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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1952 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE SEVEN j r-'rFr’f“riBC“-«r“r-'r*“TP- r JMii ■■■ -. ’■ mm s? ’fw ■ r ii in ? *• * , p- m ►'rPb «K0ift a»K ' l ' NAIL DRIVER ... A h»ndj tool for driving nails Into hard-Uv- reach places where a hammer cannot be used conveniently can be made by slipping a 5/16-inch bolt inside a piece ef 56-inch pipe. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER m If you are saving only half as much as you should, you are providing for only “half” of your future. Budget your in come, and direct a sufficient amount into a savings account here. Your future will reap the re wards. All accounts are insured up to $10,000.00, and liberal dividends are paid semi-annually > • i \ NEWBERRY ederal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY £ % "j ' . k - V , , . ' , . . .. . ' ■■ ' ' ONE GREASE FOR au t Lubrication lobs. 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 yt does a better job at each lubrication point than the "specialised” greases they formerly used. FARM ADVANTAGES ot-a-glancc 1. A finer grease at every point. 2. Less danger of applying the wrong greasn. 3. Quicker greasing operations. 4. Smaller grease stocks — c re instead of 3 or 4. 5. Fewer grease gu.%s. 6. Less waste. W« dtlirmr direct to form*. Phono o - wn .i os j trother C. Paysinger liers of Sinclair Prod. Newberry, S. C. As a kid, I never cared much for dogs. Cats were more to my liking. But my brother always had to have his dogs, bird dogs. I well recall the fate of my first cat. She was about as old as I was, and that was getting along in age for a cat. And along during her years she had lateral ly littered that community with cats. She had gotten old and crip pled up from something like rheumatism, and was an unsightly thing lying around the place. Since we had plenty cats be sides her, my folks approached me for getting rid of her. And it seemed the older she got the fast er she brough kittens, and larger litters. They pictured how she must be suffering from her crippl ed condition and some sort of mange was defoliating her too. So I reluctantly agreed to let my brother shoot her. He had just gotten a new muzzle-loading gun, a beautiful thing that belonged to Uncle Dr. Bouknight in Columbia. And he wanted to try it out. He put a big load of powder in, rammed it good with wadding, and then put some BB shot in and rammed that good with paper wad ding. He thought he was really loaded for bears. He took the old cat out behind the woodpile there in the orchard and turned her loose there in the weeds. He stepped back about forty feet, put a cap on the fuse, aimed, and cracked down, ka-bing-yow! For a moment we could see nothing for the smoke. But as it cleared, we saw that cat cutting double somersaults forward and backwards. He thought he hadn’t finished her off; so he rushed in with gun in hand to see. He couldn’t find a stick of any sort handy. So to get her out of her misery quick he hit her back of the head with the gun stock. In the excitement, he hit too hard against the ground, and the finely carved stock broke off there at the small part! ■ftfell, that was tragedy for sure! But the great old artisan, the vil lage blacksmith at the foot of the hill there in the valley, inlaid some braces of bras and fixed it so you could hardly tell it. And that’s the story of my cat. FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Our sympathy goes out to the poor devil responsible for the proof reading of a weekly news- pappe. In one line of reading matter two inches long there are 1,000 combinations by which mis takes may be made, but note this there is only ONE right way. Have a heart.—Brockport Republic and Democrat. SIGNS OF PROGRESS County Agent Mftler of York tells me that they held their first feeder calf sale back in October. The 438 head brought $29,789.38. With pastures ahd cattle coming aong up there, this will likely be an annual affair. Fairfield county held its 15th annual beef cattle rale in Sept ember. The 570 head of fat cat tle and feeders brought the farm ers and 4-H Club members $77,- 000. There was a demand for another feeder calf sale there. So County Agent Lynn tells me it was held in October, with 564 head bringing $42,300. Grass and cattle are adding up to new money for the farms in all parts of the state. And fall seedings of both temporary and permanent pastures have been heavy again this time, I gather from the county agents I’ve visit ed. “Crops Plus Livestock,” is fast becoming ^ reality here where crops once ruled alone. And that makes a softer cushion for any farm. COKER 811 We all know' what Coker 100 means. It is the best cotton for our area, leading all others so consistently that we have just about become a one variety state. Not by law nor decree. But by choice. County agent Cannon of Lan caster reported, “Checked our 7- variety corn demonstrations. Cok er 811 led all others for the sec ond year.” Others have told me the same thing. It not only stood drought better and made more corn, hut it stood up better when the storm struck. And, folks, all of these are mighty important things. Our man Hugh Woodle tells me that Coker has another hybrid corn they are releasing the com ing year, Coker 911. But they have only a very limited supply of it. It will be included in the variety tests that the county agents put on in 1953. So you will likely be able to see It grow ing by the other right there ip your community. It begins to look like when we need something better in the way of a crop variety here, Coker is not long in coming up with it. THE FARM SQUEEZE After studying all of the facts, it looks to our economists Pke 1953 will see average farm prices slightly down and farm expenses slightly cp. * So it looks like we will be in a sort of squeeze, with costs up and income down. That calls for close planning and hard hitting, says Dr. Rochester. ^ Cutting corners, where possible, on expenses, and doing all we can to increase yields, is our best way out. And we can do a lot there, specially on the latter item. Increased yields of practically everything is all that’s kept us in the running for years now. And there is still room in that direc tion. Better varieties and better methods are constantly coming from ^experiment and experience. We adopt them and our harvests constantly improve. There is one great yield po tential that we are just beginning to take hold of. And that is irri gation! It is already writing a new field story on many a farm hei*e. As experience grows with It, and we get our methods and varieties attuned to It, we will have a measure of crop insurance that we have not known before. FIRE COCNSCIOUS Back in the early fall I was riding with a business man of Fresno to Yosemite Park in Cali fornia. Soon we were out of the heavily farmed San Joaquin alley and climbing into the dry hills ap proaching the mountains. They were covered by golden grass. Limited winter rains and snow cause it to come forth in the spring. For a while it is beautiful and green. Then the searing months of a rainless summer parch it dp* ,/ * ' ”°» r v nutritious. b c cause there is o rain to leach it. And it supports a big cattle in dustry. Everything there would burn with a flash. But I saw no evi dence of woods nor range fires. I learned why. Everyone out there is fire conscious. They have to be, or there wouldn’t be anything left. As we started out, our host showed us the ash receptacles in the car and asked that we put match stems and stumps in them and not inadvertently throw any out of the window. \ j The Postmaster % Gives Advice Postmaster G. K. Dominick be- lievds a word or two to the wise will help make Christmas as mer ry as it should be. “The 1952 Christmas season,” be said, “is officially underway. Here at the Post Office, we have an enormous job to do. Naturally, cyur main concern is the delivery of all gift packages and Christ mas cards by December 25. “There’s about 154 million peo ple in this country today. More than ever before. More people, i more Christmas mail. This means of course, that a helping hand from the public really is necessary. “So it’s a pleasure for me to ex plain what can be done. As foi the Post Office, • we're getting all set to do a good job!” Postmaster Dominick has brief ed local postal employees on what to expect. He predicts this year's Christmas mail will set a new all time record, exceeding even the volume of mail cancelled here in 1951. Last-minute parcels and special delivery mail will be distributed on Dec. 25 in cities and villages But not in rural areas. All busi ness firms are requested to with hold circular and catalogue mail and to post their regular dorre spondence by 4:00 p.m. each day, during the critical month of pe cember. Time of mailing ' is especially Important, and the earlier the bet ter. The Postmaster emphasized it is “everybody’s business” to foi low this time-table for all Christ mas mailings: Mail Parcel Post—By Dec. 1 for Overseas; By Dec. 5 for Out-of* State; By Dec. 10 for Local De livery. Mail Christmas cards—By Dec 1 for Overseas; By Dec. 15 for Out-of-State; By Dec. 18 for Local Delivery. Yuletide mail for overseas has been going out in a steady flow for several weeks now. Moreover, there’s still time for delivery in most foreign countries. But after Dec. 1, all gifts going abroad, should be sent by air parcel post and all Christmas cards by air mail. We need more of that here. We are getting it some. And we see the results. But we still have a long way to, go before the average man here would caution visitors as this friend did out there. “Just keeping one lye on the cal endar, however, isn’t enough, 14 continued Mr. Dominick. “Here’s how to avoid disappointing your friends and loved ones. I think it makes good sense. “Visit the Post Office this week, while the crowds are still small. Buy all those extra stamps you’ll be needing, and ask aay questions you • may have about registered mail or insured packages., , “Stock up on supplies of sturdy cardboard, strong cord, wrapping paper, and parcel post labels. Then mail your gift packages two oi three at a time. If you wait to mail them all at once, congestion increases. “Check and revise your Christ mas card list carefully. Select your Christmas cards now, and ad- dres each envelope plainly and completely. Give the full name, house number, city, zone, and state. Show your return address HAZEL IS STATE PUBLICITY AGENT W. G. Hazel, of Bennettsvllle and Columbia, has been named as state publicity chairman for Crusade for Freedom. Mr. Hazel, who was for many years publisher of weekly newspapers in the state, is now advertising director of the Capital Life and Health Insurance company. He still lives in Ben- nettsville, but has an office in the Capital Life building in Columbia. Mr. Hazel will work in coopera tion with Publicity Chairmen in the various counties of the state. also in the upper left hand corner of the envelope.” So follow these helpful Injttruc- rions, whether your gifts and greetings are going to far away places or to the neighbors next door, or as the Postmaster said, the Christmas mail is “everybody’s business!” tr n; Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 /v ✓J ixr/u.s4—- / ■ .“Tomorrow I’m driving down to Purcells. They’ll loan me money for some new furniture!” Why should your home look tacky when It's so easy to borrow from PURCELLS. V- ? » ‘M- Purcells “Your Privets Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry NOW ON DISPLAY - The Beautiful *4“ Watch And' Jewelry Repairs BR0ADUS LIPSCOMB WATCHMAKER 2309 Johnstone Street l!L).‘{ Dual Streak / r- / ? ! f III\jji\i • * / ( si*. y Local & Long Distance Moving All Furniture Insured dL Carefully Wrapped Office Phone 1002 Residence Phone: 402-J Lollis Truck Line Clinton, 8. 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It has a longer wheelbase, more leg room, more hat room, more hip room. This new Pontiac gives you spectacular Dual-Range* performance. And now, for the first time, you can have Pontiac Power Steering as optional equipment. * We do more than invite you, we urge you to come in and see this great General Motors value, the 1953 Dual-Streak Pontiac. You have never seen a car so wonderful at anywhere near its price! at txtrm cm*. HAYES MOTOR COMPANY 1504 Main Street Newberry, S. C.