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BRITAIN GUARDS SUEZ . . . Although Egypt’s president Naguib has demanded withdrawal of Brit
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Sweetwater Canal.
Neel Finds Irrigation The Modern Way;
Good For Pastures or Row Crops
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
The irrigation system on the
Richard C. Neel. Jr. farm in the
Silverstreet section is proving its
worth again this year, despite the
long period of dry, hot weather
that has prevailed in that area for
some weeks and left its mark on
crops in general.
Mr. Neel states that he has the
finest prospect for corn that he
has ever had and that the drought
has not hurt his farm in the least.
Irrigation is one of the best farm
insurances there is according to
Mr. Neel. *
At the peak of the dry spell his
system was operating on a 24-hour
schedule. As a way of explaining
or comparing irrigation. Mr. Neel
said, “You know the difference a
tractor makes over mule-type
farming, well, there is just as
much difference between no-irriga-
tion farming and irrigation.” He
has used irrigation for several
years.
Mr. Neel began farming with
cotton as his main crop, but has
gradually changed over to. hogs
■and cows, eliminating cotton com
pletely in 1951. Mr. Neel states
that he has tried to follow' the ad
vice of the county farm agents
and the Soil Conservation Service
as to best methods in modern
farming.
He has four fish ponds, two of
five acres each and the other two
covering about an acre each.
Only the two large ponds are used
in irrigating the farm, the others
being used for stock watering. All
four are w'ell stocked with fish,
which furnishes the family with
plenty of good eating and recrea
tion.
Mr. Neel believes in a sys
tematic system of crop rotation
and this coupled with his fine
system of irrigation helps to prac
tically assure him that his invest
ment in money and labor each
year will prove a success. He
says that it costs about $60 to
seed and fertilize an acre of land
and that it costs only about $15
more to irrigate it and this almost
invariably assures a successful
yield.
Mr. Neel’s ponds are so located
that he can easily reach all of
his cultivatable land. He plants
large acreage in cover crops in
the fall such as ladiano clover,
lespedeza. fescue and orchid
grasses. These furnish marketable
crops of seed and hay.
"He has found that sufficient
moisture produces greater yields
with less fertilizer. From, his tw T o
main ponds he easily irrigates 16
acres of alfalfa, 60 acres of pas
ture and 85 acres of corn during
a season. The water is piped to
the desired areas through heavy
aluminum pipes.
When Mr. Neel purchased his
Farm he found that the top soil
had been removed from two and
one half acres. He tried to im-1
prove it with peas and beans with
out success. T. B. Amis, soil con
servation technician, suggested
that he try sericia lespedeza. With
the second year planting of sericia
he cut four or five tons of hay
and sold $100 worth of seed. The
following year he planted corn and
produced 112 bushels to the acre.
This was from land that eight
years before was barren and prac
tically worthless as far as the
growing of crops was concerned.
Mr. Neel’s -irrigation system cost
him $5,300 and he states that it
paid for itself the first year from
37 acres of corn. The system dis
tributes 550 gallons of water per
minute and requires three and a
half hours to furnish one inch of
moisture and about three settings
to cover 10 or 12 acres. The sys
tem has seven variations of speed.
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In reply to a question as to the
value of his land, before a plan
was worked out by the soil con
servationist with him, compared to
the present value, Mr. Neel stated
that land in the community at that
time w'as valued at about $12 per
acres, but that he would not take
$300 per acre for \iis land with
irrigation today.
The farm income is from the
sale of cows, hogs, corn, hay,
clover, lespedeza and grass seeds.
It is farmed entirely by ma
chinery.
The modern Neel home, located
on the edge of a wooded pine tree
area, several hundred feet from
the Newberry-Greenwood, paved
highway, commands a five view
the surrounding territory. It
was built by Mr. Neel from tim
ber grown on the farm. The fam
ily is composed of Mr. and Mrs.
Neel, a 16-year-old son, Richard
C. Neel III, and a seven-year-old
daughter, Luellen Neel.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Neel are
active in community and church
work. Mr. Neel is past president
of the Newberry County Farm
Bureau, and is now a director-at-
large. He is a member of the
county board of education, has
been a Boy Scout troop leader
for many years and is secretary
of the young peoples’ group of
the Sunday school of .the Silver-
street Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Neel is a teacher in the
Sunday school, is secretary of the
Parent-Teachers Association, and
is a past'president of the Silver-
street Home Demonstration clu,b.
The family received the Master
Farm Award of Merit in Balanced
Farming from the Clemson Col
lege Extension Service in 1951.
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GOLD STAR MOTHER . . . Mrs.
Ethel A. Godfrey of Cranston,
R. L, president of Gold Star
Mothers of America, sails for
cemetery inspection tour of En-
Abandoned School Houses To Serve
Communities As Social Centers
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
The country school community,
which had meant so much to the
country citizens for so many years,
received somewhat of a jolt un
der the new school system when
the reorganization first took place.
The reconsolidation of so many
schools left many districts with
out a school center.
This handicap has been over
come here in Newberry County
when action was taken whereby
the school buildings and land
could either be purchased for a
definite sum or leased for 30 years.
The lease being for ten-year per
iods and at the end of each per
iod the lease could be renewed
for the same sum as the preced
ing ^ one.
Three of the White comuni-
ties have purchased their build
ings outright. The Hartford School
one of the larger communities in
the county, located about four
miles .southeast of Newberry and
Wheeland, located near Lake Mur
ray about 15 miles from New
berry, purchased the buildings
outright. The Fairview School
building was purchased by Mace
donia Lutheran Church for Bible
school, picnics and for general
community ^purposes. The Fair-
view School is near the Lake Mur
ray area.
The people of the Hartford com
munity have probably made most
improvement to date. They have
a well-equipped kitchen with an
electric stove and other improved
conveniences; also fixed the large
auditorium for community meet
ings which can be used for an
auditorium or a basketball court.
They have also built a baseball
diamond with bleachers. All other
communities who have either pur
chased or leased the school build
ings are planning improvements.
The white communities which
have leased their buildings are:
Mount Bethel Garmany, New Hope
Zion, Jolly Street and Peak. A
grant to the Jolly Street was made
Saturday, July 4, at the Indepen
dence Day celebration when Coun
ty Superintendent of Education
James D. Brown presented the
lease to R. Jeff Metts, president
of the Jolly Street Association.
The Colored people of the Han
nah School purchased the school
building a’ld grounds which they
plan to use in connection with
church activities. The Tillby
School was purchased by Flint Hill
Colored Baptist Church.
Mr. Brown stated today that
Oak Grove School near Slighs
will probably be taken over by
members of the community, and
if so, the building will be used by
the Oakgrove Church for Bible
school and church activities.
He stated that most of the other
buildings were sold to individuals
because the community had no
need for them or did Hot care for
them.
Newberry now has seven large
school districts located at New
berry, Whitmire, Prosperity, Po-
maria, Silverstreet, Little Moun
tain and Bush River.
ink it Over!
R ECENTLY a friend was
having: his house repaint
ed, and some of the? plaster
had to be replaced. When this
was torn out, it was seen that
termites had damaged the fram
ing. Although only a paint job
was planned, it was found that
a major operation was neces
sary.
Our physical bodies are much
the same way. While this friend
was living in His house and en
joying it, the elements were lay
ing their heavy hands on its ex
terior, and the termites w^re
silently pursuing their work.
While we are living in our bod
ies, time is taking its toll, and
suddenly we find repairs neces
sary. Often a surgical operation
offers our only hope.
Capital Life has for many
years provided a conservative,
dependable, non-cancellable hos
pital protection, but for board
and room only. Now we are of
fering a Surgical Benefits Rid
er, which can be v attached to
your hospital policy, providing
benefits up to $150 for Surgical
Operations at a very small cost.
It too is non-cancellable Ask
your agent to explain it to you.
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
Pvt. Hentz With 25th
Infantry In Korea
WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY
DIV. IN KOREA-VPvt. J. E. Hentz,
son of Ola and Calie Hentz, 813
Coleman street, Newberry, is serv
ing with the 25th Infantry Division
in Korea.
Hentz, a member of the 35th In
fantry Regiment’s 2nd. Battalion
Headquarters, entered the Army
in November 1952.
In civilian life he attended Dray
ton High school.
Now the senior American divis
ion on the Korean peninsula, the
25th Infantry landed-in July 1950
shortly after the Communists
launched their attack against the
Republic of South Korea.
State Garden Club
Sets Conservation
Clinic At Clemson
A conservation clinic sponsored
by the Garden Club of South
Carolina will be a new feature of
the annual Farm and Home Week
to be held at Clemson August 17-
21. It will be of special interest
to school teachers, farm people,
and others concerned with the con
servation of natural resources.
Those who attend the clinic will
also have opportunity to hear Dr.
John D. Black, professor of Eco
nomics, Harvard University; Clay
ton Rand, editor, author and speak
er, Gulfport, M^ss. and others.
They will also have opportunity to
gttend other features of the Farm
and Home Week program.
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Headspring Jerseys
Get Recognition
Three registered Jersey cows in
the Headspring Farm herd, Route
3. Newberry, have received special
recognition for their outstanding
production records made on Herd
Improvement Registry test.
The cows and their official
records are as follows: Dreaming
Sam Volunteer Tip, 10,502 lbs.
milk with 517 lbs. butterfat at the
age of 10 years and 2 months;
Aristocrat Dreaming Fern, 10,301
lbs. milk with 561 lbs. butterfat at
the age of 6 years and 9 months;
and Stan Volunteer Grace, 9,342
lbs. milk with 548 lbs. butterfat
at the age of 3 years and 10
months.
The official tests were made
under the supervision of The
Clemson Agricultural College for
The American Jersey Cattle Club,
Columbus, Ohio.
Audit Show How Funds
of Hospital Were Spent
Fred V. Lester, accountant, has submitted the following statement
as a true condition of the Newberry Memorial Butiding Fund for a per
iod commencing July 21, 1949 and ending November 6, 1952. Gifts to
this fund over several years are included in the statement:
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RECEIPTS:
Donations, Gifts, etc. ' $196,281.04
State and Federal Grants ^ 120,010.61
Deposits Newberry Federal Savings and Loan and State
Building and Loan Associations 21,446.79
Transferred from Equipment Pledge Fund 5,000.00
Transferred from Building Fund—Gifts ^ 4,197.43
Transferred from Contingent Fund 2,615.27
Proceeds of Government Bonds 6,929.26
$355;479.29
DISBURSEMENTS:
Addition and Renovations to Plant $354,280.83
Transferred to General (By action of Board) 1,198.46
$355,479.29
NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Condensed Statement of Miscellaneous Funds
November 6, 1952
FUNDS:
Equipment Pledge Fund $ 5,000.00
Memorial Fund. (World War II) 5,000.00
Building Fund—Gifts >. 6,197.43
Contingent Fund _1 1 7,500.00
$ 23,697.43
DISPOSITION:
Erection of Memorial (World War II) $ 4,441.16
Miscellaneous Disbursements from Contingent Fund
(Laundry, Ice, Legal Fees, Supplies) 2,884.73
Transferred to- Building Fund {By action of Board) 11,812.70
Transfered to Laundry Fund (By action of Board) 2,000.00
Transferred to General Fund (By action of Board) 2,558.84
$ 23,697.43
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Miss Mary Wicker
To Leave Carpenter’s
Miss Mary Wicker, yho has
been an employee at Carpenter’s
for the past 21 years, will retire
on Saturday, August 1st.
During the 21 years of service,
Miss Wicker has worked in every
department in the store. For the
past 17 years she has specialized
in the ready-to-wear department.
“Miss Mary” said that she
didn’t have anything in mind that
she would do except to “just pid
dle around.”
Mrs. Edgar Hart, who will fill
the vacancy made by Miss Wick
er’s retirement, will be transferred
from the first floor at Carpenter’s
to the second floor.
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