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f r T s m .■»* 'T'-'T FRIDAY,/MAY 22, 1953 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVHS H. 0. long Farm At Silverstreet Something To Sell Every Day A sign [at the entrance to H. O Long’s farm near Silverstreet says: “Something to Sell Every Day.” Mr. Flong has something to sell every /day but he won’t sell on Sunda/y as another farmer found out wlien he tried to buy some cot tonseed one Sunday. Now there are no more cotton seed )to sell on this farm on any day* { The farm is used for grass, hay, J and grain. Four hundred of tVie 1500 acres are in permanent pastures, 800 acres are used for almlfa, small grain, corn and an- uujal grazing mixtures. The items sale now throughout the year e cows, hogs, grain and hay. At one time there were 350 acres ok cotton and 28 mules. The story Was changed to no cotton or mules. 'I’he work the cows and hogs can’t <4o through harvesting their own fred is done with machinery. 'lln commenting on the “Conser vation Farming” system, Mr. Long stMd: *T like my system of farm ing? now five times better than thje old row crop, one cash crop, system. I don’t have so much erosion as before and don’t have td) work as hard.” Then he added: < ‘|( plan to complete the fencing of y entire farm this year and add few more cross fences as needed for controlled grazing.” With six milk cows and a short horn bull 20 years old as a start, Mr. Long over the years bought only 12 heifers but bought good bulls regularly to increase the ■number and quality of his herd to the present 450 cows and calves. He also has about 200 hogs. He produces the feed for all of this livestock and sells some hay and grain. Water is conserved on the Long farm too. Land is prepared with a spring tooth tiller and disk har row to prepare a deep seed bed without covering all the crop re sidues and other litter on the land. This increases water in take by the soil. *There are also five farm ponds for fish, stock water, and conservation. The 300 acres of pines are not overlooked by this conservation farmer either. He is a County Board Member of the South Caro lina Commission of Forestry and follows their forestry recommenda tions for selective cutting and other management and protective mea sures. The birthplace of this modern farmer was a two-room log cabin located about 100 feet from his present large brick home. He and Mrs. Long now enjoy a beauti ful, well-kept home built in 1893 and remodeled in 1927. Two sons—B. O. Long, Busi ness Manager of Newberry Col lege, and J. G. Long, Superinten dent of Silverstreet High school —help with bookkeeping during the year and with other farm work during the summer. Mr. Long is a Supervisor of the Newberry Soil Conservation Dis trict. He was one of the first farmers in the county to foresee the benefits of conservation farm ing. He was one of the first to cooperate with the local Soil Con servation District. He is active in other organiza tions that have as their objective improvements in agriculture and welfare of farmers, the 'commun ity, state and nation. Some of the organizations in which -he is active and his part in these are as fol lows: Charter Member of the South Carolina Farm Bureau, State and County Director of the Farm Bureau since it was organized, past president of Newberry Coun ty Farm Bureau, Chairman of County Agriculture Committee, Member of Agriculture Commit tee of Newberry Chamber of Com merce, REA Director, and a life Vic Vet jays r vou’ee missing a good beti IF YOU DON'T INVESTIGATE THE ADVANTAGES OF PAYING- YOU(2 GI UFE insurance PREMIUMS ANNUALLY, SEMI - ANNUALLY OC QUARTERLY INSTEAD Of? MONTMIY D *•368 member of Church Council of Silverstreet Lutheran Church. What he believes in he pro motes. He won a trip to Atlantic City to the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting for recruiting the most Farm Bureau members in one year. He has recently en couraged 12 local business men to become affiliate members of the Newberry Soil Conservation Dist rict. In commenting on his farming, Mr. Long said: “Amis and Ezell have been a great help to me.” T. B. Amis is the Soil Conservation Service technician assisting the District, and P. B. Ezell is County Agent. i MRS. WORKMAN RETURNS TO NEWBERRY Mrs! Jack Workman who under went surgery in the Macon Hos pital in Macon, Ga., about three weeks ago, returned to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCrackin on College street. She is reported to be recuperating nicely. Her husband, Major Work man will report to Dayton, Ohio, on June 8, for duty. His wife and daughter, Carol will accompany him to Dayton to make their home. Cousins To Head Water System J. C. Cousins, assistant superin tendent of the Newberry Water Works for the past sixteen years has been named superintendent of the new Mauldin-Simpsonville- Fountain Inn water district, ac cording to announcement made this week by C. A. Parsons, chair- nfan of the commission. Mr. Cousins, who will live at Simpsonville and have his office there, will begin June 1 helping the resident engineer oversee con struction of the water pipeline along Laurens Rd. from Green ville to Fountain Inn. It is expected that the commis sion will establish so - called “agencies” at Mauldin and Foun tain Inn, possibly merchants or other businessmen tfi accept water bill payments. Construction of the $600,000 line has been slowed in the initial stages by rock on Laurens Rd. near the Greenville City Limits. The delay is not expected to ex tend the completion date too much, however, and Mr. Parsons said the line probably would reach Mauldin, Simpsonville and Foun tain Inn on schedule .unless other trouble is encountered. The Simpsonville and Fountain Inn water system will be taken over by the district when the line is ready for operation. 1953-54 Student Officers At Newberry *“11 m iW Hi i Bill Reid With Kemper Motors W. R. “Bill” Reid, who has dealt in the real estate and cotton buy ing business for the past several years, has accepted a position in the sales department of the Kemper Motor Company. Mr. Reid assumed his new dut ies with Kemper Motors on Mon day, May Hth. He invites his friends to pay him a visit. A nnouncing ■ ^ § ■ ~ The Change of Ownership and Name of Baker-Summer Motor Co. JET GENERAL .. . . Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcas, 48, commander of 5th air force, has flown a dozen missions over north Ko rea In a Sabre Jet, answering Cotmmunist propaganda lies with bombs. To The m H. S. Davis Motor Co. 1223 McKibben Street Newberry, S. C. Heyward S. Davis, Owner The H. S. Davis Motor Company will continue to serve the public as dealers for DeSoto and Plymouth automobiles. Shop personnel of the H. S. 'Davis Motor Company is unchanged, and they stand ready to serve the public with a modern up-to-date shop in cluding latest methods in automobile servicing and maintenance. In addition to* sales of new DeSoto and Plymouth cars, the company will also operate a used car department with values in inspected and re- „ conditioned used cars. The public is invited to drop around and see the new DeSotos and Plymouths now on display. H. S. Davis Motor Co. ‘Smelly Kitty’ Fable Warns Of Courtesy , The Motor Transporation As sociation of South Carolina tells the “Fable of Smelly Kitty” to show why truck drivers have learned to be courteous on the streets and highways. "It was In one of our mountaiu- ous western states,” Association President W. W. Akers, Jr., of Akers Motor Lines, recounted to day. “A tractor-trailer was creep ing up a steep grade when the driver espied a woods pussy sitting squarely In the middle of the driver’s lane. “Driver pulled over a little and prepared to charge—Til either run that critter off the road or into It,” he said aloud. “By golly, when that black and white atomizer saw the advance coming, he turned tall^ and fired’ his first round. The whole truck shuddered . . . and so did the driver. The cat hopped on ahead of the flagging tractor, firing pot shot after pot-shot right Into its grill. “Finally the driver was forced to stop. It wasn’t the smell so much as it was the stinging sen sation in his eyes. But his sense of hearing was all right, for he swears to this day that as the skunk sauntered off the road, it said, ‘That will teach you to be discourteous.’ ” 1223 McKibben St. H. S. Davis, Owner Newberry, S. C, Girl Scouts Sell Poppies Saturday Saturday is Poppy Day, and poppies will be sold on the streets by the Girl Scouts, under the sup ervision of the Auxiliary of the American Legion Post 24, spon sors of the poppy sale. When you are approached by one of the Girl Scouts, buy your poppy, and think of the disabled veteran in a hospital or convales cent workshop who has fashioned the little blood-red flower. Think of the fatherless family whose struggles during the coming year will be lightened by the coin you drop into the poppy worker’s box. Ttfink of the brave American boys who lie beneath the waving pop pies in France. Think of these things and you will understand the true significance of the poppy. Everyone should buy and wear a poppy Saturday, May 23, to hon or the war dead and aid those who are victims of war injuries. We had fewer wrecks in the horse and buggy days because the driver did not depend entirely on his own intelligence. Dairy Products On Plentiful Foods List The spring flush season for milk production and sharp recent gains in production and storage of but ter and cheese have combined to place dairy products at the top of the U.S. Department of Agri culture’s list of plentiful foods for May, Miss Margie Davis, county home demonstration agent, stated this week. Sharing the top spot among May plentifuls with dairy pro ducts are raisins and onions. The 1952 raisin crop, USDA reports, was the largest since 1947. Volume shipments of dry onions form sub stantially increased acreages in Georgia, Arizona, Texas, and Cali fornia should assure very large supplies in the coming month. Beef, turkeys, and fresh and frozen fish also will continue plentiful. With volume cattle marketings continuing, supplies of Good and particularly of Choice grades of beef will be abundant and at prices considerably below last year.. Also listed as plentiful foods in the month ahead are potatoes, fresh tomatoes, tomato juice, let tuce, cabbage, fresh and processed oranges and grapefruit, and edible fats and oils. Coggins, Osborne Buy Station WBCU Union’s radio station WBCU has been sold to Edward L. Osborne of Union and Newberry and James F. Coggins, manager of Station WK DK in Newberry. The transfer of stock was approved by the Fed eral Communications Commission. The sale was announced Fri day by Everette Hughes, of Union, president and treasurer of the Union-Carolina Broadcasting Co., owners of WBCU Station WBCU has been under the management of Mr. Osborne for sometime. He plans to move his family to Union. wmmm I11MI # mm gi #1 .... I NATION’S BOV John Ed. Roberts. Jr.. 16. of Knoxville. Tenn., grins after selection as ‘‘Boy of the Year-1953” from 360,000 Boys Club members throughout the country. Front Row, left to right: Grace Lotz, Summerville, member of council; Billy Warner, Naval Base, president of the student body; Miriam Shealy, Leesville, vice-president of student body; Forrest C. Hentz, Pomaria, secretary of student body; Mary L. MacNeal, Mt. Pleasant, member of council; Charles Seastrunk, West Columbia, treasurer of student body; Marilyn Price, North Charleston, member of council. Second Row, left to right: Smith Cause, Loris, member of council; Ann Martin, Salley, member of council; Mary F. Long, Prosperity, member of council; Marie Suber, Pomaria, member of council; Frank Harbol, Mineral Ridge Ohio, chairman of Men's Council; Billy Leit- ner, Winnsboro, member of council, Emory Magbee, Newberry, mem ber of council. Third Row, left to right: Wade Brodie, Perry, member of council; Al Hill, Naval Base, member of council; Aietha Funderburk, Elloree, member of council; Don Maxwell, Elberton, Ga., member of council; Ann Price, West Columbia, member of council. Exhibit Work At Art Show . When the Tompkins went in for painting, they went whole hog. Mrs. Charles H. Tompkins is the former Lalla Rook Johnstone, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johnstone, formerly of Newber ry, now residing in Washington, D. C. The Tompkins live in War- renton, Virginia. The April 30 issue of The Fauquier Democrat carried a story and pictures of work done by first year students of Mrs. Mable Bain of that city. Among those pictured was Mrs. Tompkins, her daughter, Lassie and. son, “Butch” Tomp kins. Lassie won first place in the six-to-eight-year - old group with her brush and paints. “Butch”, although not placing, was pictured surrounded by his hill billy characters. Mrs. Tompkins was shown with her display which included a painting entitled “Ingleside House.” The Warrenton paper said in part, . . all showed great tal ent. And even in the adult class. Rook Tompkins (Mrs. Charles H. Tompkins) entered an oil paipting of her home which truly was three- dimensional in effect ’ and photo graphic in detail, but escaped the judges' top pleasure.” Mrs. Strother D. Paysinger of this city is a sister of Mrs. Tomp kins, who will be remembered by a host of friends here. CATS JOIN CIRCUS . . . AeriaF ist Dolly Copeland coddles three baby leopards born in circns menagerie at Madison Square Garden Two of cubs are al binos. a rarity. :j ■«" fip«f mm m ■ i •x* I MEDIC HONORED ... Dr. Lloyd T. Koritz. 36, at Chicago, received Walter Reed Society award for courageous experi ments resulting in new methods of artificial respiration. PRINCE TOURS WORLD . . . Japanese crown princs Akihito, 19, on round-the-world trip, wil represent his country at Quess Elisabeth’s coronation Jana 3. L. C. Pitts, Sr. Died Wednesday L. Clarence Pitts Sr., 75. died early Wednesday night at New berry County Memorial Hospital following a sudden illness. He was born and reared in New berry County, the son of Madison ’’nd Sara Longshore Pitts. He had ■'pent most of his life in Newberry with the exefeption of 10 years spent in Florida, and had operated i a merchantile business at Oldtown. He was a member of Silverstreet Lutheran church. Surviving are his wife, Amelia E. Pitts; one son, L. C. Jr.; one sister, Mrs. J. R. Hendrix; two brothers, Fred W. Sr., and J. Ray Sr., all of Newberry; three grand children and 3 great grandchil dren. Jasper Chapter Meets At Lake The May meeting of Jasper Chapter, D.A.R., was held at ‘Tanglewood,” the lovely Lake Murray home of thq regent, Mrs. Ralph B. Baker. After Mrs. Baker had opened the meeting, Mrs. P. D. Johnson, Chaplain, led the members in a devotional period. The pledge to the flag and the American Creed were led by Mrs. P. M. Nichols. Plans for observing Flag Day Jointly with the Philemon Waters Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, were discussed. The regent was asked to appoint a committee to plan for the celebra tion. Mrs. G. L. Summer read the monthly letter of Mrs. James B. Patton, her last as President-Gen eral of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revo lution. An article on National Defense at Home was given by Miss Sudie Dennis. She stressed the respon sibility of each of us in these turbulent days. “Our American Flag” was read by Mrs. James C. Kinard. At the close of the business session Mrs. Baker served a de licious picnic supper in a beautiful pavilion by the side of the lake. T&st> MASTER GOLFER . . . Ben Hogan beat record by I strokes when be won 17th Masters golf tournament at Augusta with score of 274. 14 under par. 42 Qualify In Club Golf Play With only two more days left to Qualify, for the local club golf tournament there has been forty two to complete their qualifying rounds. Bill Blalock’s 76 is low. After the play Saturday there will be a stag dutch supper at the club house. All members are,urged to attend. Something new is to be added to the tournament this year and at that time it will be dis cussed. Washington’s home, Mount Vernon, was named in honor of British A dm. Edward Vernon by the first President’s half-brother, Lawrence. • * • The Treasury building, fin ished in 1842, is believed to be the oldest government building still standing in the nation’s cap ital. The original section, now uie south wing, was completed in that year. • • • The average life span has in creased about 20 years in the past half century. • • • Titian, the artist, painted the famous picture “Christ and the Crown of Thorns” when he was 95 years old. • • • Scientists formerly believed that wool was a modified form of hair. Many of them now be lieve, however, that wool is the earlier form and that hair de veloped from it Helpmate. In Lakewood, Ohio, after G. V. Harris telephoned his vacationing wife that she had taken the mailbox key with her, she obligingly mailed it back to him. WSCS Members Attend Conference Nine members from the WSCS of Central Methodist Church at tended the thirteenth annual con ference meeting which was held in Spartanburg, May 12-14. Mrs. L. G. McCullough was the official delegate. Others attending on Wednesday, May 13, were: Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann, Mrs. C. I. Youmans, Mrs. H. L. Sligh, Mrs. Herbert Spell, Mrs. Jerome Har mon and Mrs. H. D. Williams. Ringer Daughter Dies Wednesday Ruby Geraldine Ringer, nine- month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John William Ringer, died early Wednesday morning at a Co lumbia hospital after an illness of several weeks. ! She was born at Whitmire Aug. 19, 1952, the daughter of John Wil liam and Edna Graham Ringer. She was christened at St. Mat thews Lutheran church. Surviving besides her parents are her grandfather, Bowman Gra ham of Whitmire and a number of uncles and aunts. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3:30 p.m. 'Thursday from St. Matthews Lutheran church by the Rev. M. T. Cnllum. Interment followed in the church, cemetery.