The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 30, 1951, Image 5
THE NEWBEERY SUN
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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
NEWBERRY J
Federal Savings
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
OF NEWBERRY
John F. Clarkson J. K. Willingham
President Sec.-Treas.
Newberry, S. C.
SEEN OUT WEST
Many small lakes in arid west
ern Nebraska. I wondered why
they didn’t irrigate from them.
Learned they were so alkaline
as to be no good. And only at
places where they could get good
water from deep wells did I see
the abundance that irrigation
brings.
The Burlington Zephyr trains,
that speed west into the Great
Plains from Chicago, are light,
comfortable, and fast. They
hinge together like an accordion,
and only have one wheel on each
side at the end of the car, where
as most trains have three. No
smoking is allowed in the coach
es. A club car is provided for
that..
In the Chicago station a fash
ionably dressed woman was lead
ing her suitcase along by a
strap. It had skate rollers at
tached to the bottom of it.
At Peoria I saw tractors being
made. They work 28,000 folks in
that factory. Now I have more
admiration for the skill and ma
terial that goes into a good
engine.
Melons and peaches were high
in Chicago. But our growers
weren’t getting much for them
then. Carrying and distributing
costs must be high. The pro
ducer gets what’s left after those
things are paid. When I got
back I saw a farmer in Spartan
burg who received $43 back for a
car of peaches—10 cents a bush
el! The ones I saw up there
were selling for 15 cents a pound.
Double sidewalks on the
grounds of the University of
Illinois. One was wide and the
other narrow. I wondered, and
soon found out. The narrow one
was for bicycles. Not a bad idea.
And the sidewalks were brick
instead of concrete where they
lay near trees. The brick would
give, as the tree roots grew^ and
could be taken up and relaid.
Concrete couldn’t.
In a strange area, one can see
many interesting things that are
different.
HAWKINS REVIEWED
CATTLE BUSINESS
For many years J. R. Hawkins
was a very effective livestock
specialist here with the Exten
sion Service. Now he is a live
stock farmer of Richland county.
He made a very good and practi
cal talk to the large group of
WE’RE PLAYING SANTA
TO HUNDREDS!
Along with Santa, we hope you will be one of the happy ones to re
ceive a CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB CHECK from the SOUTH CARO
LINA NATIONAL BANK, which are being mailed out today, Friday,
November 3Qth.
We are proud of our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB this year, because
it is the largest one in membership and amount of money involved since
we began this service in 1932.
REMEMBER our new club for the year of 1952 will begin on Saturday,
December 1st.
».
We welcome all opr regular members back, and invite you to come in
and join our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB for 1952.
South Carolina National Bank
beef cattle farmers at Clemson's
recent Farmers’ Week.
Among other things, he said,
%)ne thing about this beef cattle
business is, you can do enough
of it to make a good standard
of living.”
He recalled that our first auc
tion market was started in 1934.
Now we have many. And thQ
readiness with which a product
sells at or near the established
market price has a whole lot to
do with how well it will take as
a crop. And he saw some ad
vantages we have here. He point
ed out that in Texas it took an
investment of something like $250
to $300 pdr cow in land for the
cattle business, and more in the
Midwest. Here he figured it took
an investment of only about $125
to $150 per cow in land on an
average.
“Our advantage is not in rjch
soil nor experience. For we don’t
have them. Our main advantage
is in winter grazing,” he' said.
His season of most abundant
grazing was in the winter.
I’m sure other growers share
with Mr Hawkins in what he
said. And demonstrations that
county agents have in practically
every county prove the same
things about the cattle business
here and our grazing potential.
The beef cattle growers had
a very fine short course at Clem-
son during Farmers’ Week.' Hun
dreds of them were here.
By the way, how is your winter
grazing now? If you get it up
early, Hugh Woodle says it
should have already had some of
that nitrate.
LEWIS KNOWS TOBACCO
Our extension tobacco special
ist, J. M. Lewis, really knows
tobacco. He should. He grew
up with the crop and was edu
cated in the science of growing
it. His dad, W. J. Lewis of Darl
ington county, built his first to
bacco barn the year I was born,
1895. And Lewis tells me he*
still uses it. It is a frame barn.
The space between the walls is
stuffed with sawdust.
I wonder if anyone has a to
bacco barn that has been in
continuous use any longer than
that, 66 years? If so, let me
know, and I’ll mention it here.
HEY KIDSI
Here's a “gem” of an offer
Listen to
SKY KING
J. E. Shealy
Dies In Clinton
J. E. "Shealy, 61, died at Hayes
Hospital, Clinton at 9:45 a.m.
of what Laurens County Sheriff
Cj W. Weir said was apparently
a self-inflicted pistol wound.
The sheriff quoted Mrs. Shealy
as saying that Mr. Shealy
threatened to kill frimself this
morning at their home in Joanna
with a 22-calibre rifle. Before she
could stop him, she said, he
braced the rifle against a win
dow sill and shot himself through
the head.
Mr. Shealy was born and rear
ed in Lexington County, the son
of the late James A. and Joanna
Slice Shealy. He lived in New
berry for a number of years but
at the time of his death he was
making his home in Joanna where
he was connected with the Joanna
Mills. He was a member of
Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church,
Newberry.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Pearl Swygert Shealy; onG
son, Cpl. LeGrande Shealy, Camp
McChord, Wash.; seven daugh
ters, Mrs. E._ B. Kyser, Newber
ry; Mrs. Rusty Wilson, North
Augusta; Mrs. Eugene Folk, Jr.,
Edgefield; Miss Katie Pearl
Shealy, Greenwood; Mrs. Marion
L. Cromer, Chester; Miss Anelle
and Miss Betty Shealy, Joanna;
one sister, Mrs. Pierce Bickley,
Chapin; his step-mother, Mrs.
James A. Shealy, Newberry;
three half-sisters, Mrs. Roy Wil
liams, Mrs. Ferman Dennis and
Mrs. David Counts, Newberry;
two step-sisters, Mrs. Irvin Dod-
gen and Mrs. Colie Bedenbaugh,
Newberry; one step-brother, Les
lie Hedgepath, ' Newberry, and
three grandsons. (
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the
Joanna Baptist Church by the
Rev. J. E. Mitchell, the Rev. D.
M. Shull and the Rev. J. W.
Tomlinson Burial followed in
Rosemont Cemetery.
The latest import in American
sporting dog kennels is a Hun
garian breed called the Vizsla.
It’s still too early to say that
it has become established here
—there are only five members
in the country as this is being
written. But if plans of their
owners are successful, you’ll be
hearing a lot more about this
dog in the future.
The Vizsla is known As the
Yellow Pointer of Hungary. It
is not an ancient breed but still
old enough ,to be proclaimed the
national pointer of its native
land. Like the Weimaraner, his
origin is a bit misty. However,
it is fairly certain that in his
ancestry are the Transylvania
type of pointer such as is used
throughout Rumania and Bul
garia, the Weimaraner of German
creation, and one or more point
ers which seem to excel in the
low-lying type of country.
He is a dog of striking appear
ance, his solid color ranging in
a number of shades from dark
cinnamon to a sandy yellow. * He
stands about 25 inches high and
weighs around 70 pounds when
mature. His coat is short and
smooth and his tail is\ generally
docked to about six inches. His
eyes should correspond to the
lighter or darker hue of his coat.
A pale-yellow color is objection
able.
The Vizsla was designed espe
cially for Lis suitablity to the
Hungarian game fields. Th^ game
of that country varies from the
giant hare to several varieties of
feathered upland gam£ and ducks
and geese in the lake regions.
He is trained to search diligently
rather than to range widely and
his accomplishments are said to
include seeking, tracking, point
ing and retrieving.
Henry P. Davis had the good
fortune to look over the two
newest imports this summer.
They were only 3% months old,
both females. They were taken
out to a training pen of several
acres fenc-td by chicken wire. In
this enclosure were kept a num
ber of pheasants.
The pups were worked singly,
and at once showed an interest
in the strange scent. It wasn’t
long before they were stanchly
pointing the pheasants—undoubt
edly the first game birds they had
ever smelled. If these were
typical of the breed, then cer
tainly it is fated to attract much
attention in future years and cre
ate much interest among Ameri
can sportsmen.
AVOID NEXT WINTER’S
UNCERTAINTIES
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JEWELRY REPAIRS
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WATCHMAKER
2309 Johnstone Street
For Expert Repair Brirg
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SALES and SERVICE
BOVCE STREET
Opposite County Library
24 HOUR SERVICE
Telephone 311
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given
that I, the undersigned, W.
S. Alewine, will apply to
the South Carolina Tax
Commission, after legal
publication hereof, for a
license to operate a retail
liquor store in the City of
Newberry at 1207 Tench
Street.
28-3tc V/. S. ALEWINE
Don’t Wait!
SELECT YOUETTT.
Christmas Presents NOW!
•. • while our Stocks are Complete
A FEW SUGGESTIONS
For The
Ladies
Electric Hot Plates
Electric Irons
Carving Sets
Brass Andirons
Fire Screens
Fireside Sets
Electric Mixers
Electric Percolators
Electric Waffle Irons
Electric Toasters
Vacuum Cleaners
Electric Clocks
Hotpoint Electric Appliances
Enamelware Cooking
Utensils
Revere Copper Bottom
Cooking Utensils
Door Chimes
Cookie Jars
Pyrex Ware
Electric Fryers
Presto and Mirromatic
«•
Pressure Cookers
Kitchen Stools
Hair Dryers
For The
Men
Guns and Ammunition
♦ Rifles
Gun Cases
Hunting Cothes
Rubber Hunting Boots
Pocket Knives
Power Woodworking Tools
Hand Tools
Golf Balls
Reels and Rods
Fishing Tackle
Thermos Jugs
Power Lawn Mowers
Electric Blenders
Steak Knives
Carpet Sweepers
Electric Heating Pads
Electric Churns
Club Aluminum
Bun Warmers
Cake Covers
Luray Dinnerware
Can Openers
For Boys &
Girls
Bicycles
Tricycles
Wagons
Skates
Basketballs
Footballs
Basketball Goals
Football Pants
Football Helmets
Football Shoulder Pads ✓
Erector Sets
Microscopic Sets
Tool Chests
Dart Boards
Badminton Sets .
Pitching Horse Shoes .
Croquet Sets
Pocket Knives
Baseballs
Baseball Bats
Baseball Shoes
Air Rifles ,,
Tennis Rackets
22 C&l. Rifles
Sheath Knives
v'JjCap Pistols
T^g Gun Holster Sets
V Strollers
Fishing Rods
Reels
Fishing Tackle
Use Our Lay-Away plan
R. M. Lominack Hardware
1409 Main Street
Phone 13