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- .-■ * ^ ^ ■■^. V V -. '■ ,'f . '; '; , ;.v ■*■ ■' i BOOST THE REDSKINS tttt Newberry vs Maryville Saturday Night VOL. 17—NO. 25 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1954 $2.00 PER YEAR t*?- !£>■ tV; a Is This Farm Familiar? HERE IS OUR “MYSTERY FARM” No. 5. It is a Newberry County farm as seen from the air. The first person who correctly identifies it will receive two tickets to the Wells Theatre. If you are the owner, come by The Sun office and identify the farm and receive the original photograph from which the above cut was made. (Sunphoto by Frank Armfield made from Shealy Flying Service plane and piloted by Marion Wiggins). Cows, Conservation, Good Business On Epps Farm The farm of W. E. Epps was last "Greek’s “Mystery Farm.” Mr. Epps is in the dairy business and the following is an account of an interview conducted by Joe B. Earle with Mr. Epps: “Cows anJ Conservation are good business” says W. E. Epps, Rt. 1, Newberry. Mr. Epps tells his story this way: “I have been in the dairy business 7 years. I grew cotton before then but couldn’t make any money with cotton. I •started with 6 registered Jerseys and raised calves to the 85 cows and calves we now have. Dairying is better for the land and better for 'me than cotton. We are build ing land now instead of destroy ing it. We didn’t have any money in the bank until we started with cows. We used to have washed land but we don’t now since we terraced it and grow grass.” This farmer bought his farm 18 years ago. He quit cotton and sold all of his mules 3 years ago. He has changed to conservation and mechanization with cows being the center of the farming program to consume the soil conserving crops I and provide year-round income. The whole farm is fenced. There is plenty of water available on the farm which makes it possible for the cows to gather more of their feed. Mr. Epps owns and rents about 186 acres of open land. He grows 30 acres of corn, 21 acres of Dallis and Bermuda grass, 60 acres of an nual grazing crops such as millet, Sudan, rye grass and crimson clover, and 75 acres of oats fol lowed by lespedeza. He produced 4.000 bushels of oats this year. As to the lespedeza he says, “Lespe deza is an all-round good crop. We get grazing and hay from it. It pro tects and builds land too.” Mr. Epps has been a coopera tor with the Newberry County Soil Conservation District since 1948. S-CS technicians helped him plan and terrace his land. As** basis for such planning a land capability map was prepared for the farm. SCS divides land into Classes I to VIII. Most of Mr. Epps land falls into Class II, with a small amount of Class I and some in Classes III and IV. This means he has a good farm. Grass, legumes, manure, terraces, con tour cultivation, fertilizer, lime, and crop rotations are some of the tools he is using to keep it good. His farm is mechanized including wise use of the tools of conserva tion. BREAM TO BE DISTRIBUTED HERE TODAY Thirty-nine farm ponds will have 61,250 more fish after tomor row when blue-gill bream will be distributed to farm pond owners at the agriculture building. . Cooperatore of the Newberry County Soil Conservation district I e eligible for bream fingerlings ter a survey is made by tech- picians of the Soil Conservation Service. E. E. Epting, work unit conser vationist of Newberry, said tlflit up to October first 231 farm ponds hiad been constructed in the coun ty, 74 having been constructed since January first. Mr. Epting pointed out that not only do farm ponds conserve water, ’ but supply livestock, pro vide fire protection, offer recrea tion and limited irrigation. The following persons will re ceive bream today furnished by the Fish and Wildlife service at Orangeburg, S. C.: W. A. Ballentine, N. J, Martin, W. C. Huffman, Mike Jenkins, Mack Eargle, Roy Baker, W. M. Salters, W. R. Gilliam, W. R. Suber, J. B. Rikard. J. C. Beden- baugh, H. H. Crisp, Milton Pitts, J. N. Beard, M. B. Crooks, W. R. Elrod. E. R. Fellers, Fred Rich ardson, E. E. Piester, Ellis Glenn; Also, C. A. Counts, A. W. Mur ray, John DeHart, B. F. Riles, W. O. Graham, H. O. Long Est., Fred Weir, J. B. Scott, Adam Cromer, E. F. Carter, David Waldrop, Hen ry Parr, Griff Dorroh, Cay Baker, Henry Dorroh, Carl Epting, John Norris, and W. A. Eargle. Water Shortage Threat Is Talked At Monday Meeting ft Scouts on TV n Carnival Plans Set By Speers Street PTA For Oct. 27 Last week, well over forty members of the Spears Street P. T. A. met with the Halowe’en steering committee and made final plans for the highly antici pated event. The Carnival to take place on Wednesday, October 27th, at the school grounds will tak.e place practically outside. Booths, re sembling the County Fair, will be set-up on the outside grounds, while movies, eats and a magician will have the highlights on inside of the school building the j Committees i the steering follows: Lunch—Mr. as announced committee are and Mrs. Joe Mc Leod. co-chairman. Gus Franklin and Huitt Clary in charge of drink stand. Miss Sarah Boozer, Mrs. Philip T. Kelly. Mrs. John Frazier, Dorsey English. Mrs. Myra Trefs- gar, Mrs. Tom Brigman, Mrs. Dan Dickert, Mrs. Pauline Stone, Mrs. i Moody Atchison, Mrs. Gloria Parks, Miss Annie Abrams, Mrs. Virgil Huffstetler all working in kitchen on shifts. Dining Room—Mrs. E. H. Phil lips. Mrs. E. O. Shealy, Mrs. J. C. Lee. Coffee — Mrs. Ralph Whitaker and Mrs. Ralph Williams. Cake Committee—Mrs. Vernon Carlton and Mrs. Lewis Lipscomb. Country Store—Charlie Bowers and Philip T. Kell}. pi H mm ip s 181 I«: mi Ny* m 'mm Mp, ■ ' '■ >• c ffP • .?• Hi • i < : ••. wk •Xy x'.* X&WKV •SSjNSSX officers and committeemen were installed at the regular meeting of the New- y County Girl Scout Council last Tuesday night at a dutch supper in the Girl Scout :abiiron Pope Terrace. They are, 1. to r. (seated) Mrs. John Felker, Juilette Lowe, Home ►gram chairman; Mrs. Frazier Lominack, program chairman; Mrs. Leon D. Nichols, *dent; Mrs. Dan Chandler, public relation; Mrs. W. A. Ridgeway, placement chair- (Standing): Homer W. Schumpert, camping chairman; Mrs. Frank Smith, cookie chairman; Mrs. Felix B. Greene, Jr., treasurer; R. E. Beck, vice president; Mrs. J. Bowers, registrar; and Felix B. Greene, treasurer. (Sunphoto by Frank Arm- iP ' , Fish Ponds—Mrs. Duncan John son, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bannis ter, George Trefsgar. Surprise Packages—Mrs. H. R. Wherry and Mrs. Hamilton Folk. Comic Books—Mrs. Leonard J. Moore. Movies—John English and Ben C. Chapman. Magician—Mrs. Dorsey English and Mrs. Kirby Lominack. Games—B. H. Phillips, Ed. Can non, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mason. Horses—Aubrey Davis, S. M. Price, Homer Schumpert, Harry Avedisian, Moody Atchison .Car- roll Eargle. Horror Room—Mrs. R. B! Bark er, Mrs. Henry Cousins, Tom Longshore, W. W. Bennett. Fortune Teller — Mrs. Annie Cromer and Mrs. Henry B. Wells. III. Trailer Rides — Mrs. J. B. (Gertie) West, M. Chester Hawk ins, Hugh Shannon, T. Roy Sum mer, Jr., Fuller Campbell. Bobbing Apples—'Ralph Rowe, Robert Lister, A. G. (Red) Dwyer. Fire Truck—Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Partridge. Doll Show—Mrs. A. E. Moore- head, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. E. L. Oxner. Games and rides will com mence at 4:00 p.m. in order that the smaller children may have their fun and be ready to take home whenever they become tired. The Lunch Room will be ready for serving at 5:00 p.m. Workers in the Lunchroom are asked to report at 3:00 p.m. Steering Committee — Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey English, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McLeod, MV. and Mrs. R*, Bt Barker, Philip T. Kelley, Ex Of ficio. Jr. Hi P. T. A. To Hold 1st Meet The first regular meeting of the Jr. High Parent-Teacher Associa tion, which was organized last ‘rcmth, .wiHfcfce held hi the audi torium at 7:30 o’clock on Monday evening, Oct. 25th. Election and in stallation of officers will be held, and Mrs. Philip Kelly, District President, will officiate at this ceremony. The nominating com mittee is composed of Messrs. Charles Boyd, Frank Lominack, Jr., R. E. Beck, Mesdames Ralph Whitaker, and R. E. Reck. Speaker of the evening will be Dr. James C. iKnard, popular edu cator, whose wide experience with parents, teachers, and students, qualifies him as an expert in this field. Featured during the social hour will be “Get-acquainted Time,” when parents will be invited to visit the classrooms and talk with the teachers. Mrs. J. C. Dowd is , chairman of the hospitality com mittee for this meeting. Screen and TV star, Loretta Young, and one of our nation’s more than two million Girl Scouts talk about Miss Young’s TV show for Sunday, October 31. Titled “Mary Vint^nt and the Convict,” the script will show^ how Girl Scout training helps one girl meet an emergency. Program will be aired on Station 10, from 10 to 10:30 p.m. About 50 citizens of the city and county answered a call by Mayor James E. Wiseman to a meeting held at the New berry county court house last Monday night. Mayor Wise man stated the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the water shortage which threatens the city and county and to hear suggestions of steps that might be taken to prevent the situation from becoming even more serious. £he suSject was mainly devoted- Elliott Attends Board Meeting Prof. F. Scott Elliott attended a meeting of the Board of Educa tion of the South Carolina Con ference which was held at Cen tral Church, Spartanburg on Tues day, Oct. 19. He is the lay rep resentative from the Greenwood District. The longest street in the world is Figueroa Street in Los An geles, which is 30 miles long. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Oct. 22: T. Roy Summer, Jr., Bonnie Cromer, John Billingsley, Mrs. Bobby Sligh, Mrs. C. D. Weeks, Tucky Neel, Mrs. Phil Brooks and Aubrey. Davis. Oct. 23: I. L. Boinest, Mrs. T. S. Riley, Barbara Frankie Joye, Mrs. Bill Hughes, Charles Ept ing, Jessica Senn and Mrs. C. A. Reeder. Oct. 24: Ida Webb West, H. O. Counts, Dupree Harmon, Maj. James Glymph, Mrs. A. E. Morehead and Ola Norris. Oct. 24: Shelba Jane Kinard, William Cromer, George William Coates, Jr., Buddy Clark Wat kins and Fred Richardson. Oct. 25: C. E. Hendrix, Dr. Rayburn Lominack, Curtis O. Chapman, David Or\n Shealy, J. N. Ruff and Mrs. R. E. Hanna. Oct. 26: Billy McSwain, Miss Grace Summer, Mrs. Tommy Setzler, Benjamin Lament Daw kins and Mrs. Wilburt Koon. Oct. 27: Mrs. Claude Sanders, M. P. Davis, Rev. J. B. Harman, Bobby Schumpert, Betty Joyce Turner, Miss Cora Dominick, Dan Lewis, Bonnie King and Martha Sue Fant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Metts Fant, Jr. Services For Fire Victims Held Wednesday Joseph J. Kilgore, 83, and Mrs. Alice Kilgore, 70, of Route 2, Neberry, perished in their burning home late Sunday night. Mrs. Kilgore as the daughter of the late’ Samuel Hayes Talbert and Martha Ellen Bradley Tal bert and was born in McCormick' County. She was a graduate of Limestone College and taught music in Newberry for a number of years. Mrs. Kilgore Y&a a mem ber of Ebenezer Methodist Church, where she was active in Sunday School and other activities of the church. She was also an active member of the Farmer’s Grange Association and other community affairs. Mr. Kilgore was the son of the late Andrew Kilgore and Mary Katherine Wise Kilgore and was born in Newberry County. For five years he was Superintendent of the Lethe School, now known as the De La Howe School in Mc Cormick County. After leaving McCormick he returned to New berry where he was a prominent farmer until bis retirement several years ago. Mr. Kilgore was also a member of Ebenezer Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore are sur vived by the following son and daughters: J. Clifford Kilgore of Florence. Wilton Kilgore of Mor- ranton. Georgia, Lee Kilgore of Palatka, Florida, Mrs. H. A. Kessler of Newberry, Mrs. Earl Bullock of Alexander, Virginia and Miss Ruby Kilgore of Jack sonville, Florida. Mrs. Kilgore is survived by the following brothers and sisters: J. Arch Talbert of McCorirtick, Ben Talbert of Spartanburg, David Tal bert of New York, N. Y., Mrs. Carlton Faulkner of McCormick, (continued on page eight) to the Bush River watershed from which the town gets its water supply, but Mayor Wiseman point ed out that the problem also should be viewed from a county- wide angle. CONSUMPTION In his remarks, the mayor gave statistics to show the tremendous increase in water consumption in the past ten years, stating that at present Newberry was using ap proximately 173,263,01)0 gallons per day. The flow of Bush River is said to be approximately three to four million gallons a day. Mr. Wiseman said that he not only wanted Newberry to have an ample water supply, but hoped that plans could be formulated in order that farmers along the stream could have water for live stock and irrigation when neces sary. . CONSERVATION TOLD The Rev. Paul L. Grier offered prayer at the beginning of the meeting and following Mayor Wiaeman remarks, he introduced T. B. (Dad) Amis of the soil con servation service. Mr. Amis i« turn called on Joe B. Earle, Soil Conservation Service of Chester. Mr. Earle has been closely as sociated with the critical, water shortfcgfb on the upper state and he gave revealing figures of the amount of falling over the Piedmont section each year. He went im of a number of cities and towns which were com pletely or near the bottoni of their water supplies. He said York &a%uo wf^r at aU apd h^ heen dra whig' irom farm "ponds Mr. Safle told bow water could be conserved through good land use, and farm ponds to catch and hold water when it was available. He pointed out that agriculture and industry were using billions of gallons of water today and the only way to have ample water sup plies was through storage. ONE WEEK SUPPLY The meeting was thrown open for discussion at the conclusion of Mr. Earle’s remarks. One question asked was how much reserve sup ply of water does Newberry have? It was brought out that if the flow in Bush River was shut off, New berry would be out of water in less than a week’s time. G. H. Connelly, city 'engineer, stated that there was about a one or one and a half day supply at the city reservior and about the same at the'Bush River site>’lf Bush River should dry up as many small rivers and streams have during the. past two months, the city would be out of water in a few days. One person in the audience stated that he was amazed to learn that storage capacity was so lit tle and urged the mayor and city council to take immediate steps toward providing for a more -adequate reserve supply. NEW RESERVOIR It was brougiht out by Mr. Earle that the Soil Conservation ft service could assist in locating a suitable site to build a reservoir and could help in other ways short of designing the dam. He told Mayor Wiseman that a request for this assistance should be made, to the Newberry County Soil Con servation district supervisors. J. T. McCrackin, Jr., chairman of the supervisors assured Mayor Wise man that they would cooperate fully with the city in this under taking. WATERSHED BILL Mr. McCrackin also spoke brief ly on the. proposed Bush River watershed bill which has been ap proved. He said that plais called for a series of dams to be erected from the headwaters of Bush River and would be carried all the way to Lake Mmray. It was felt that this was the only way in which an adequate water sup ply could be had at all times. It was brought out that a water - rights bill had been introduced bar the legislature last year, but was not passed. The water policy com mission of which Sep. Marvin E. Abrams is chairman, are now re vising the proposed law and it will again be submitted for action In the coming session. The law pro vides water to farmers, municipal ities and others on a permit basis. . At "present there is no adequate ' water* law In' South Carolina, it was stated. NAMES COMMITTEE At the conclusion of the meet ing upon motion by Judge Eugene S, Blease, seconded by Alderman was called on to Appoint a 'cottf^ mittee and study the water pro blem from a county-wide stand-' point, and take appropriate action. Named to the committee were, be sides Mr .Wiseman, City Manager E. L. Blackwell, J. T\McCrackin, Clifford T. Smith, Kins S. C. Paysinger. m mi lards, and Kibler, County Native, Died News has been received in New berry of the "death of J. Berley Kibler, a native of Kibler’s Bridge in Newberry County. Mr. Kibler died suddenly Wed nesday of last week at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Park er Jr. in Charlotte, N. C. Funeral services were held Fri day at 11 a.m. with interment in Sharon Mausoleum. Mr. Kibler was the son of the late Jesse and Hattie Lorick Kib ler. He married Miss Bertha Mat thews who died six months ago. Surviving besides his daughter are one granddaughter, and one brother, C. P. Kibler, Savannah, Ga. ‘ 1 mm — .**#3 ssa ma This group was on hand at the court house last Monday night to discuss, with about 50 interested citizens, the ^cute water shortage in Newberry county and other sections of the state. L. to R.: J. T. McCrackin, Jr., chairman, Newberry County/ Soil Conserva tion District Supervisors; Mayor, James E. Wiseman, who presided over the meeting; Joe B. Earle, Area Conservationist, Chester; and T. B. (Dad) Amis, local Soil Con servationist. (Sunphoto by Frank Armfield.) MNC idat m A-t: v ‘V'- >.?•,