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>AY, JULY 18, 1952 THE NEWBERRY SUN FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER ClMiMon Extension Information Specialist CHANCE I can just remember seeing one of the last log rollings in the Stone Hills where I was raised. The timber (original longleaf pine) was worth practically noth ing away back in there. New ground was needed for cotton. So we cut the great trees and burned them off the land. In later years we have seen lumbering progress to the point that such timber is now practical ly extinct. And we now cut mere saplings that will make a two-by-four or so. Now we see even* the stumps of those great trees being rooted out and used. At many places in Florida I saw carloads of them rolling every day. And from south Georgia too. A few years ago they were rooting 'em out down in the lower part of this state also, and great acres were cleared of ’em. - While we are pulling these great and enduring tombstones of our dead forests and using them for the making of many useful products, we see enlighten ed man with a machine setting seedling trees at a rapid clip. And our youngsters in great num bers in the 4-H clubs and FFA chapters are taught the intrinsic values of a tree. They set them out, nurture and protect them, and selectively harvest them on lands where another generation with axe and fire ruthlessly de stroyed original timberlands. About 40 years ago a few pro gressive and far-sighted citizens of the state saw where we were headed and began ^ talking con servation, a strange subject then. And it was in 1924 that the first resident forester came to South Carolina in the form of Henry H. Tryon, as Clemson extension forester. Three years after that the legislature set up our State Forestry Department. Since then things have happened rapidly in this field. And now enlightened woodland management is grow ing fast in our midst. With our help, trees are coming back in a new role. Not as a natural re source, ruthlessly handled, but as a crop, managed and protected. Change, change, the constancy of it! CORN TAKES WATER Many farmers have fields of corn entered in the state and county contests. They try for big economical yields in these. Most folks are using the Clem son 5-Point plan for making a high yield of corn. It calls for good soil preparation, more corn on the land, good seed, heavier fertilization, and less cultivation. Your county agent has a pamph let that goes into details about these. I can well remember when a bale of cotton per acre was the goal of good farmers. Now many make that, and some more. Now with corn the contestant is usual ly aiming at 100 bushels per acre or over. Water is what keeps many from reaching that. They do everything else to make it, but enough water does not hap pen to be there or come. To make 100 bushels of corn it takes enough water to cover the field knee deep. Now, that’s a lot, when you take evaporation in to account too. Litter in the land will hold a lot of water, and contour farming helps keep it from runing off. And the latest thing, irrigation, is supplying the missing link to high production at some places. Last summer at mui ...J fefe! To the People of the 8th Judicial Circuit: I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the splendid vote you gave me in the first primary. I shall never forget the many kindnesses and courtesies shown me and my family. We worked long and hard and you rewarded us with your vote of confidence. We are greatly encouraged and* will work even harder until the last ballot is counted on Tuesday, July 22. . Sincerely, William T. Jones All Funds... Deposited By AUGUST 10th. IN THE Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association Will Bear Interest As Of AUGUST 1st All funds deposited here before August 10th will give you interest from the first of the month. Why let your 'money lie idle when it can be earning > Interest Deposit Your Funds Today and Receive a Dividend Check Next January 1st ALL ACCOUNTS INSURED UP TO $10,000 _ NEWBERRY 7 federal Savings AND. LOAN ASSOCIATION OP NSWBERRY \ 1 ii : : : : : : -T-t-.v Mill! ’ . A and tea for dinner on Sunday from the remaining ice. Lying in the rfppling waters of a shaded creek when the day was hot Walking the ice-covered branch to school when the frosts of winter struck. Wallowing in the same pool of mud with the hogs and then jumping in the creek and thinking we came out clean. MIMEOGRAPH PAPER CARBON PAPER ADDING MACHINE ROLLS The Sim Office CATCH HOLDS GATE TO DESIRED OPENING . . . Length of Iron rod, bent to sh-pe pictured and inserted Into hole bored in gate, pro vides a hr!^er that can be dropped down to keep gate opened at desired place. Sports Afield. . . (By TED KESTING) The next time you see a spin ning angler drop his lure time and time again almost exactly where he wants to put it, don't be jealous. Getting accuracy with spinning tackle is easy when rod, reel, line and lure are properly matched in weight or strength and when you use the in stantaneous advantages of fore finger control which Joe Bates, Jr., discussed here a few weeks ago. With them, and a bit of practice, it’s a sure bet that you can be an accurate caster, too. We asked Bates what type of cast aids the spinning angler most in getting accuracy. He explained there are half a dozen accepted types, but the over-head cast and the side cast are used most often. The side cast sends the lure and line out in a low trajectory but accuracy in direc tion is is more difficult. The overhead cast being made in a single plane is more accurate in direction but less so in dis tance because of the higher trajectory of flight of the lure and the greater belly in the line. The side cast starts with the rod pointing forward. Fro’m this Clemson one irrigation at the critical time gave an increase of 56 bushels in corn yield.! It takes a lot of water to make a lot of corn. GREENWOOD LIVESTOCK MARKET Horace Warner, friend of. my Clemson days, was holding .his weekly livestock auction when I stopped by Greenwood Livestock Market the other Monday. He told me the weekly sales were running between 30 to 40 thousand dol lars . For the past year the total was well over a million dollars! New money, good money! And I’ll bet it is really felt on the farms and in the business life of the community. And County Agent Garvin told me they were just good started with their pastures and livestock develop ment. They have 85 ponds and are constantly building more, ac cording to SCS man Craig. A few pastures irrigated from these have given abundant year-around grazing. They look for this prac tice to grow. Horace told me grass and hay are his crops. His 300 cattle market these for him. He has nice pastures there around his livestock market. Will Henderson had just sold 36 steers that averaged 700 pounds at 14 months of age. Twelve acres of fine ryegrass carried them from October until May, with hay and ground corn on the side. And then the grass came and made 400 pounds of seed per acre. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER Recollections: The first wormy plum that drop ped and we thought it was ripe. The old tough-headed cow that dragged me through a clump of briers and a wasp nest with her chain. The best bullices down on the creek that would all fall in the water when we shook the vines. Grain - thrashing time, with swarthy sweating men, great ap petites, and the steam engine with piercing whistle that scared me. The straw pile, in which we played and got itchy all over from the chaff. The hens all started laying after that from the spilled grain that gave them enough to eat. Mites in the hen nests in mid summer that got all over us when we gathered the eggs. Droughts blighting fields from which anxious parents looked for harvests, but we were glad, for the hoeing was thus made light. Stone bruises on the foot, and the stumped toe that restumping kept from healing. Ice cream on Saturday nights position, wrist action snaps it downward to the right. Utilizing the bend thus made in the rod, it is instantly swept forward and upward to a position pointing at about 45 degrees over the target. At this point the line is released by extending the forefinger. The overhead cast is made by snapping the rod back vertically from the horizontal to an 11 o’ clock position overhead and then utilizing the bend thus formed iif the rod, sweeping it forward and releasing the lure when the rod is pointed at an angle of about 45 degrees over the target. In either case, a full arm swihg is neither necessary nor desirable. Use the wrists & lot, the forearm a little and the upper arm not at all. For best results, let the rod do most of the work. Don’t bother, trying to learn other types of casts until these two most important ones become instinctive. Practice gradually will make the release of the line and control of the lure become second nature. Then you will be pleasantly surprised to see how accurately the lure can be made to land in the ripple ring of a rising trout, in the pad- bordered lair of a big bass, or close to rocks along the coast where ocean game fish are feed ing. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids, subject to the con ditions contained herein, will be received by Mr. Francis Setzler, Chairman, Building Committee, First Baptist Church, Whitmire, S. C., Paul H. Bullington, Pastor, and opened at 4:30 P. M., Wed nesday, July 23, 1952 at the First Baptist Church, Whitmire, S. C. for alterations and addi tions to the First Baptist Church. Plans, specifications and con tract documents may be inspect ed without charge at the office of Irvine B. Leslie, Architect; 1410 Friend Street, Newberry, S. C., where they may also be obtained upon the deposit of $30.00. The deposit,will be refunded upon re turn of the plans ahd specifica tions in good condition. Refunds are limited to ten (10) days after opening of bids. AU bids must be accompanied b3' a Bid feond.or Certified Check in a& amount not less than five (5%) per cent of the bid. A per formance bond for the full amount Ov the contract, will be re quired. ' Bids mu«t be submitted on the Form of Proposal provided and the successful bidder will be re quired to execute the Form of Contract provided for construc tion. The right is reserved, as the interest of the Owner may re quire, to reject any and all bids and to waive any informality in bids received. No bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids for a period of twenty-one days. Attention of prospective bid ders is directed to State of South Carolina Tax and License Re* quirements, particularly 1942 S. C. Code Sec. 2543 and 7084, et seq. (Signed) Chairman Building Committee, FRANCIS SETZLER, First Baptist Church, Whitmire, S. C. Paul H. Bullington, Pastor Watch And Jewelry Repairs BR0ADUS LIPSCOMB WATCHMAKER 2309 Johnstone Street 24 Hour Plant Service FOR ICE-crushed or block ICE COLD WATERMELONS ICE CREAM FREEZERS (Electric or hand) PICNIC CHESTS GASOLINE AND OIL Farmers Ice & Fuel Co. Phone 155 AT LOMINICK’S DRUG STORE PRISCIPTIONS ARE CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PRESCIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED - DRUGGIST PHONE 981 For Expert Repair Being Your Radio and Television GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television Service SALES and SERVICE BOYCE STREET Opposite County Library 24 HOUR SERVICE Telephone 811 TAILORED SEAT COVERS We are equipped to give you the beet of eervlce in automo bile eeat covers, tailor made. Convertible tops, auto head- lininga and other Interior work done promptly and at reason able prices. Stop by or phone us today. Frank Wilson 1518 Martin 8L Phone 1116-J PAGE FIVE Frozen Food Supplies ALUMINUM FOIL POLYETHYLENE BAGS FROZEN FOOD CON- TAINERS OAKEN BUCKET CON TAINERS ALL PLASTIC FREEZ- TAINERS STOCKINETTES PLASTIC POULTRY BAGS . . . AND OTHER SUP PLIES FOR THE FREEZER R. M. Lominack HARDWARE :■ '-M VOTE FOR And ELECT T. C. (TED) McDowell For ■ Commissioner I want to thank you for the wonderful vote you gave me in the first primary and again I beg of you not to let me down, go to the polls Tuesday, July 22 and vote for T. C. (TED) McDOWELL for Commissioner Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 INSURANCE 4 Starts Here! • # * Any well-rounded insurance program must start at your home! And every home-owner should be adequately insur ed against fire, windstorm, hail, explo sion, burglary AND LIABILITY. Let us plan an insurance program ^tailored to your own needs and budget. 4 ' y _• ■ Unless you have increased your in surance within the past few years, your home is certainly not adequately insured and you could not replace it with your present coverage. A few more thousand will cost you but a few dollars a year and it will certainly bring you a lot of satisfaction to know that that which you have worked for is not going to be lost to you. 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