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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE Farm Bureau Federation Encourages Soil Saving (By E. H. Agnew) There is no one point in mod- «ern agricultural advancement that deserves and holds public appeal and support quite to the extent that does the idea of proper land use and the conservation of our nation’s basic i. natural resources, land and wate^. Farmers themselves have the prime responsibility for doing this job. Because of the wide variations between localities as to establish ment of practices most suited to accomplishing the desired results in the most practical way, local .■subdivisions known as soil conser vation districts were recognized as a basic need. The American Farm Bureau Federation and all the State Farm Bureaus have consistently sup ported the idea of using these local districts, under the super vision and direction of local con servation district supervisors, as the obviously proper units of ap proach to the solution of the pro blem and for obtaining maximum desirable results. From the inauguration of the movement, Farm Bureau has also cohsistently worked for legisla tion, appropriations and coordina tion of the work aimed at getting the best possible job done in the shortest possible time and at rea sonable cost to participating farm- «rs and to the public. Researdh, education, technical assistance and experience have contributed substantially to the attainment of such magnitude as to be seen at a glance almost any where the landscape is made up principally of farms. The moving and oft unseen hand behind such exident progress is that of the local soil conserva tion district supervisors who have all the while labored without pay to build and execute plans and procedures for better farm living in their respective communities. It is to this local touch of corn- coupled with an unwavering pur pose that we owe tribute for so great an achievement—an achieve ment that has been made possible only by reason of having kept the emphasis at the local home level where the job must be done. Farm Bureau is proud to have established a record of sonsistent support of the idea of local gov- SPAIN'S CHIEF . . . Generalis simo Francisco Franco peers into microscope in new agronomics building in Madrid’s university city where research for better crops is carried on. Mortgage insurance can be an expensive luxury or a cheap neces sity depending on the individual case. It’s certainly worth looking into when you buy a house. ernment and programs. Through the years, this great general farm organization has never lost its zeal in supporting the fine work of all the splendid agricultural agencies and departments and in keeping the work of all of them in proper perspective as related to each other and to the upbuilding of a more progressive and pros perous agriculture as a vital part of a prosperous national economy. The South Carolina F a * m Bureau Federation heartily con gratulates the Newberry area for the excellent wtay in which pro gress is being made through co operation of agricultural and other business interests to obtain wide local public support of commun ity improvement through proper use and conservation of local na tural resources. The evidence of this changing agriculture is written across the face of Newberry county. Such progress is a tribute to the spirit of local pride and cooperative ef fort that has made it possible. It is the foundation stone upon which the future of America is being built. BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE Thursday, April 15 Oakland Mill, Mrs. J. I. Ringer. Oakland Mill, IVJrs. Reeder Brooks. Box Factory, Cause’s store. Gary Community, A. P. Ram- age. Bush River Community, Mrs. Willie Singley. Bush River Community, Mrs. Lamar King. Bush River School. Tranwood Community, Mrs. Rosa Johnson. Friday, April 16 West End School Speers Street School Queens Community, Flowers store. Long Lane Community, Ben Caldwell. Whitmire Library. Hospital Patients Mrs. Thurmond Bowers, 209 Glenn St. Mrs. Mary Burns, 1518 Friend St. Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pel ham St. Bob Fair, 1220 Chapman St. John T. Ferguson, 1307 Kinard St. Carl Heller, Route 3, Newberry. T. L. Hicks, 1219 Crenshaw St. Mrs. Clyde McCarley, Route 2, Kinards. Mrs., Sam Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. Mrs. G. M. Neel and Baby Boy, Route 3, Newberry. Mrs. Callie Quattlebaum, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Mark Smith and Bab Boy, Route 2, Pomaria. Miss Lucy Spears, 1711 Nance St. Malcolm Shealy, Route 1, Pros perity. Master Michael Jay Steele, 411 Grant St., Whitmire. Mrs. Herbert Swygert, 810 Mob ley St., Johnston. Mrs. S. E. Wilson, 2012 Adelaide St. L. A. Wilson, 2123 Brown St. Mrs. W. E. Wood, Route 1, New berry. Colored Patients Hattie Kinard, Route 3, Newber ry. Beachie Lyles, Route 1, New berry. Maggie Wilson, 2501 Johnstone St. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service truck from hatchery at Orange burg, delivering fish to cooperators with the Newberry County Soil Conservation District. These 41 farmers received 5,607 bass. These bass are to stock 50 ponds. SPRINGTIME is “pay-off for those who struggle with the great and vital task of taking care of our natural resources. When a blanket of green covers the fields the sponsors of conservation see the results of their work; they see greater yields on land that will “stay put” and keep on producing better and better each succeeding year. Our hats are off to the men who serve so unselfishly to restore our fields and forest to original productivity. Our people are beginning to be “conservation conscious” and more willing to help carry on the work you have pioneered. We want to add our congratulations to the fine meeting you have had this week, and also to the men who have been honored for outstanding work on their farms this year. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association ^Chartered and Supervised by U. S. Government” John F. Clarkson, President J. K. Willingham, Secretary & Treas. 1223 College Street Newberry, S. C. Betrayal and Crucifixion. Lesson for April 11: John 19: 17-30. Golden Text: John 12: 32. By an extreme of cruelty, Jesus was made to bear his heavy cross toward Golgotha. At one point on the dreadful road. Jesus fell be neath the weight and it was laid upon Simon of Gyrene. Above the head of Jesus, In He brew. Latin, and Greek, was placed the inscription, JESUS OF NAZ ARETH. THE KING OF THE JEWS. The inscription was evi dently placed there in mockery of the Jews and in irony of their subjugation under Rome. Pilate had written more truly than he knew. The one in whom he had found no fault, but delivered to be crucified, was destined to become the universal King. We find in the incident an illustration of the irre parable nature of man’s deeds. Seldom can a man erase what he has written. When the Jews asked Pilate to change the inscription, he replied. “What I have written. I have written.” The insidious and cruel nature of gambling is seen in the fact that the Roman soldiers cast lots for the seamless robe of the dying man hanging on a cross above them. In the last hour, Jesus honored his mother and made provision for her in days to come. To the lov ing John he gave the care of his mother and from that hour the disciple took Mary into his own home. Soon thereafter Jesus said, “It is finished,” bowed his head and died. May all of us find life and joy through the great sacri fice he made. Jesus' Authority Was in His Words And Noble Deeds J ESUS, so far as we know, had no authority other than that inherent in His words and deeds. He was neither a priest, a Levite nor a scribe. He had nothing corresponding to a modern diploma or creden tials, and His “school” must have been almost, if not completely, unique in the annals of educa tion. . The great fact of this supreme but unofficial Teacher, depending only on the inherent authority of the truth He uttered, isr impres sive. The lesson which it signi fies should not be minimized. In our complex world, stand ards are necessary. Our schools would suffer without some stand ard of qualification for teachers. We would be at the mercy of quacks if doctors did not need proper credentials. All that is plain. But what is important, and sometimes forgot ten; is that such authoritative and official credentials do not by any means guarantee what they are supposed to imply. Incompetent doctors and un trustworthy lawyers are fairly common. So authority rests ul timately upon something more than official status. Sometimes a teacher, a bone-setter, a preacher comes along who, with out any official standing, reveals, a knowledge and competency be yond that of many who are out wardly qualified. Such a one pre-eminently was Jesus. But He has not been alone among the great unofficial teachers of religion. Many un official prophets have proclaimed God’s truth and won men to the truth they declared. And it ought to be so in the realm of religion, where values are inherent, or packing, in actual word and action. The realm of religion ought to be the most free and untram meled of all of life’s areas ARTHRITIS? ~ I have been wonderfully blessed in being restored to active life after being crippled in nearly every joint in my body and with muscular soreness from head to foot. I had Rheumatoid Arthritis and other forms of Rheumatism^ hands deformed and my ankles were set. Limited space prohibits telling you more here but if you will write me I will reply at once and tell you how I received this won derful relief. Mrs. Lela S. Wier 2805 Arbor Hills Drive P. O. Box 2695 Jackson 7, Mississippi Little Mountain f Jr. Home Makers Win Top Awards The district meeting of the Junior Homemakers Association was held in Blacksburg High School Saturday, April 3. Those attending from Little Mountain High School were Sara Frick, Edna Rose Boland, and Martha Ann Linder, Mrs. Fred C. Gilbert, Sr. Advisor accompanied these girls. There were fifty-seven chapters of Junior Homemakers represent ed from District II. Little Moun tain was one of twelve schools re ceiving the certificate award and library check. These awards sig nify an excellent rating on all six contests entered at the District Convention of the Junior Home Makers Association. The Little Mountain awards were as folows: 1. An excellent award in the dress make by Sara Frick who al so modeled it at the meeting. 2. An excellent award to Martha Ann Lindler for her home project making draperies and covering cornices for the living room of her home. 3. An excellent award to Sara Frick for her home project tailor ing a woolen topper. 4. An excellent award for the year book—Chairman of year book was Sara Frick was helped by Mary Ann Williamson, Carolyn Frick, Betsy Crowell, Christine Boland, Lenora Boland, Carolyn Riddle, and Mollie Dowd. Chairman of program committee was Becky Cummulander and Carolyn Frick. 5. An excellent award for the scrap book committee: Rosene Cannon, Polly Shealy, and Clara Nell Metts. 6. An excellent award for the record which was kept by Zeita Cannon and members of the chap ter. The state meeting of the Junior Home Makers will meet at Win- throp College April 23-25. Martha Ann Lfndler has been elected as a delegate to represent the Little Mountain Chapter. — Emphasis Is On Conservation In 2500 Communities Throughout The Land The sapphire is the birthstone for those born in September. (By George H. Davis, President) Soil Conservation work is being observed throughout the United States April 4-10. The Newberry Soil Conservation District is one of the more than 2500 Soil Con servation Districts of the United States, sharing in its responsibil ities to keep our farm lands con stantly improved and of economic value in every community. All of the people in Newberry County profit by proper operation of new Soil Conservation District. The land owners created the District by popular vote fifteen years ago for the purpose of con serving Soil and Water, and put ting both to its most beneficial use. The District program of con trolling water and using the land to grow crops for which it is best suited, has reversed the historic trend of lower and lower farm pro duction to greater and more profitable production of crops that will continue to bring more net income to the land owners as the conservation practices reach more of the land. When you observe the results obtained by the progressive farm ers who have cooperated with the District by putting in the Con servation practices as recom mended in the plan furnished by the District; you can’t help but wish that there was some way to force the others into the program. There is no place in the District program for force or coersion. Be fore the district can make a plan for any farm, the owner must re quest the help of the district. This is a 100% Democratic program willing and anxious to help every one, but not forcing their services on any one. This makes our pro gress seem a little slow! com pared with a program of coersion. We who support the District Pro gram believe that this compara tively slow method is the Ameri can way to help our neighbors and that the program will grow steadily as it appeals to every one in the district. We depend on the willingness of the Supervisors to manage the program without any pay except the satisfaction of helping their neighbors. E. E. Epting, SCS technician and Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop No. 66, with scouts of the troop who have earned Merit Badges \n Soil and Water Conservation. Left to right: (Back row) E. E. Ept ing, Tommy Folk, and Jimmy Terry. (Front row) Johnny Epps, Eddie Blackwell, Gene Epting, Billy Mason, and Williamson Folk. In operating the District your Supervisors asks for and gets the help and cooperation of all local, State and Federal Agricullural agencies. The Soil Conservation men with ample practical experi ence to make a plan for each farm cooperator that will manage the water to the best advantage and put every acre of land to the use it is best adapted. These men are paid by the Soil Conservation Ser vice and their services are free to the District. Since these men are conserving and increasing the productively of our only renewable natural resource we believe that this is a correct function of the Federal Government. The state of South Carolina pays the travel expense of the Super visors and State Committee, also the salary of the executive secre tary of the State Committee to help promote the work of Soil Conservation Districts. Casual ob servation Will convenience anyone that the Districts work has re versed the trend of depleting our States natural resources to con serving and making them more productive. We believe this is a proper as well as profitable func tion of the State. The district program is not only conserving and increasing th© fertility of our soil, but by increas ing production year after year It is adding to the income of the land owner. This in turn increas es the value of property and gen eral welfare of all people of the District. For if you raise the spendable income of the farmers you also raise the standard of living for the District as a whole. This is easily demonstrated in * District where most of the income is from the products of the soil. We urge the people of Newber ry District to lend ‘their support to getting conservation taught In all public schools, publicize soil and water donservation in all churches, business and civic groups, and help show every land owner how he could profit by be coming a District cooperator. It will pay big dividends to get all people conservation minded and get conservation practices started on all the land in your District. For Expert Repair Bring Your Radio and Televlelon —To— GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television SALES and SERVICE 1309 MAIN STREET 24 HOUR SERVICE Telephone S11 All Have A Stake In Preserving Our Natural .Resources Left to right: Jo Anne Ennis, Mrs. Ray Nobles, and Ithama Brooks. Mrs. Nobles and two members of the Senior Science Club of New berry High School looking at soil conservation reference material. Today, town people, and especially those who live in towns supported by rural areas, realize that they have a tremendous stake in how we use our land. The land is the source of a very large share of our original wealth. Not only food and clothing, but a large part of the raw materials for our industries come from the soil. All of us whether we are manufact urers, bankers, storekeepers, doctors, teachers, or ministers, are directly concerned with what happens to the land. We are affected, basically, as consumers of food, and our income likewise may be determined by the kind and size of crops produced. So the importance of productive land in our economy hardly can be over-emphasized. The South Carolina National Bank Newberry Branch JOHN T. NORRIS, Mgr. JOE L KEITT, Asst. Mgr.