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Civil Service Has
Opening For
Tax Collectors
The board of Civil Service Ex
aminers for the Internal Revenue
Service has announced an exami
nation for tax collectors (trainee)
GS-5 at an annual salary of $3410.
Applicants who are selected for
appointment will, after successful
completion of the six-month in-
service training program, be pro
moted to GS-7 positions with start
ing salary of $4205 per year.
Applications are being accepted
from young men between the ages
of 18 and 35 who have an account
ing or legal background or ex
perience in the investigation of
business or- commercial situations
involving: for example, complex
nsurance claims, defalcations, or
financial conditions of commercial
enterprise for purpose of credit
rating.
The positions are located in the
office of the district director of
Internal Revenue for the states of
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mis
sissippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Tennessee. Success
ful applicants will (be considered
first for vacancies in the state
of their residence and for vacan
cies in other states according to
the applicant’s stated preference.
Applications will be accepted un
til the needs of the service have
been met. Full information may be
obtained from the executive se
cretary, Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners for the Internal
Revenue Service, 822 Peachtree-
Seventh Building, Atlanta Georgia.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
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A WARNING
That fine new watermelon I've
been telling you about for the
past few years is being released
this year for the first time. You
recall it was named here at Clem-
son’s Farm and Home Week last
August, the Charleston Gray, by
Miss Universe, who was none
other than our own 4-H girl, Mir
iam Stevenson, from Fairfield
county.
During the several years it has
been tested over the state, some
seed of different strains of it have
gotten out. Many seed have 'been
produced from these that are un
reliable for two reasons. First,
Mr. Andrus was just testing out
the shipping quality of several
strains of this new melon he was
working on by furnishing enough
seed to county agents so a few
farmers could grow out and ship
car-loads of them. Most of these
were planted near other melons
and were mixed up, which didn’t
hurt the purpose for which they
were grown. And in some cases
even citron vines were noted in
and near these patches of melons.
They too did not hurt that crop
for shipping or eating. But those
citrons can play the mischief with
the next crop grown from such
seed.
I’m told a lot of such unreliable
seed were {froduced last summer.
Unless you get yours from a per
fectly reliable source this year,
you are liable to be badly disap
pointed with what you think are
Charleston Grays when you plant
’em.
There is a fair supply of the
real thing, grown in complete iso
lation from pure stock furnished
the Association Seed Growers by
the USDA Vegetable Breeding
Laboratory at Charleston. And, if
you plan to plant any of this most
vpromising' new watermelon this
year, you will do well to first
make sure of the purity of your
seed. The uncertain seed will be
on the market in abundance, Im
told. And the pure onesf will not
likely meet the demand. /
SWEET POTATOES
Is the sweet potato a vanishing
crop?
We made less ef ’em last year
than before the War Between the
States. And the production is still
headed downward.
Being a high labor crop andjthe
difficulty of putting good ones on
the market are the two apparent
causes for its decline. But in re
cent years, Glemson has been do
ing something about both of those
things.
Work on the full mechanization
of the sweet potato has progressed
far at the Edisto Station. Now
they are successfully set and
watered by* machines. And the
labor of harvesting hap been les
sened by a plow that lays at
least 90 percent of the potatoes
out on the furrow where you can
see them when you plow them up.
They still have to be picked up
and graded largely by hand, of
course.
Then on the quality side, some
years ago the Extension Service
brought two car-loads of the best
Louisiana seed stock in and coun
ty agents placed them with grow
ers in most counties of the state.
These were produced there by an
old South Carolina boy I was in
school with at Clemson, Dr. Julian
Miller of Lexington, now the em-
minent plant breeder of Louisiana
State University. In late years the
A & P sponsored 4-1^, Sweet Po
tato Production and Marketing
contest has done a lot to improve
potato, reduction in the state. I
went with the 11 winners to the
New York market In January.
The A & P Tea Company District
Manager said that car of sweet
potatoes they bought from these
boys then was the best one they
had ever handled. *
We saw those potatoes selling in
the Supermarkets of New York at
2 pounds for 27c. They had paid
186 for 2 pounds here by the car.
So that surely was not a big mark
up for transportation, handling,
retail costs and all. Butt folks, I
want to tell you that this puts
the sweet potato in the luxury
class ot foods. The A & P pack
ages most of their produce, and
we saw these potatoes put up in
2 pound celophane (bags up there.
And in some of them there were
but two potatoes, jjust good num
ber ones. And then some bags had
3 to 4 smaller potatoes. But right
bjf them you could get a pretty
good size bag of Irish potatoes for
that same 27c.
It sure looks like there is room
on the market, for more good
sweet potatoes than are being pro
duced. You will notice I said GOOD
potatoes. We already have too
many poor ones. And rough hand
ling can make poor ones out of
the best ones. “Handle them as
though they were eggs”, is the
advice of our man Hugh Bowers,
who knows what he is talking
PAGE SEVEN
If you leave your camp for a f or shirt and into the rucksack It
day of big-game hunting, chances
are that In addition to your rifle
goes.
It does not have to he any
thing elaborate. In fact, a gunny
you carry extra cartridges and a 8ack the middle of a short
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about.
Nqw is the time to bed the
potatoes out. Your county agent
can tell you about the first steps,
like treating the seed and soil,
spacing, fertilization, selecting the
land, etc.
Missus Tolliver, a cautious lady,
won’t let her son have a .22 just
at about the age when the govern
ment’s set to give him a howitzer.
Ideal water temperature tor
brook trout is usually considered
58 degrees F.—Sports Afield.
knife in your belt, you're wear
ing an extra jacket, and are carry
ing a camera and/or binocular
around your neck; in your pockets
are stuffed compass, handkerchief,
map, watch, smokes, extra film,
perhaps an exposure meter. '
You look and feel like a stuffed
Christmas tree. You puff and
grunt and swear along as you
climb a hill or tackle thick brush.
The straps ef your camera and
binocular are continually hanging
you up. Your heavy belt and stuff
ed pockets are becoming uncom
fortable and yon would like to
shed that jacket but have no place
to put it. '
Now all this equipment is quite
desirable on a day's hunting, but
your system of carrying it . is han
dicapping, uncomfortable and al-
t9gether out of date. Colonel
Townsend Whalen, famed camp
ing editor of Sports Afield maga
zine, says “I started out more
than 60 years ago carrying my
stuff more or less in this way un
til I noticed that all of the world’s
most experienced hunters (except
those accompanied by gunbearers)
carried such articles in a .little
rucksack on theis backs. I there
upon adopted this method and
have adhered to it ever since.”
Once yon have carried a light
rucksack for three or four days
afield you will never notice yon
have it with you—all discomfort
is gone. Nothing dangles or
batches, your belt does not re-
strict, and your pockets don»t
bulge. As you warm up from ex
ercise, off comes the extra jacket
rope tied to its mouth and th#
ends of the fope tied to the loWer
corners of the sack, thus making
shoulder straps, will fill the bill.
Camp outfitters have many model*
but those with two small pock&t»
on the outside of the big central
sack, and with leather instead ■ of
web shoulder straps, are the most
desirable. They are usually made
of light waterproof duck. If the
color is too near that of a deer,
simply baste a red bandanna over
the outside when hunting in dfeer
forests. ’
The. shoulder straps should ^6e
let out so the pack sags doyen
into the hollow of your back and
over half of its weight rests T on
your hips. Thus, its weight is 1 Aot
felt on your shoulders, and y&wr
center of gravity is low, so ydur
balance Is better.
CHICKEN BAR-B-CUE SUPPER
Chicken barbecue supber at Sil
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March 30. $1.50 per plate. Will
serve at 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the Junior and
Senior classes.
Cooked by W. C. “Bill* Pitt*.
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ODERN conveniences sure are
1Y1 wonderful—most oi the time.
Once in e while they’re awful In
convenient.
I recently had a trying experi
ence with a bathtub. When I was
growing up we used a little rubber
stopper to plug the outlet. Very
simple. Put in the stopper and turn
on the water. Pull out the plug
when you're through.
These days you flip a little han
dle from one side to the other to
keep water in or let it out. That’s
fine. The only trouble Is when you
are letting the water out inquisi
tive young fingers can reach down
and pull the stopper completely
out, along with about a foot of
hinged appendages. Just try put
ting it back in, brother, that’s all
I ask. It can be done, sure, but
it always takes me a full hour of
poking and manipulating.
A few days ago, I brought in
two mud-smeared children’ for a
bath. The stopper had been re
moved from the tub. I tried slip
ping it in gently. Wouldn’t go. I.
twisted, turned, pushed, still no
results, as four muddy feet were
tracking up the entire house.
I pushed and twisted, tried put
ting soap on the opening. No re
sults. Finally, in desperation, I
slammed down hard, jamming the
plug and closing the outlet.
After the baths, I had to get a
screw driver and work some more.
I had jammed so hard that the
outlet wouldn’t open to let £ie wa
ter out. I
I’m spending my spare time
looking for a rubber stopper to fit
the outlet. Next time out, she stays
out.
S UITS can be kept hi better con
dition It they are hung, brushed
and aired frequently than if sent
to the cleaners. A flat suit brush
used often will remove hidden dirt,
lift the fibers to their original tex- f
hire and lengthen the life of the
suit •
Keep all your extra buttons in a
glass jar rather than a box. Whan
you want buttons you can select
those you want immediately in tee
jar rather than plowing through
the whole assortment - *
Give your shoes a* rest between
weayings and aUteraate two pairs
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
(Makes 6-8)
1 7-ounce can tuna, flaked
Vt cup sweet pickle relish
1 cup fine bread crumbs
1 egg, slightly beaten
V« cup milk
V« teaspoon salt
Combine tuna, relish and bread
crumbs. Mix well. Add egg, milk
and salt. Blend thoroughly.
Shape into patties and fry in fat
in hot skillet until golden brown.
Serve immediately.
whenever possible. Let them air
after taking off, store with shoe
trees to keep them in shape, and
polish and buff frequently.
Daily brushing is good for hats,
brush the brim and crown counter
clockwise, following the nap. Turn
brim up all the way around and
take the crease out of the crown.
This keeps the crown in shape.
Washcloths win last longer if you
turn back the edges and stitch on
the sewing machine while they’re
still new. No fraying!
Whisk brooms which you use on
clothing can be stiffened by dipping
up and down in hot water to which
baking soda has been added. Shake
out excess moisture and dry thor
oughly before using.
To press woolens most easily with
a c, eam iron and still prevent
shine, fit the iron with a “shoe” of
muslin material and thus do away
with a pressing cloth. /
What about our savings
We have two types of savings
Federal Savings and Loan Investment Certificates on
which the dividend is mailed each six months. Current
rate of dividend—3%. Issued for $100.00 or multiples
thereof.
Savings plan by Pass Book on which the current rate of
dividend is 3%. If the dividend is not withdrawn same
will be compounded.
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beauty and
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Each account is Federally insured up to $10,000.00
NEWBERRY FEDERAL
Savings & Loan Ass’n.
ASSETS OYER $7,000,000.00
1223 College Street
JOHN F. CLARKSON, President
M. O. SUMMER
E. B. PURCELL
Telephone 246
DIRECTORS
J. F. CLARKSON
J. K. WILLINGHAM
Newberry, S. C.
J. K. WILLINGHAM, See’y-Treas.
G. K. DOMINICK
W. C. HUFFMAN