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p w y I PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 8, 196S /n 1 ir-.-r-rr-TrrT-rBBC-Br-r-TE-rp-HBBir ■■■ ..-.j--, • |9 • i mm 1 ' 'mr t mm r immm mt iiv "■ r n ^■■n ■■■ % iv *'»?sr «Fft tfimi aum METAL LATH OUAKD . . . Metal latb. Is a good guard for small trees. It B sad durable. Also when the lower part of the cylinder Is wtth peat moss or mild fertiliser it will he especially bene* la getting young trees started. f *J '3 Newberry Federal 1 We’re searching for enduring peace, Because the people crave it, But peace we’ve learned — Like money earned — Can’t last unless we save it. Each account is insured up to $10,000 at the NEWBERRY _7 Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF JSKWBERRY John F. Clarkson President College St. J. K. Willingham Secy.-Treas. Newberry, S. C. so GOOD YOUR ENGINE CAN OUTLAST YOUR CAR -AND SINCLAIR GUARANTEES IT ASK ABOUT SINCLAIR’S AMAZING 100,000 MILE ANTI-WEAR GUARANTEE City Filling Station Strother C. Paysinger, Distributor It strikes me that a must on every place is a ladder. What if the cat, even, gets up on the roof? You can’t let him i starve there. But there is a more serious pur pose. Suppose a spark catches the dry shingles or the accumu lated leaves in a gutter Up there. I saw that happen twice. Once to a fine old schoolhouse. Teach ers and pupils had to simply stand there and watch it burn, when a bucket of water at the right spot would have put it out when it was first detected. The other case was an old home in the Low Country. I was county agent there and was talking with a farmer in the field in November. We noticed a wisp of smoke from a side of the old mansion where it should not have been. We hurried there. A ladder was handy. And a few buckets of water saved the beautiful old land mark. Many of them In the past have gone in similar fashion where there was no ladder handy. Yes, a handy t ladder is mighty important to a property owner. And one long enough to reach the roof, and light enough for one man to handle is the sort to have too. COUNTY FEEDER CALF SALE County Agent McComb tells me Orangeburg is having its first feeder calf sale on Friday, Nov. 6. They plan to sell at least 360 spring calves. They will be graded into uniform lots by the livestock specialists and there you can get just the type feeders you like, one or many. This event is being sponsored by the County Farhi Bureau and the livestock special- 1 ists of Clemson are helping. They plan to make it an annual event in their growing beef cattle busi ness there in that farming empire of Orangeburg. Full details may be secured from County Agent J. C. McComb, Orangeburg. WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT I’ve told you about the com munity in Cherokee county that had undertaken a 100-percent soil and water conservation program on an entire little watershed there embracing some thirty-odd farms. When I rode over it with County Agent Lee and SCS technician Sam Wolfe they had already made material progress. Now a larger experimental watershed improvement project is being undertaken in the Twelve- Mile Creek watershed of Pickens county. This is being jointly fi nanced by local and federal funds. The local soil conservation district supervisors and agency workers will assist in planning and carry ing out the full conservation pro gram in the area drained by Twelve-Mile Creek. This job is to be scientifically handled and com pleted in five years. Knowing that area, I’m sure they could have found none with a greater need for full conserva tion. For that stream’s entire bot tom is a moving batter of silt and red soil from the hills it drains. And its heavily laden water pol lutes the clear Keowee River where they meet and form the Seneca. To clear that stream up by applying the full practical know-how of conservation to its basin will be an accomplishment not that can be done remains to be seen. But any intelligent ef forts towards that end are sure ly to be applauded and watched with keen interest. ON OUR WAY In 1930 the average income of us living in Sduth Carolina was only about a third of the national average. Last year it had doubled to two-thirds the national aver age, according to figures furnish- Last week I told you about my And in 1930 our average in come was only 76 percent of that for the whole Southeast. But last year this figure had grown to 98 percent. So, you see, we have made great progress. We had so far to go that there is still room for im provement. And practically every succeeding year shows further progress towards that end. From the very ashes of war 88 years ago, we were wedded to the one cash crop, cotton, which held body and soul together through the trying decades. But our lands became eroded and our people im poverished: Late years have seen ability come to the hands of the farmer, a new and diverse agricul ture grow in the fields, and a help ful industrialization come into the life pf the state. And now we be gin to see some of the fruits of a kindly soil and climate showing up. And we are just good started! FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Spoolsllst BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER ^ — — —— — • :|p PET PEEVE HAVE A LADDER HANDY of the first order. And whether or % ed me by our Dr. Rochester. it Over! D ID yon know that: Spartanburg county raises more peaches than any other copnty in America? Barnwell county produces more watermelons than any other county in the nation? Orangeburg county ia among the top 100 counties in America in seven agricultural character istics. Of the 100 top counties in the nation in the production of watermelons, nine of them are in South Carolina? South Carolina now produces 31.® pounds of beef per person in the state? South Carolina produces an average of 78.9 pounds of hogs, live weight, for every man, woman and child in the state? South Carolina produces 29.7 pounds of chickens per capita? These figures are from ‘‘The Monthly Review” of the Fed eral Reserve Bank of Richmond. While these figures are im pressive, there is still room for great improvement, especially in chickens, cattle and hogs. PRESIDE! CAPITAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ’•Founded dn Faith—Dedicated to Service’ COLUMBIA, & C. -*-1-““^** ************* RUNS FOR OFFICE . . . Ma thllde Planck, 92, former author now living In old folks home In Ludwigsburg, Wnertemburg, Is oldest candidate In coming Ger man elections. She seeks seat In Bundestag, West German par liament. being allowed to take the old wood-burning train to Columbia to do some shopping for the fam ily occasionally when I was quite young. After attending to those duties, I usually had an hour or so to kill before the return train left at five. So those hours were spent back there on Assembly Street where a street hawker sold his wares. I can see him now, with his large valise open and supported by a tripod of legs and under a large buggy-type umbrella. He stood on a box so as to command his crowd. He would start something like this: “Come right up, folks. I won't bite you,’ but I’m going to practically give you a lot of valu able things. But to start with, let’s get acquainted. I’m Bill, cheap Bill, from Lemon Hill, this side of Yorkville. I never worked and never. will. You will wonder how I am able to sell all of these things so cheap. Well, I’ll let you in on a secret. I have a brother that steals ’em.” -And on and on he would go, very entertaining to me. He would describe a cheap gadget of some sort, as he opened the little carton and unwrapped it. He would tell of the .wonderful things it would do. And he would lay it out there in front where all could see it. He would start by saying it was worth a half dollar. And then, “But so help me bob if I won’t do it, I’m going to let you have It not for a quarter, half its value, but for a thin dime, only a fraction of its cost. And, hold a minute, what’s this i (as he unwrapped another item)? So help me boh if I won’t do it, I’ll add that to it top. And here, look, a . pewter bird that will sing if you put water in it; that goes too. And here, a ten- cents handkerchief to wrap it all up in. Now, so help me bob if I don’t do it, the first person that slips me a thin dime for all this handful of stuff, it’s yours, just like I said it was.” And on and on he would go, never pausing for a word. I would stand near the back of the group gathered there so he wouldn’t embarrass me by pok ing a handful of stuff at me. For I had already eaten my dime up with a hamburger and a milkshake up on Main street. But “Cheap Bill from Lemon Hill” was long a favorite of mine there on the dusty street in Co- T'HESE guys who stand on the * corner and criticize the town because It doesn't do this and doesn’t have that, really get my goat There is this one guy I know in particular who Is always flying off at the* mouth. He's been at it so long it finally reached the ex ploding point with mo. “You’re s 16-rule guy,” says I the other day at the coffee club. That's where about 50 of us gather each morning at 10 o’clock. “Whatcha mean, 16-rule guy.” says he. “You just talk and never do any thing," says L “You don’t attend meetings, but if you do, you arrive late. You always leave early. You never have anything to say unto you get out on the street corner. When the meeting is over you find fault with the officers and mem bers. You vote for everything, but do nothing. You never 'have time to help carry out plans. You won’t be an officer of any club. If some thing happens you don’t like you are always threatening to resign. Want me to go on with the rest of the 16-rule of how to kill an organization or a town?” “Why you big bum,” says he. “Never do anything, do I? How about this?’’ With that ho leans across the table and plants his big fist in my eye. When I picked myself up he’s gone. As the rest of the guys dust me off and help me back to the office. Joe, my friend says to me: “There’s one rule you forgot to tell the bum. Never talk too much!’’ TAX NOTICE FILLERS Muskeg is a spongy, mossy vegetation that covers two thirds to three quarters of all Canada’s north country. * • • The Psalter is an anthology of hymns and prayers composed from the tenth to the third or second centuries, B. C. • • • The geographical center of the North American continent is in Pierce County, North Dakota, a few miles west of Devil’s Lake. lumbia forty-odd years ago. And each time I saw him he had new things to. sell, and had added new verbage to his spiel. I would go down in the cedars in our pasture and imitate him. I thought 1 got pretty good at it too. Thought I might live by that too some day. The tax books will be open for the collection of 1963 taxee on and after October 1, 1963. 0 The following is general levy for all except special purposes: Ordinary County ; 9% Mills Bonds, Notes and Interest 5 Mills Hospital 1 M1U I " The following are the authorized special levies for the various tax districts of the County together with the general levy: ! £ 1. • •si t o u * 0*0® fiEo® rt » oS= -g S.S -ggs oo-oS o® = 1. Newberry 15% 24% 1 1 42 2. Silverstreet 15% 24% 1 1 42 3. Bush River 16% 24% 1 1 42 4. Whitmire 15% 24% 1 L 42 , 5. Pomaria 15% 24% 1 1 42 6. Little Mountain 15% 24% 1 1 42 7. Prosperity 15% 24% 1 1 42 There will be a discount of one (1%) percent allowed on taxes on or before October 31, 1953. On and after 1 January 1st, 1954, the penalties prescribed by law be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by tax districts in whic| the property Is located. J. RAY DAWKINS, . Treasurer of Newberry County 21-5tc ABOUT IT WE COULD WRITE A BOOK, IT HEATS EACH CORKIER AMD EACH MOCK If you expect quality results from ♦ your oil burner, use quality Fuel (ML We’ll be glad to keep you supplied. Phone 155 today for as little as 2344 V trne* * ’’Local delivered price of the New1953 Buick SPECIAL 2-Door, 6-Passenger Sedan Model 48D (illustrated) *Optlonal equipment, accessories, state and local taxes, ll any, additional. Prices may vary slightly in adjoining communities due to shipping charges. All prices subject to change without notice. HY should you do yourself out of the big things in motoring life? 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