are the properties assessed to and levied upon in the name of de faulting taxpayers hereinafter list ed. Personal property, consisting of Ford 2dr, 1932 model, 1950 license No. B-13-159, in School District No. 2, county and state aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Leonard Byrd. Chevrolet car, license No. Bll-617, 1931 Model, in School District No. 11, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Al lan Thompson. Personal property, consisting of 2dr Ford, Model 1940, in School District No. 19, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Lawson Samiuel. Personal property, consisting of 2dr Chevrolet, model 1934, license r'Jfc. C53-478, in School District No. 40, County and State aforesaid, levied upon *in the name of Clark Stevens. Personal property, consisting of Chevrolet 2dr car, in School Dis trict No. 43, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Asa Eigner. Personal property, consisting of 1937 Ford car, in School District No. 44, County and State afore said, levied upon in the name of Ivory Paul. Personal property, consisting of V-8 1948 Ford 2dr, license No. D172-094, in School District No. IRRIGATED TOBACCO DEMONSTRATION County Agent McCord of Georgetown says: “With the completion of sales from 4V& acres tobacco irriga tion demonstration, J. W. Watts produced a total of 9,622 pounds with net sales of $4,967.70. This was done with three irrigations when the water counted for most.” That’s 2,138 pounds per acre, a grand yield on a dry year. It’s 62 percent above the state aver age. As we begin to master this thing of irrigation, where water* is available, we begin to see a vast new potential in our land. And a lot of land over the state has water easily accessible. Your county agent can get an exten sion engineer from Clemson to check over your situation, for ir rigation. And the technicians of the SCS are available to help you with it Jtoo: Irrigation is not yet practical for every case. But for many it is. ^ HAV HIGH Back when hay was being cut, County Agent Hopkins of Ander son said it was selling direct from the field as high as it' did last winter. The summer was very dry all over this part of the country. That is sure to mean a rather tight hay situation. By the way, did you get that early grazing 46, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of John nie Gleen. T. L. HILL, Tax Collector 25-2tc. seeded? If so, it will likely serve you well. It might need top-dressing now. THRIPS CONTROL PAID This is a year that you see good cotton anywhere you go. Some farmers poisoned early to control thrips. County Agent Cannon of Lancaster says where that was done the early pickings of cotton were much heavier. This insect delays growth and hurts stands. We need to keep a keener eye on it. For it has shown that it can hurt a crop about as bad as the boll weevil by delaying it for the weevil to get and by ruining your stand. Clemson has the remedy for it. Ask your county agent next spring to detect them on your cotton. It is a rather insidious thing in that damage is often done before you realize it. CLEMSON'S GRAND SLAM This year has been a banner year for South Carolina in at least one respect. Honors have come to its agricultural college in a way that has probably never been equaled. To start with, its football team won the Orange Bowl classic as a sort of garnish to start things off right. Its president, Dr. R. F. Poole^ served with distinction as president of the Land Grant College Association of America. Dr. H. P. Cooper, its dean of agri culture, served also with distinc tion as president of the Ameri can Society of Agronomy. Dr. G. H. Aull, head of the agricultural economics department, is now president of the American Farm Economics Association. And one, of its county agents, L. W. Alford of Colleton county, served as pres ident of Ruritan National, a ser vice club organization in which farmers predominate. , So There you are. Are you proud of your Clemson? It stacks up with the best of ’em. PICKENS PROGRESS In 1946 the Pickens county calf club was started with 6 calves. Since then 35 4-H club members have gotten 43 more good calves, according- to County Agent Wood. The three boys of Levi Boggs each got a calf when they were 10 years old. Now they have a Grade A milk business that start ed from those calves. And James Fowler’s children, 3 boys and a firl, did likewise. f Pickens started its first milk route last June with 11 customers, and it has constantly grown since then. Last spring 113 farmers signed up to grow £12 acres of pimento peppers. Drought hit them hard. But Wood tells me that those who happened to get some rain did pretty well. (Irrigation would have likely made its mark there this year.) WEBSTER TREE There is a beautiful hundred year old Canadian hemlock tree growing in the yard of the Cal houn mansion at Clemson that Daniel Webster gave to John C. Calhoun when they were stal warts in the early congress. These men opposed each other in some of the most memorable debates ever to take place in \Vashington. Yet were warm per sonal friends. Statesmen they wsr©. SHARECROPPING TURKEYS County Agent Willis of Chester field took me to see George Greg ory of Jefferson who sharecrops turkeys with three men. He started it two years ago. He likes it and they like it. He furnishes everything and they do the work. Then they split the profits. We went by to see one of these men, W. A. Cato. He had never fooled with turkeys until two years ago. But our turkey man, Nesbit, tells me that he does a very good job of it. He “follows the book” on sanitation, feeding 90% For! 10% Against Railroad workers are represented by 23 standard unions. By mutual agreement, 20 of these unions—com prising about 1,200,000 men, or more than 90%—are working under wages and rules agreed to by them and the railroads. But leaders of three unions—with only about 130,000 men, or less than 10%—still refuse, after more than a year of negotiations, to accept similar wage and rules agreements. These are even more favorable than the terms recommended by the Emer gency Board appointed by the President. Yes, it certainly seems to be finally about time thwt the leaders of the throe unions stop their delaying tactics—their quibbling. But the leaders of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway Conductors continue to refuse. They continue a course of dillylng and dallying. It is definitely time to On June 15, 1950, an Emergency Board appointed by the President under the terms of the Railway Labor Act—an Act largely fathered by ihe unions themselves —made its recommendations on certain wage and working conditions (’'rules” in railroad language) which had been in dis pute between employes and the railroads More Than 90% of Employes Accept Since then, terms equal to or better thar the Board recommendations have beer accepted by about 1,200,000 railroad em ployes—more than 90% of the total of al workers. They are represented by 20 o the 23 standard railroad unions. Less Than 10% Refuse But three unions—with about 130,00. men, or less than 10% of the total—haw refused to accept, even after months o negotiations. These three unions are th< Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemei and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway Conductors. These are three of the sc called "operating” unions. Already th highest paid men in the industry, thei leaders demand still further advantage over other workers. In all, there are about 270,000 operating employes. But not all of them, by am means, are represented by BLE, BLF&E. or ORC. As a matter of fact, less thar half—132,000 to be exact—are in these three unions. More than half—aboul 140,000—are in other unions, principally the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. What makes the whole situation,so hard to understand is that these 140,000 op erating employes are working under wages and rules which the leaders of the other 130,000 say they cannot agree to. What Do the Railroads Offer? They offer these three unions the same settlement which was contained in a Mem orandum of Agreement signed at the White House on December 21, 1950, by four brotherhoods and the railroads. Later these brotherhoods sought to repudiate this agreement. But on May 25,1951, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen signed a complete agreement carrying out the principles of the Memorandum Agreement of December 21. They have been working under this agreement since May 25. What About Wages? Under the terms of the agreement, yard engineers, firemen and conductors would now be receiving a wage increase of $.34 an hour ($2.72 a day) and road engineers, firemen and conductors would now be re ceiving an increase of 19>3 cents an hour ($1.56 per day). Large sums of retroactive oay have already accrued and if the agree ment is carried out, will be paid promptly. What About “Cost of Living” Increases? The White House Agreement includes an 'escalator” clause under which wages will 3e geared to changes in the Government’s xfet-of-living index. Two such increases —April and July, 1951—have already been >aid to the 90% of railroad employes cov- red by signed agreements. What About the 40-Hour Week? i'he White House Agreement calls for the stablishment of the 40-hour week in prin- :iple, for employes in yard service. The ;mployes can have it any time after Jan uary 1, 1952, provided the manpower sit- lation is such that the railroads can get enough men to perform the work with reasonable regularity at straight time rates. If the parties do not agree on the question of availability of manpower, the White House Agreement provides arbitra- ion by a referee appointed by the President. What Else Do the Union Leaders Demand? The continued quibbling of the leaders of the three unions has to do principally with rules changes, which have already beer agreed to by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Of these, the principal one seems to be that having to do with so- called "interdivisional service”—runs which take in two or more seniority dis tricts. The union leaders would bar progress and efficiency in the industry, and better service to the public, by maintaining a situation where they can arbitrarily stop a railroad from establishing such inter divisional runs. The carriers propose that if a railroad wishes to set up an inter divisional run, the railroad and the unions should try to agree on such run and the conditions which should surround its es tablishment, and if the railroad and the unions can’t agree, the matter will be sub mitted to arbitration. But the three union leaders still refuse. Rules Can Be Arbitrated The railroads have not only offered these three unions the same rules agreed to by the BRT and covered by the White House Agreement, but have even agreed to sub mit such rules to arbitration. The Industry Pattern Is Fixed With the pattern so firmly established in the railroad industry, it seems fair to sug gest that the leaders of BLE, BLF&E, and ORC stop their quibbling and take action to make the railroad Labor picture 100% complete. Certainly today^s eco nomic and international situation calls for a united front. And certainly no good rea son has been advanced why these three unions should be preferred over all other railroad employes. We are publishing this and other advertisements to talk to you ' at first hand about matters which are important to everybody; ' 4-H LOOKS TO THE FUTURE The dreams and the efforts of the 2,000,000 and more 4-H members will make tomorrow's world better. These young people in and bcoral handling. Last year his share of the profit on 2,500 birds was $2,000. He tithes, and when he dropped that $230 in it was likely the largest con tribution ever to hit that col lection plate. This year he again has 2,500 birds. He has done so well with that number that some folks ask ed him why he didn’t get a lot more. But he said that’s as many as he can take care of properly. His only farming is the growing of grazing for them. He keeps the turkeys on clean ground, mov ing them over on a new strip of grazing from once to twice a week. He uses Lespedeza sericae and soybeans for this. Likes sericea best. When we were there his hens had reached the proper size and had been sold at 22 weeks of age, about two weeks under the aver age. The prospect was that they too would reach market size a week or so under the average time usually^ needed. All of this came as a result of his careful handling and sanitary methods (ised. It looked at the time like they would average more per bird profit this time. If so, his net will exceed that of last year.. Compared with other money cros, that is mighty good. He couldn’t have come near that with cotton, with just his own labor and some help from his little daughter. Nor even with tobacco, for, remember, that is clear mon ey, not gross income, I men tioned above. Mr. Gregory said the other two men were getting along all right with it too. So many folks attempt new things, know nothing about them, and fail to follow the best infor mation that’s available. Our ex tension turkey men, Nesbit and Thaxton, say that more begin ners fail with turkeys for sanitary reasons than any other. That means dirty ground, dirty ranges, overcrowding, etc. Clemson’s tur key bulletin covers all this. Your county agent has a supply. BOYS ARE THAT WAY Ten o’clock had arrived before %y father yelled down the valley for my little colored playmate, Zeke, and me to come home from the ancestral big house. We had gone at dusk to see them shoot some new sorts of fireworks. They had been brought from afar by one of the clan home for Christmas. A waning moon was about half way up. Its mellow rays bathed the hill country with a heavenly light, and cast many shadows. A great stillness lay on the crisp out-of-doors. This was our first night out ONE GREASE FOR ALL ^ Lubrication lobs. V// ( . , /// .V^CLA q, With just one grease, Sinclair Litholine, you can lubricate chassis, wheel bearings, water pumps, universal joints •.. of your car, truck or tractor., winter or summer. Farmers find it does a better job at each lubrication point than the "specialized” greases they formerly used. FARM ADVANTAGES at-o-glame: 1. A finer grease at every point. 2. Less danger of applying the wrong grease. 3. Quicker greasing operations. 4. Smaller grease stocks — one instead of 3 or 4. 5. Fewer grease guns. 6. Less waste. W* dWlvor direct fo farms. Phont or write vs. Strother C. Paysinger SUPPLIERS OF SINCLAIR PRODUCTS NEWBERRY, 8. C. UTHOUNE MULTI-PURPOSE GREASE alone. Our hearts beat faster as we passed the blacksmith shop and hit the dense cedars up life ravine. I wouldn't look in the dark door of the shop. But Zeke did. He walked closer to me then, and I could see more of the white of his eyes. By the time we got to that critical middle stretch through the pasture, we could see neither house, and wqre walking close on the other’s heels, for the path was too narrow there to walk abreast. To keep from seeing “spooks,” L looked straight ahead. But Zeke didn’t. He wasn’t trusting the night. Back in a shaded gully, a shaft of moonlight hit on something startlingly white! In strained voice, Zeke said, “What’s dat?” “Where”?, I quickly re sponded. He pointed! Nothing more was said. From then on, with one accord, we just picked ’em up and laid ’em down, the faster the better. I happened to be ahead, and was giving it all I had. His ^oes were hitting on my heels. He said, “Run faster or git out de way.” I sure didn't want to be be hind then. So I gave it that extra reserve a fellow can turn on at that critical moment when desperation has arrived. When we reached our. woodpile, we started turning off the steam and slowing up. We were all out of breath, for we hadn’t only been running at top speed, but it was up hill and rocky. I sneak ed up stairs and went to bed as my mother said, “I thought you had decftled to stay all night.” Zeke went on down the familiar path to his house. „ H& wasn’t scared then, for he could see the glow from fading embers through cracks in the door. Next morning we strutted around like men. For hadn’t we conquered the night! We went down the path to see what that thing was. And there it was, a frost-bejeweled spider web on a bush. Daughter Of Former Newberrian Married In Fort Mill Rites Many Newberrians will be in terested in the following taken in part from a Fort Mill paper: Miss Ruth Randolph Bowles, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Pressly Bowles, of Fort Mill, be came the bride of Rev. Joseph Cromer Eckstine of Atlanta, Ga., son of Mr. and Mrs. James Richard Eckstine of Uniontown, Ala., in a ceremony at 6:30 o’ clock Saturday evening in thej Unity Presbyterian church here. The bride’s father, assisted by Rev. A. L. Bixler, of Gastonia, N. C., officiated. Following the wedding a re ception was given by *he bride’s parents in the educational build ing of the church After the wed ding trip the couple will live in Atlanta. The bride is a graduate of Plant high school in Tampa, Fla., and in 1948 received her bachelor of arts degree from Erskine col lege. For two years she held the position of director of re ligious education at Olney Pres byterian church in Gastonia and during the last year # did work toward her master's degree at Columbia Theological seminary, in Decatur, Ga. The bridegroom is a veteran of World War II and is a gradu ate of Southwestern university in Memphis, Tenn. In May, 1951, he received his bachelor of the ology degree at Columbia Theo logical seminary, Decatur, and at present is pastor of Glenoak Presbyterian church of Atlanta Note—The father of the bride is a former Newberrian, and has several cousins in Newberry in cluding R. Derrill and Smith. m 'Mm ■ i'fS REAL ESTATE DEEDS CHATTEL MORTGAGES CARBON PAPERS RUBBER STAMPS THE SUN OFFICE - IpP Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 — ‘m I Ilggfsp Car Damage Can Happen Windstorms, lightning, collisions can transform a brand new car into a shattered wreck in no time. Make sure your automobile is protected against all such hazards with a comprehensive Fire, Theft and Collision policy. The price Is low. Phone for details or drop by to see us. For Details Call 197 PURCELLS % I "Your Private Bankers" E. B. Purcell Keitt Purcell AVOID WINTER’S UNCERTAINTIES BUY COAL NOW at the lowest price it will b« aU y«ac! OMUL a voMTSY % Processed , and eefioed. 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