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THE NEWBERRY SUN
INDIANS VISIT CAPITAL . . . Sen. Arthur Watkins <R) of Utah, chairman of senate interior sub
committee on Indian affairs, confers with Yakima, Wash., Indian chiefs on disposition of inherited in
terests of deceased Indians.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
THERE AND HERE i clothe more and more folks
I read that the Iowa farmer pro- | through the magic of mechaniza-
duces 6 times as much stuff as the
German farmer in Bavaria. But
the Bavarian farmer produces 7
times as much stuff per acre in
the course of a year as does the
man in Iowa.
There we have typical cases of
the two extreYnes of farming that
the world has seen for a long time,
intensive and extensive.
In Bavaria the folks are heavy
up'on the land. And it has been
that way for a long time. So they
spare no labor in bringing large
successive harvests from every
inch of it. Self preservation de
mands it.
Here we have the other ex
treme. Labor is the item here. And
we spread ^ it wide and thin
through full mechanization. The
production per man is thus made
great. While the total production
per acre is not so great.
When folks get to populating
the land very heavily, the land be
comes the important item. But
when folks are rather thin on the
land, the, man becomes the im
portant item. And, in our time,
we have seen a great miovement
from the land to town, where in
dustry thrives and beckons. That
has served to keep our farming on
an extensive basis. And fewer
folks are made able to feed and
tion.
For years our youth have been
learning to ride the machine with
effectiveness at their summer 4-H
camps. There the men of Clemson
teach the ways of the iron mule.
Their dads learn the same les
sons in the farm machinery
schools the county agents have
been holding for years. First, few
farmers came. But in late years, as
the pinch of scarcer and higher
labor began to hurt, they came to
the machinery schools and clinics
in greatly increased numbers.
And now, a tractor with compli
cated machine is about as com
mon in our fields as is the mule
and plowlboy. And the latter is di
minishing fast.
Extensive farming! Yes, it looks
like that is what destiny has
dished out for us. It’s more stuff
per man here, while on many dis
tant and crowded lands it must be
the utmost production per acre,
regardless of the manpower re
quired.
APRIL
April, early April!
It’s the finest time of the year,
seems to me.
Earth is awakening from its
long winter night. Roots and buds
have renewed their vigor with
rest. And now they awake with
leaf and flower to again make a
verdant and fruitful land. We
play with that magic in field and
furrow. And beauty, food, and
raiment will come forth.
My, my, but one can do a lot of
living now!
COTTON
Now is the time with cotton.
The seed should be good and
treated. The land well prepared
and fertilized. Row's should be as
close as the land will stand, rang
ing mostly from 30 to 42 inches.
If tractor handled and mechanical
ly picked, row spacings are in the
top of that range.
A weeder or harrow will break
the crust and help it come up if
dry. And this also helps kill early
weeds and grass. Every effort
should be bent on getting a good
stand. Then don’t thin too much,
leave about 3 stalks to the hill 8
to 12 inches apart, according to
experiment and experience.
Pre-emerge chemicals to con
trol weeds and grass are very
promising. I saw some farmers
who used it with entire satisfac
tion last year, and a few who
didn’t. So there are still things
to learn about it. But we have
gone far enough to know that we
will soon be controlling grass that
way in cotton. And that will break
the hoeing bottleneck with the
crop.
Another new thing with cotton
is to do the chopping job me
chanically by going across the
rows with scrapes of discs that
block it out. I saw a rig that
County Agent Bowen of Sumter
got up that was doing a good job
on a large acreage last year.
After that they only bunched
through it with hoes to get the
occasional weed or break up the
occasional cluster of cotton it had
left.
OF THE PEOPLE
By Jean de la Moite
O LD Si Bates had always wanted
to be a politician. So when the
yaflmad pensioned him off several
years ago, he started looking
around for alliances.
At first the organization boys re
fused to take Si seriously. But the
old man was persistent. Real poli
ticians are made that way, he had
once heard, so every meeting found
him sitting there on the front row
seconding motions.
That’s how he happened to be
around when it occurred one day to
the fellows who ran the show that
they could use just such an old fum-1
bleb rain as Si.
The old railroader was exactly
what they needed to put up against
Bill Miggins. Running against Mig-
fins added up to outright political
suicide—everyone in the district
realized that, of course—everyone
except old Si. So they endorsed him.
Si was grateful. And he was
proud, so almighty proud that not
erven his best friends had the heart
to tell him he didn’t have a chance.
But he won. Everybody on the
ticket won. The election turned out
io be one of those landslides not
even the most active precinct
scufflers had dared to hope for. Af
ter it was all over but the official
count, every member of the party
was glad they had filled the slate,
even down to old Si’s place.
The retired railroader had been
mo busy shaking hands and taking
down to the roundhouse to
show them old faithful No. 78—
queen of an engine, he would tell
them, while passing out his cam
paign cards through the cab win
dow—he had been so busy running
he hadn’t had any time to even con
sider the possible cost of holding
public office.
Living in Washington might turn
out to be expensive. Si thought. He
confided that apprehension to the
county captain. The boss smiled
and told the old man in a kind way
that he hadn’t been running for
Congress anyway, but for the state
assembly. It hurt Si’s pride, but
the boss pointed out that*he could
afford Capital City.
The assembly moved rapidly. Si
went to all the lobby dinners and
sat around watching the other law
makers doing this and that and
talking about all sorts of things he
didn’t realize he understood until
they told him so.
And he voted, too.
His single vote defeated one
measure the caucus had decided to
support. It wasn’t that Si was dis
loyal, because he had promised to
back it, too, but he hadn’t recog
nized the bill when it came up on
the floor for a vote.
“Oh, well,’’ he told the chairman,
“it probably wasn’t a very good
bill, anyway.’’
It was only two weeks until ad
journment when old Si woke up to
the fact that he hadn’t introduced
a bill of his own yet. So he began
looking around for something which
could still stand some more legis
lation.
The others hadn’t left much. But
old Si found one thing. It turned
out to be the little handcars which
had always been the source of
such irritation during all those
years he had spent on the railroad.
Every handcar should be equipped
with tail lights, the old engineer
was convinced.
Senator Waters drafted the bill
for him, and the next day there
was old Si’s name on the official
record. He collected 300 copies and
mailed them to all his relatives,
friends on the railroad, and other
constituents.
Adjournment day arrived and the
sess^pn ended. Old Si had forgotten
about his bill in the excitement of
those closing days. But after the
frenzy subsided, he began to won
der what had happened.
Finding its number amonjj those
killed, the old railroader fumed
with indignation. He read through
the roll call to find the names of
those who had voted against his
bill.
Anderson . . Appleton . . . At
well . . Bates
He had voted ’’No.”
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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
Commissioner of Agriculture
Praises Newberry Farmers
By J. ROY JONES, Commissioner
of Agriculture
* Farmers of the Newberry Soil
Conservation District are to be
commended for the accomplish
ments made In the field of soil
and water conservation. It is most
timely for you to call to the at
tention of others the progress
being made in Newberry County
by observing “Soil Conservation
District Week.’’ It helps to review
the progress of the past and estab
lish worthwhile aims for the fu
ture. In my twenty-odd years, as
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1
know of few factors contributing
so much to the general welfare of
farmers in the state as the Soil
Conservation Districts program.
It is gratifying to see District
Supervisors—just regular farmers,
giving their time, effort, and lead
ership to help guide a program in
which farm people can cooperate
to make the best use of the soils
they have.
In observing the many new uses
for land that Districts have help
ed put into effect, it seems that
for a long time, conservation
meant just the construction of ter
races and rows on the contour,
and a little strip-cropping here
and there. Todays conservation
meaning includes a host of
methods to keep land good. By
your leadership, you are striking
at the very heart of the problem
in puttig each acre of land to its
best use, whether it be trees, cot
ton, pasture, corn, hay, or orchard.
Likewise, in the field of water
management, you first worked on
the problem of too much water,
for it had a destructive force that
carried with it a great deal of
top soil.
Now, you are building farm
ponds and developing small water
sheds with the idea of putting ex
cess water to good use during
times of drought. This is remark
able progress in the agriculture of
South Carolina.
It has been my pleasure to serve
on the Advisory Committee to
your State Soil Conservation Com
mittee. I have noted that a great
amount of undertakings of this
committee are from problems that
arise in the Districts on the land.
District Supervisors have a way of
finding the problems in the field,
thus providing the leadership to
encourage cooperation among
larger groupst o get the job done
on the ’ land. When conservation
leaves the “talk stage’’ and gets
on the land, people begin to bene
fit.
None of these jobs have been
an easy undertaking, but the net
results are being spelled out on
the farms of South Carolina. These
results now vividly meet the eye
of evan a casual observer. Another
good feature of the Districts pro
gram is that these things are done
voluntarily.
In observing Soil Conservation
District week, new opportunities
are presented in which many of
your non-farm friends and neigh
bors can understand the important
contribution that a conservation
program in effect on the lands of
Newberry County contributes to
the well-being of the whole com
munity. All these things mark pro
gress and lend encouragement to
the youth who very shortly will
have to undertake the same prob
lems with which you are now
working. Doubtless, these pro
blems will be reduced In magni
tude by your efforts, but a con
tinuous program in the field of
conservation will always be im
portant to keep our farm lands at
highest productive use.
GUERNSEY COW SETS STATE
CHAMPION RECORD
T. P. Mills, Prosperity, S. C., has
made a Guernsey State Champion
record with his registered Guern
sey cow, Kimbrough’s Saluda Rose.
Her production of 11,225 pounds
of milk and 547 pounds of butter-
fat is the highest Advanced Regis
try record in the state of South
Carolina, made by a nine year-old,
in the 365 day division.
The sire of this cow, Klondike
Kimbrough, owned by Nichols &
Longshore, Saluda, has 17 tested
daughters in the Performance
Register of The American Guern
sey Cattle Club.
American women bought 679
million pairs of nylons last year,
and the industry can prove that
they bought more for glamor than
for durability. In 1947 only 21% of
the production was of the sheer
variety. Now it approaches 80%
There is nothing like a spell of
frosty Brazilian weather to whet
one’s appetite for a nice cup ot
tea.
SPARE-TIME JOBS FOR
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
When your youngster comes to
you and asks to he allowed to take
a spare-time job remember that
this is a mechanized, technologi
cal age. Getting a job now is a
matter of pushing out into the
world, learning skills quickly,
working against tough competi
tion. Tools and jobs have changed.
No longer are there many safe
jobs for kids; machines have
taken over most of those chores.
Yet the number of high-school
ers with spare-time jobs continue
to increase. In October 1953 one
in every seven youngsters 14 and
15 years of age was at work. One
in every three youngsters 16 and
17 had jobs.
So when your teen-ager decides
that the only solution to his pro
blem is to go to work during the
schol year, don’t, answer without
serious thought.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
AND OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make a final settlement
of the estate of Pauline G. Kinard
in the Probate Court for Newber
ry County, S. C., on Friday the
14th day of May, 1954, at 10 o’
clock in the forenoon, and will im
mediately thereafter ask for my
discharge as Executor of said
estate.
All persons having claims
against the estate of Pauline G.
Kinard deceased, are hereby noti
fied to file the same, duly verified
with the udersigned, and those in
debted to said estate will please
make payment likewise.
Marvin O. Summer,
Executor
April 2, 1954.
49-4tc.
THE MONTHS AHEAD
What happens ia, April will de
cide the course ot business in
September and October. So watch
these signs carefully. Note how
the stores do. Keep an eye on em
ployment reports and on trends In
the auto and construction industr
ies. These are some of the signs
that forecast the business weath
er. If the figures this month look
sickly, then some worsening of
the situation can be expected later
on.
Keeping 5core
■ HE best baseball innovation in
many a day is the newspaper
box score. This jumble of figures
and abbreviations makes it possi
ble for fans who didn’t see or hear
the game, or who live away from
Big League areas to reconstruct
yesterday's game and see why one
team won and the other lost . r .
Reading a box score is not toe dif
ficult a task. Take abbreviations:
“AB” means "at bat" . . . "R"
means “runs’’ (scored) . . , "H"
means hits ... "O" or "PO** means
“patents” . . . "A" means "as
sists’’ . . . "E” means "errors"
committed ... A quick glance
tells what each player contributed
toward winning or losing the game
. . . When an opponent Is retired,
every man who handled the ban
gets credit for aa assist . . . Only
the man who completed the out
gets tee patent ... Summary
of tee box score tells shoot extra
base hits, raw batted in, double
plays, stolca bases, sacrifices . . .
Aise given Is tee number of men
Left on base, which explains why
tee team getting tee most hits
doesn't always win. Let’s play
‘Tm afraid we’re gonna lose our happv home. Miran-
dy. Mr. Popshingle just phoned Purcells for an auto
loan to buy a new roofl”
No fuss and feathers about getting an auto
loan here. Just give a call, then stop by
and pick up your money, that’s all.
PURCELLS
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1418 Main St Newberry
The new 200-horsepower Buick CtNTutr Convertible—sleek, smart, spirited—and available In gorgeous new summer colon.
life Have a line the gals go for
Y ou can’t fool the ladies when
it comes to styling.
From clothes and hemlines, to cars
and color schemes—they insist on a
fresh new look and a fresh new
change—and anything else won’t do.
So it’s easy to see why the gals —
bless ’em! — have been going for
Buick in a great big way—going for
the glamorous modernity of these
new-day automobiles ever since the
first public showing a few short
months ago.
From the beginning, they’ve been
going for the decker, longer, lower
lines—the futuristic shaping of the
new windshields — the stunning
decor of the striking new fabrics —
the clean simplicity of the new
instrument panels.
MILTON BERLE STARS FOR BUICK—See the Buick-Berle Show Tuesday Evening*
But you ought to see how they go
for the gay new car models in
Buick’s Spring Fashion Show!
Fresh new Convertibles, Rivieras
and Estate Wagons never before
available — and in gorgeous new
summer colors never shown
before!
And you ought to see how they go—
as the men certainly do—for the
BUCK
the beautiful buy
thrilling new V8 power, the buoy
ant new ride, the superb new con
trol, and the almost effortless
handling ease that are all part and
parcel of every new 1954 Buick.
Why not visit our Spring Fashion
Show and see for yourself the fresh
new tomorrow that’s here now — in
today’s Buick? Then we can show
you the prices ihat make this beauty
the buy of the year.
THE COMPLETE LIN E-UP OF BUICK
BEAUTIES FOR 1954 includes stun
ning new all-steel Estate Wagons
ana ‘'hardtop" Rivieras, as well
as gay new Convertibles, in both
the low-priced V8 SreciAi Series
and in the high-powered Ccntusy
Series.
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM:
CASQUE BUICK COMPANY
1305 Friend Street Newberry, S. C