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Education makes a people eaa; to lead, l a: dilt'icul* to driv*-; ea>; to govern, but impo-sible tf> f n i- la v> It... J I 4 ur W. titt The most important single in gredient in the formula of succfss is knowing how to get along with people. VOL. 17—NO. 30 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1954 $2.00 PER YEAR Is This Farm Familiar? t-Ev. x : - : -xu :w:-x 7! , a. &,/< . ■ y /r •*"' , ••; : ; up-: y-ss. y. »*■ Mlli jllgl / - IHl HERE IS OUR “MYSTERY FARM” No. 10. It is a Newberry County farm as seen from the air. The first person in the city who correctly identifies the farm will receive a certificate for one free TV service call from Geo. N. Martin Radio & TV Service. The first person in the county who correctly identifies the photo will receive a one-year subscrip tion to The Sun. In addition 5 tickets each from The Wells, The Ritz and Clover-Leaf Drive-In Theatres will be given to five runners-up in the city, and county. For those wishing to write in their guess, five tickets are being reserved for those guessing the correct farm by letter or card. Please call The Sun office, telephone No. 1. No other calls will count in the game. (Sunphoto by Frank Armfield from Shealy Flying Service plane piloted by Marion Wiggins.) J. B. Waters Gave Up Row Crops For Turkey Production And Is Glad He Did Eighteen years ago J. B. Waters gave up row crop farm ing and was glad he did. His farm operation since that time and at present is raising turkeys. From a small beginning with 300 turkey poults, Mr. Waters last year had over 2400 turkeys on his range. He doesn’t hatch his poults but buys them from the Huffman Turkey farm, and when grown he sells the hens back to Mr. Huff man for egg production. The tur key toms produced on the farm are sold on the open market. Mr. Waters declared he is glad he gave up cotton and corn farm ing even though the high cost of feed and the low prices turkeys this year have left little profit for growers. Ordinarily Mr. Waters grows most of the feedstuffs for his birds, but due to the drouth the past spring and summer, he has had to look elsewhere for feed. Mr. Waters has had unusually good luck with raising turkeys. Out of 2400 he raised the past year, he marketed something over 2,- 300 of them. He said he lost none through diseases, but had lost a few to foxes. For protection he has used flambeaux at night. He said he had heard that owls some times attacked the birds at night, but didn’t know if any had been near his flock. Mr. Waters plants about 110 acres of land to grain for feed. He raises oats and soybeans. In addition about 10 acres of the farm is in woodland. No immedi ate plans have been made for the timber on this land. Mr. Waters built a farm pond several years ago, and it has been stocked with bream and bass. Be sides having a convenient fishing place Mr. Waters said he was glad to have the pond for fire protec tion. The site was laid out by the Soil Conservation Service, and the pond was built by Mr. Waters. It is located just behind the resi dence. The Waters Turkey Farm is strictly a family operation. Mr. Waters and his wife, and three sons: Frank, age 16. Earle. 14, James 10, and a daughter, Frances 17, all live on the place. There are also three married daughters who have their own homes in the county. U Straw” Paysinger Puts Fishing Gear Aside; Likes Farming Better (By FRANK ARMFIELD) Here’s the story of a rabid fisherman turned farmer. There was a day, long since passed, when anyone would say to Strother C. “Straw” Paysinger, “Let’s go fishing,” he would drop anything on a moment’s notice and say “O.K., let’s go.” However, the aquisition of a farm changed all that. “Straw” told us he went fish- State Jersey Cattle Club To Meet Here Dec. 1 The South Carolina Cattle Club will hold its annual meeting on December 1 beginning at 10 a.m. In the American Legion Hut lo cated at the Newberry fairgrounds, Newberry, according to informa tion received here by C. G. Cush man, leader, Clemson Dairy Ex tension Work. The program will include dis cussions led by Jim Cavanaugh of the American Jersey Cattle Club; J. JE. Cushman, director of the South Carolina Dairy Commission; W. L. Abernathy, secretary, South Carolina Dairy Association; J. P. DaMaster, head of the Dairy De partment, Clemson; Charlie Hall, field representative. American Jer sey Cattle Club; and A. H. Ward, district agent, Clemson Extension Service.. One of the highlights of the annual meeting of this club will be the awarding of certificates of merit to boys and girls in 4-H and Children’s Story Hour To Continue The Children’s Story Hour, which was begun Wednesday. No vember 17th, at the Newberry- Saluda Regional Library, will be continued next week on Monday, November 29th from 4 to 5 o’clock. Due to the Thanksgiving holidays, there will not be a story hour this week. Much interest is be ing shown in the story hour, which is conducted by Miss Mary Timberlake, librarian at Newber ry College. Library To Close Thanksgiving- Day The Newberry-Saluda Regional Library will be closed on Thanks giving Day, November 25th. FFA calf club work who have done outstanding work with their Jer seys. There will be a dutch luncheon following the program. Officers of the South Carolina Jersey Cattle Club are: President. R. L. Steer, Greenwood, and secretary-treasur er, G. E. Hawkins, also of Green wood. ing once, shortly after the Lake Murray was completed and was partially tilled. On his first out ing lie came home with a good catch, and that did it. The next day he went up the street and bought himself a complete outfit— the works, boat, motor, and fishing paraphernalia galore. As mention ed above, he was a full-fledged, dyed-fn-the-wool fishing enthusi ast. Then in 1933 he came into possession of a farm. According to him, that’s the day he quit fish ing, and hasn’t been since. Mr. Paysinger bought a rundown farm containing 509 acres a few miles outside Newberry on the Saluda highway. He and soil con servation experts said it was one of the most eroded and run down places in Newberry county. He saw early the advantages of scien tific farming and his farm was one of the first in the county to in stall terraces and other soil-saving practices. He was one of the first farmers in this section to plant serecia lespedeza. The seed he planted cost him $5.00 per bushel. In the past 20 years since he has been operating the farm, Mr. Paysinger has made vast improve ments. Last year he raised 43 bushels of wheat to an acre. All the farm is in grain or grass with the exception of a fine stand of pines. The pines have been se lectively marked and cut, leaving fine straight specimens which will eventually be cut for the sawmill. When we visited the farm several weeks ago, Mr. Paysinger took us down in one of his pas tures to show us the clearing work going on there. He pointed out that all the clearing we saw was done by a number of students at Newberry College and himself. He declared they were the best labors he had ever had on the farm. At times only a couple of the boys show up, Mr. Paysinger said, and then again, there will be a dozen or more. He said the only criticism the boys have is that they never, work on the job they make plans for the day before. “Straw” says most of them shy (continued on page eight) Indians Primed For Turkey Day Tilt With P.C. The Newberry Indians have an Elks Bowl date in Raleigh, N. C., on Dec. 11 but they are giving no thought to that game this week. There’s the matter of a Bronze Derby. The annual Newberry-Fresby- terian clash on Thanksgiving comes up at Clinton Thursday. The game will decide who gets the Bronze Derby for a year, who fin ishes fifth in state rankings, and which has the better won-loss rec ord. Coach Harvey Kirkland hopes to have his team in good physical condition, after limping through the last two games. The forward wall of the Indians is expected to be intact once again, with Carl Rogers at center, John- n-f Lee and Ralph Voyles at guards, Grover Davis and Olin McCurry at tackles, and Ed Blan- ko and Mike Maksim at ends. Kirkland’s backfield has usually had one or more regulars missing in each game. There is a chance all will be ready to see some ac tion Thursday, however. Danny Brabham and Ken Mor gan are at quarterback. Sopho more Tyler Dufford and Paul Davis may start at halfbacks. Stan Bes- singer is ready to go again at full back but Johnny Haselden has been performing well there. A return to full strength by Newberry should assure a good game between the Indians and the strong rushing attack of the Blue Hose. Thanksgiving To Be Observed By City Businesses Since Thanksgiving Day (tomor row) is a national holiday, the Newberry post office will not be open, according to information re ceived yesterday from Acting Postmaster Harry E. Moose. There will be no city or rural delivery on Thursday. Mr. Moose said ser vice windows at the post office will also be closed all day, but that employees will be on hand to take care of incoming mail and to dispatch outgoing mail. Incoming mail will be worked to the post office lock boxes. All special de livery letters and packages will be delivered upon arrival Mr. Moose stated. Regular postal services will be resumed Friday morning. In addition to the post office closing, all banks, building and loan agencies, city and county of fices, and virtually all business houses will observe the holiday. However, both the Ritz and Wells theatres will operate as usual for entertainment of the public. School children will also come in for their share of holidays with the public schools closing this afternoon, with classes being re cessed until next Monday morn ing. Newberry College students will also have a free weekend with college closing at 11 a.m. today. All textile plants in the city will observe the Thanksgiving holiday. Campaign To Control Rats To Be Conducted In County Union Services Be At Aveleigh On Thanksgiving Around 50 interested persons in Newberry County, Farm leaders, representatives of farm organizations in the coun ty and civic groups in town met Tuesday, November 16th to discuss the possibility of organizing a county wide Rat Control Campaign. Chief Asks Help Of Public To Curb Accidents Chief of Police C. L. Dowd to day asked for help. “Yes, I’m asking for help,” Chief Dowd said. “I am asking every driver and pedestrian in Newber ry to help reduce traffic accidents to a minimum—zero, if we can—on December 15, S-D Day (Safe Driv ing Day). “I am asking every man. woman, and child who uses the streets to accept full personal responsibility for observing the letter and spirit of all traffic regulations. “S-D Day is being observed all over the country. It is sponsored >y the President’s Action Com mittee for Traffic Safety and hun dreds of local, state and national organizations to demonstrate that traffic accidents can be reduced materially if we all pitch in. We’re going to give S-D Day our full sup port in Newberry, but it’s a pro gram in which we must all par ticipate. “Police drivers and civilian em ployees of the Police Department are being urged to set a good ex ample on S-D Day. They are being (continued on page eight) Special union Thanksgiving ser vices will be held tomorrow morn ing (Thursday) at 10:00 o’clock at Aveleigh Presbyterian church. It has been custom in past years for the Associate Reformed Pres byterian, Baptist, Lutheran, Metho dist and Presbyterian churches of the city to hold joint services on * this occasion. The Rev. Paul L. Grier, pastor of the A. R. P. church will de liver the Thanksgiving message this year, with the host pastor, the Rev. Neil E. Truesdale, presiding. The service will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK for those who wish to tune in. An offering will be received dur ing the service which will be di vided between the orphanages of the various churches. It was an nounced that any person wishing his contribution to go to a specific institution that it be enclosed in an envelope and the name of the orphanage written on the outside. Mr. W. E. Senn, newly elected chairman of the Newberry Coifnty Agricultural Committee, presided. After the meeting was called to order P. B. Ezell, County Agent, explained the State Campaign say ing that the State Agricultural Committee and the S. C. Extension Service with other organizations were urging County Agencies to organize for effective Rat Control. Newberry Banks To Make Large Club Payments Two Newberry banks will pay out the largest amount in history this year in Christmas Savings club checks. The S. C. National Bank, which has operated a sav ings club for 22 years, will mail checks to club members on Mon day, November 29. John T. Nor ris, manager of the bank, said this was the largest amount ever paid by his bank, but declined to give figures. He stated that the bank will begin accepting pay ments on 1955 Christmas savings on December first. Persons wish ing to take advantage of the plan may deposit weekly the follow ing amounts: 25c, 50c, $1, $2. $5, and $10. The club will run for 50 weeks. Joe M. Roberts, manager of the Newberry County Bank, said his bank and the Joanna branch will make payments amounting to over *200,000 on Friday, November 26. This club has been in operation for seven years, and it also is the largest club in the bank’s his tory. The County Bank’s new club will also begin on December first and run 50 weeks. Savings may lay aside 50c, $1, $2, $5, or $10 each week. Mr. W. C. Johnson, Entomologist of Clemson College, Extension Ser vice, spoke to the group on Rat Control—He brought out the* fact that each rat cost $10.00 a year in feed and destruction. In three years time he said one male and one female could produce 350,000 rats (this number would include normal death rates). In talking about why we should control rats, he brought out the fact that they spread diseases, de stroy property, food and waste our time. Due to the drought he stated it would be more necessary than ever for farmers to use every method to protect the little food they made. The fact that rat and mouse pre vention and control is a year round job was emphasized. How ever, fall and winter months af ford the best opportunities for killing large numbers. In speaking of prevention 6t rats Mr. Johnson recommended a good general clean-up around premises and removal of shelters. When building or remodeling he suggested rat proofing. As for control Mr. Johnson sug gested poison bait especially a warfarin mixture. In describing the warfarin bait he suggested a ceral type mixture preferably cornmeal. He stressed the fact that the poi son must be eaten several times to be effective and it should be placed where they run or burrow. Warfarin is reasonably safe to use. If there is danger of dogs, cats, or small children obtaining it, it was suggested that a protected bait station be used. An excellent bait station can be made from a five quart oil can. Directions for making these can be secured from the local County Agents office in Drucie Connelly Listed In Who’s Who Miss Drucie Connelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dove P. Connel ly, Prosperity is one of the eight members of the Senior Class at Columbia College to be selected to appear in the 1954-55 edition of “\Y r ho’s Who in American Uni versities and Colleges.” FIRST THANKSGIVING the Agricultural Building or Vo cational Agricultural teachers. For effective control on the average size farm using from 8 to 12 pounds warfarin mix depend ing on the number of barns, etc. and for a home in town 4 pounds. Mr. Johnson stressed the fact that a rat free county or commun ity will depend upon the coopera tion of the people. He urged the group attending to do everything possible to advertise the cam paign. Mr. Arnold, Entomologist from the State Health Department as sured the group that the state and county Health Departments would do everything possible to help make the campaign a success. He too highly recommended a war- arfin mix in any rat control pro gram. In discussing diseases which are carried by rats to man he men tioned the following: Typhus Fever and plague, ratbite fever, food poisoning, amebiosis, infect ious jaundice, etc. Among diseases transmitted by rats to animals and pets are distemper, new- castles, pullorum, fowl typhoid, coccidious, paratyphoid, etc. The group voted to organize a rat control campaign in Newberry ■ County. The following were ap pointed to serve as a steering committee: Earl Boazman. H. W. Schumpert, E. E. Epting, L. C. Graham, Mrs. W. C. Hughes, P. B. Ezell and Mrs. Margie D. Free man Mr. Ezell, County Agent, told the group that for the campaign a good warfarin bait was available from-the Fish and Wild Life ser vice in North Carolina at a cost of $1.00 for a 4 pound package. An advance order of 1456 pounds was made. Since the meeting an additional 560 pounds has been ordered. - The local vocational agriculture teachers are cooperating taking orders in communities in their respective areas. They are as fol lows: Bush River Area—Mr. S. P. Harris; Silverstreet Area — # Mr. Earl Boazman; Prosperity Area— Mr. H. B. Hendrix and Pomaria, Little Mountain Areas—Mr. Hu bert Bedenbaugh. Order's are being taken also through f e County Agents office in Newberry. All deliveries will be made by the above named representatives in their areas. Anyone desiring more informa tion about the rat control cam paign and or securing the war farin mix is asked to contact a vocational Agriculture Teacher or the County Agents Office. rwx -1 Pixmouth, Mass., Nov. 26,1621. vV Wte H0MPL1E BE.JOYCE ToSETVIER. 1 COB THAT simce Peace wow ye Indians HATH BEEN MADE WE WALK ^ SAFELY IN YE WOODS t=OR THAT Sickness in Ye colonie hath MERCIFULUE ABATED For that WAVING BEEN READIE To FAINT WITH- TRAVAIL & WANT OF VICTUALS • • • ♦ We now nave 1 CORN & FISH Sc GAME A6AIMST YE STARVATION , FOR ALL OF WHICH WE BE DEVOOTFULLIE THANKFUL * ” it 'll ^ \ BIRTHDAY GREETINGS •W.M vW v\\ .Kmc* Nov. 26: Robert Smith, James R. Williams, R. D. Coleman, Jr., Scrappy Wherry, Henry Stevens and Jimmie Harmon. Nov. 27: Franklin Armfield, Mrs. Jake Wise, Mrs. R. L. Lewis, Robert Pike Glymph, Caroline Single/, G. S. Parnell, Jeanette Waldrop and Mrs. Ralph Setzler. Nov. 28: Mrs. Minnie L. Clary, Mrs. Berley S. Werts and Mrs. M. W. (Anna Hart) Cheatham. Nov. 29: Mrs. William R. Brooks, Donald Rawls, Molly Partridge, Mary RilSy, Earl Ber gen, J. L. Counts, Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh, W. H. Shannon and Mrs. R. L. Lewis. Nov. 30: Patsy Ruth Morris, Mrs. Marion (Betty Jean Bax ter) Wiggins, S. C. Campbell, Ella Rae Kyzer, Alice Melva Shealy, L. B. Davis, and Kenny Davis. Dec. 1: H. J. Looney, Jr., Mrs. Joe Koon and daughter, Mary Pinner Koon, Frank Stewart, Tommy Tolbert,grandson of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Harmon, Mrs. Lindsay Koon, Mrs. Gerold C. O'Quinn, Mrs. J. C. Pitts, Mrs. Mary Nell Boozer, Trudy Todd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Todd and Mrs. Bill Boozer. Dec. 2: James Evans, Fred Rodelsperger, Dick Glymph, Clarence S. Hazel, Dave Hayes, Aubrey Harley, Rhoda Mills, Rosa Kilgore Tarrant, Frank Wilson, James M. Longshore and Walter Pitts. ' •:« .. ’I -I 1