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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1951 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Jim Hires, dairy farmer of Bam berg, ran 20 dry cows and heifers on *16 acres of Sericea lespedeza from the middle of April to the middle of September. By that time it was getting ahead of them. So. he took them off and let the sericea grow on up and make a good seed crop, according to County Agent Hubbard. This past dry summer sure served to bring out the real worth of this plant. It made hay and grazing while other hay and grazing largely failed. It calls for strict management for best re sults as grazing or hay. It grows fast and gets tough quick. If the cows can’t keep it down, you need to bring in more cows or the mowing machine. And if it is for hay, you need to cut it when it’s just right. That done, you get good hay and good grazing from this drought-resisting plant. Hubbard said they had a lot of sericea seeded in Bamberg the past spring, and there will be a lot more next spring. GRAIN STORAGE Anderson built a 200,000-bushel grain elevator. County Agent Hopkins tells me they filled it long before the grain harvest was over back in June. Says he believes they could have filled another 'one, mostly with wheat. Our grain . acreage has doubled in recent years and the yield is up over 60 percent. Corn acreage has £Ot increased, but the yield has almost doubled. And now we are growing a lot of grass and legume seed. So the need for safe storage has arrived. And in response to it, elevators have gone up at Easley, Estill, and Florence, in addition to this facility at Anderson. CASH MARKET FOR WOOD I The International Paper Conn pany has opened a woodyard at St. George. When County Agent King and I went by there, they were paying $10.75 per cord for hardwood and $12.25 for pine pulpwood. It opened on July 9, and when we were there on Sept. 24 they had bought 1,297 truck- loads of wood. A slogan painted there on the shed said, “The Seed Trees You Left will help keep you in Business.” King said his folks liked this way of making a cord of wood just as marketable as a hog or bale of cotton. The pay on the spot for it when t is delivered to the yard. I understand the paper compan ies have estabilished several such woodyards over the state. POTATOES SELLING GOOD Up to Sept. 24 best grade sweet potatoes were netting the farmer $4 per bushel, and the buyer fur nished the basket and packed them out at St. George. On that day they dropped to $3. H. .H. Walters and his sons buy potatoes there and they also grow a lot of ’em. It was his feeling that very few potatoes would go in storage this fall if the price kept at around $3 net to the farmer. The potato crop is short all over the Southeast. That was evident in the spring, and our ex tension potato man, Hugh Bowers, told us then that potatoes look ed good for this year. Those who got some in now stand to do well with them. FALLING TREES Some years ago when a street was cleared out back of our house, borers got in the pines and killed a spot of them. The larger ones stood until the ptfst fall. On a hot dry Sunday I heard a commotioin down that way, looked, and saw a large one falling against another one and take it down too, with a re sounding smash. A week before we had a thunderstorm with hard wind. - Now I wonder why those old rotting trees did not go down then, when they were heavy with water and a hard wind was blowing? Just the other night it was again dry and perfectly still. I was about to go to sleep and again heard a great crash down there. Next morning I saw it was the last of the large dead trees. We had had a very strong gusts of wind during a rainstorm ten days before. And again I wondered what made those trees fall, when it was per fectly still on the outside and they w T ere perfectly dry, while they did not go down during quite recent gales when they were soaked with water. National Guard Recruit Drive Begins Dec. 1 Major General Jas. C. Dozier, State Adjutant General, announc ed today that the South Carolina National Guard would stage a re cruiting campaign beginning De cember 1st to extend into the spring of next year. All unit commanders of the Guard will be available on armory drill nights to interview' qualified young men for possible assignment in a Na tional Guard unit. General Dozier stated that, “we hope to make this the biggest recruiting cam paign since the Guard was re organized , after World War II and we are looking forward to filling the ranks with the best material South Carolina has to of fer.” Eligibles for Guard enlistments currently not affected by Selec tive Service are non-veterans be tween age 17 and 18%, 26 to 36, and 36 to 55 if assigned to State Headquarters, and veterans 36 to 38 with one year prior active duty, 38 to 41 with 2 years active duty, and 41-55 with 2 years prior active service plus the number of years applicant is over 40. Recipients of the Silver Star or a higher decoration may be ac cepted without regard to age un til their 55th birthday. South Carolina’s Guard com prises the major portion of the 51st Infantry Division ^nd con sists of 84 units, the 3649th Or dnance Company of Fort Jackson, Hq & Hq Det South Carolina National Guard of Colnmbia, 246th Army Band of Newberry, the 218th RCAT Det of Congree, and the 678th AAA Bn of Anderson. Brig. Gen. John C. Henagan of Dillon, Assistant 51st Division Commander, has been named by General Dozier to head the drive. General Dozier added that Guardsmen may become officers by attending the Palmetto Mili tary Academy. They receive a full day’s Army pay for each drill attended, build-up credits for a substantial retirement income, earn promotions as they increase in proficiency, and imporve their chances for employment and job promotion by learning special skills in such technical fields as radio, radar, meteorology, or motor mechanics. CHATTEL MORTGAGES CARBON PAPERS RUBBER STAMPS INVITATIONS THE SUN OFFICE Specialists To Inspect Plants Twenty-one representatives of The Netherlands' spinning and w eaving industry have arrived \in the United States in search of ways to raise their productivity, which is estimated at 30 percent below that of American firms in this industry. The group is visiting American textile firms and conferring with textile specialists under the auspices of the Economic Coope ration Administration. The know ledge gained from this on-the- spot observation will be made available throughout the spinning and weaving industry in The Netherlands. The Netherlands textile men will make two visits to Newberry. On November 20-22 they will be at the Kendall plants to study methods and operations and then return on November 30 for inspec tion of Newberry Mills, Inc. Dutch spinning and weaving firms employ nearly 46,000 work ers. It is felt that increasing pro ductivity in this large industry- lowering costs and raising wages —will help The Netherlands to maintain internal economic stabil ity during this critical period of defense and rearmament. The specialists, now beginning a six week study-tour, are con vinced that the Dutch textile in dustry can increase its efficiency. Labor members of the group want to see how productivity can bd increased without heavy work loads or technological unemploy ment. The specialists also are in terested in marketing techniques, plant layout, simplification of work, training of employees, labor- management relations, and the over-all organization of the Ameri can cotton and rayon industry. The team has a special interest in the technical problems in volved in producing synthetic fibers (unsatisfactory results have been obtained in Holland), and in overcoming sales resis tance to synthetic fibers. The latter were used indiscriminately in Holland during the war, and Dutch consumers are still wary of • buying fabrics made with them. American textile firms, labor unions, and other organizations are cooperating to show the visiting Dutch how these pro blems can be overcome and im provements innovated. «* RESOLUTIONS Resolution adopted by the New berry Exchange Club in regular meeting assembled November 20, 1951: • Whereas, the members of the Exchange Club of Newberry have been saddened by the death of Fred E. Darby, a beloved member of our organization; and, •Whereas, we are deeply thank ful for his valued friendship, loy al and faithful service to this or ganization, to his family, and to his church; and Whereas, he was ever ready to assist in every worthwhile com munity project or Christian en deavor; serving ably and willingly whenever called upon; and Whereas, he was kind, cheer ful and thoughtful of others; lov ed by those who knew him for his sterling traits of character as shown by his everyday living; Therefore, Be It Resolved that at a duly assembled * meeting of the Exchange Club of Newberry on November 20, 1951, we express our deepest sympathies to thQ members of Mr. Darby’s family; that we publicly express our gratitude for his loyal and dili gent service in our organization; and Be It Further Resolved, that a copy of this Resolution be incor porated in the minutes of this meeting, that a copy be sent to his family, and that a copy be foi> warded to the National Exchange Club. E. MAXCY STONE, JAMES C. ABRAMS, CHARLES W. BOWERS, i Resolutions Comm. Amazing New Con test—You can Win Your Weight In Silver Dollars! Trees Grow. Forests already harvested once, twice or a dozen times can continue to pro duce useful crops of wood. Timber is a re- placeable^resource. Today the United States has 461 million acres of land best suited for ers, some by forest industries, some is in national forest and some is state or com munity* forest. If protected and managed wisely, these forests will produce the wood «r America needs today and tomorrow, to'v growing tree crops. Some is owned bj* farm- Keep America Green! Fairfield Forest Products Company Newberry, South Carolina JOE EMERSON AMERICAS BEST LOVED HYMN SINGER / Listen to JOE EMERSON HYMN TIME Monday thru Friday 12:45 to 1:00 P. M. WKDK MUTUAL BROADCASTING COMPANY This beautiful Smith-Corona is the most popular portable we*ve ever sold—and you’ll see why the minute you try itl Has 38 features, full-size professional keyboard and the fast est action of any port able. Come in and see os nonai The Newberry Sun Martin Home Scene Garden Club Meeting Mrs. George N. Martin and Mrs. A. H. Counts were hostess to the Town and Country Garden club Wednesday ailernoon at the home o' the former on Evans street. Mrs. Parker Martin presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. E. E. Westwood, who was at tending a lecture in Augusta, Ga., given by Miss Dorothy Biddle of New York who spoke on Christ mas decorations. Miss Biddle is the garden club editor of Popular Gardening magazine. She is tke author of several books and is a nationally known lecturer. Mrs. Martin opened the meeting with a poem, “A Woman Gives Thanks.” A number of business matters were discussed .with the main discussion centering on the club’s project, the Newberry High school grounds. Plans were made to plant several Japanese Magno lia and other appropriate plants in the area near the building. Mrs. Clyde Tindal who had charge of the program for the af ternoon discussed the timely sub ject of bulbs. She stated that bulbs are divided into two fami lies—the Dutch bulbs which in clude daffodils, tulips, iris, hya cinths, crocus, narcissi, etc., and ( the lily bulbs—Madonna, regal* Philippine, Rubrum. Bulbs may be planted from July to November. They require well- drained, moderately fertile, me dium tetured soil. Sand or peat moss may be added if the soil is clay like and heavy, or some well rotted manure. Bulbs need plenty of light and should be planted iu the sun or in light partial shade,. Bonemeal or cottonseed meal with their slow reaction release are ideal for bulbs. Mrs. Tindal warned against over fertilizing. She gave the depths for planting the various bulbs, eight incites for tulips and four inches for daffo dils. The Illy family of bulbs are easily grown she stated. It is im portant to let the foliage of bulbs mature completely and die down before cutting. In transplanting lilies the bulbs should be gotten into the ground as quickly as pos sible to avoid drying out the root system. A social hour was enjoyed fol lowing the program at which time refreshments were served. College Hour Series Tells School Past Each week the Newberry, Col lege Hour is heard over radio station WKDK. This year the program is planned and produced by a student Radio Committee under the supervision of Profes sor Milton Moore. Five radio pro grams have been presented by the college during‘the Fall. All have been outstanding productions. On November 1st, the first in a series of plays- telling the history of Newberry College was present ed. The series, consisting of three parts, “Out of Darkness,” “Time of Sorrow,” and “The Tree and the Fruit,” was written by John Fellers. College Players To Give 3-Act Comedy In 1st Production The Newberry College Players will present the three act Com edy, by Fifi Factor, “Could Be” in November. This will be the first production of the Players for this year. \The play is built around the slightly batty Nodamore house hold and its activities. The main character, Hilaria Nodamore, will be playefl by Terri Bodie of Newberry. Berkeley Nodamore Hilaria’s husband, will be played by John Krueger of Jacksonville, Fla., codirector of the play. Frank Shearouse of Hot Springs, N. C., a junior, is playing the romantic lead The eighteen-year-old son, Fablus, will be played by Nick Mahlstedt of Augusta, Ga., one of the most experienced in the group. Garland Nodamore, the daughter, will be played by Vir ginia Kloeppel, a freshman from Charleston. * Other characters In the play are' Mamie Bishop of Newberry, as Euphemia, the maid; Sam Tilson of Walterboro, as >6amuel Snodgrass; Miriam Shealy of Leesville, as Da. Celia Coffin; Winona Mills of Newber ry, as Liz Lister; and Joan Booz er of Leesville as Cousin Dora. One Woods Fire Burns 4 Acres During October Melton L. Wall, District Rang er, S. C. State Commission of Forestry, reports that 24 woods fires horned in the Newberry Dis trict durning the month of Oct., doing severe damage to 149.6 acres of woodland. This is a small increase compared to 21 fires burining 111.1 acres in October 1950. One fire was reported in New berry county during the month burning over four acres. Since we are now entering the winter season and frost will kill the vegetation which makes the fire hazard to our woodlands greater, everyone Is asked to be careful with fire at all limes. 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