Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm/ wm Wig*#?: :m„ ■■ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954 ■m* Hi THE NEWBERRY SUN ■ ■■■— ;■ • .v' HAPPINESS bright*!* yoor CHRISTMAS — 7 y ood remain with you through the days of the New Year. £ T. Roy Summer FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist mrnm c\iy*% FARMS ND FOLKS Watershed Projects To control erosion and its many evils, and to conserve valuable V water, efforts are now being di rected to whole watersheds at places here and there. A demon stration area of this sort has been placed here near Clemson in Pick : ens county on the Twelve Mile creek watershed. All appropriate agencies are working with the landowners in that area and many ideas for watershed improvement are being initiated there. The government helps by doing some of the larger things needed on A sort of matching basis with what the individual farms do. Up* in Oconee county, County Agent Morgan tells me they have been working on the Coneross creek watershed for a similar or ganized effort at erosion control and water management. The Bush River community in Newberry and Laurens counties has its plan already approved. v Leaders in conservation feel that this watershed approach is the thing, if we are to stop ero sion, prevent silting* of streams, and get more benefits and less damage from the water that falls. With The Agents Mellette of Aiken says; ’’Many well; “Yields of sweet potatoes vere not large but grade and qual ity were fine.” Cain of CalhOun: “Drought cut our soy bean yields to from two to teii bushels per acre. Early seeded pastures all had to be planted over, and most of the early rye was killed by the hot dry weather.” Livingston of Dillon; “Close to a hundred interested folks at tended our irrigation school the last of October. Many irrigation ponds are being dug at the pres ent time.” Asst: Agent Brown of Dillon; “Francis Bryant and Milford Mears ptit on their 4-H sweet po tato grading demonstration as a part of the program at each of the Granges in the cdtunty.” , Asst. Agent McNair of Sumter: “The farm page in the local paper continues to be of interest weekly. Each Friday some timely phase of agriculture is featured accom panied by pictures.” Grainger of Clarendon; We are feeling the pinch of a corn and forage crop failure due to . the drought.” Cannon of Lancaster; “Olin Helms says he paid for his irri gation- outfit with vegetables the past dry summer. Our rat pois- i Calvin Crozier UDC Holds Regular Meet The regular meeting of the Calvin Crozier chapter, of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy was held on Tuesday night December 14 at the home of Mrs. Thompson Price. The associate hostesses were Mrs. A. C. Garling- ton and Mrs. A. T. Neely. Mrs. F. Scott Elliot, president, presided over the business session which followed the ritual. Reports were given by officers and chairmen. The president read various items from the Division V f r .-i ' •: .'* We value highly our friends... and wish for all a Christmas of lasting happiness. : v# acres of early grazing crops came I oning campaign is an annual af- up and died from drought.” | fair, with both the towns and t£e Sheley of Barnwell; “A two ‘ farms participating.” acre field of Coastal Bermuda ‘ Interest Grows, grass established only last spring [ No wonder irrigation interest ds cut 6 tons of hay, despite the growing fast. Just look at a few great drought.” I results and you won’t wonder why. Assistant Agent Sams of Barn-1 County Agent Jackson of Will iamsburg gave me the record of T. O. Baxley of Indiantown. On the tobacco that he irrigated he made 2,498 pounds per acre. It sold for $1,607.32 per acre. That not irrigated made 1,398* pounds per acre. And it sold for $600.36 per acre. No wonder, as Jackson said, there will be at lease 50 more irrigation outfits in action there in 1955. While with County Agent Gray of Darlington* I saw one of their leading farmers, Ed Howie. I asked him how his irrigation had turned out the past summer. He said it had added $600 per acre to his tobacco crop. Aqd Ed has a lot of tobacco. His irrigated corn made 65 bushels per acre, while the rest made nothing,'“maybe 6 bushels per acre” he said. Drought not only dried up their crops, but their once Ihrlvlng hog market too at Kingstrde, according to County Agent Jackson. Yet fine corn was noted at those few places oveT the drought- stricken state where water was added. No wonder interest &rows fast in irrigation. We don’t know much about it yet. But we do know it pays and pays well on most crops. Experiment and experience are gradually bringing us ■ the know how and the answers. And, as .this information increases, we will get better and better results i from the water we have. OES CHAPTER HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY Following the regular meeting of Newberry Chapter 226, Order of the Eastern Star, 38 members of the chapter and their guests as sembled at the Youth Renter for a Christmas party. Those present enjoyed a chick en salad buffet supper. After the supper, games and dancing were enjoyed and Christmas gifts were exchanged. The Youth Center was decorat ed for the occasion with Christmas greens, a Christmas tree and can dles. Special guests of the chapter were Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dufford. Mrs. Sam Beam is Worthy Ma tron of the Ch^ptec. and Mr. Beam is Worthy Patron. News Sheet, among which was the awarding to the. third vice- president of the South Carolina Division the Anne Flagg-'Harvey loving cup at the General Conven- tioh. The cup was awarded for gaining the most new members of the Children of the Confederacy'-on a percentage basis. The Newberry chapter helped in a large measure to win this distinction. At the conclusion of the busi ness, Mrs. W. H. Tedford, of the historical committee, introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. R. D. Wright, who told In an interesting way some of the highlights of the general UDC convention which was held recently in Roanoke, Virginia. Mrs. Wright mentioned speakers who appeared on the program as being particularly well informed and interesting. Sheespecially commended the address by Judge Ben W. Fortson, Secretary of the State of Georgia, on “Stonewall Jackson for the Hall of Fame.” As a Christmas project, chapter members will contribute a new dollar bill for each, of the forty- two ladies at the Confederate home in Columbia. ' An enjoyable social half hour was held during which delicious refreshments were served. i Heller’s Service Station George W. Heller William Heller Robert Yon 2604 Main Street Newberry, S. C. WAIT... i A s M0LL0H0N PLANT-S SOME MORE! A sincere hope that the cheer of the holi days will mark each day of the New Year is but a part of our wish to you. May our friendship grow stronger as we serve you throughout the coming year. NEWBERRY HOTEL BARBER SHOP; CALDWELL STREET CITY BARBER SHOP 1416 MAIN STREET Because we are grateful for this community, we would like wish: .K - 0 : ’: * v ., There is no time quite like Christmas for remembering the friendships we cherish and there are no wishes like the old tried and true one— A Merry Christmas to all. May you have loads more greetings to brighten your Holiday. [On College St. Texaco Station LEROY WILSON 1301 College Street Newberry, S. C. FRANK LOMINACK’S HARDWARE • /»• Newberry, S. C. ' m ••MX*:-.-:-.-::-:*: lif mi m mm ■ ■ ■ ■ m imm mm mrnm ms, mm m : /'