The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 06, 1955, Image 7
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 1955
THE NEWBERRY SUN
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
FAIR TIME
Fall—Fair time again!
Have you looked over the prem
ium list of your local or State
fair?
Standing around at fairs and
looking at exhibits, I often hear
someone say, “Oh, I had one bet
ter than that.” And maybe they
did. But why not bring it out
“where folks can see it. And, re
member, there is a little money in
it too if it is better.
Fair exhibits can serve a great
purpose, that is, if folks will
"bring them out. They do or should
show things that meet the best
market standards. Once we had
false ideas about a product to
wrin at a fair with. The biggest
usually won. Not so now. I re
member many years ago we wrote
into the Sumter fair premiuih list,
where I was county agent, some
thing like this: “By ‘best* in this
premium list is not necessarily
meant biggest, but that size and
quality of product that best meets
market demands.” And I think al
most all fairs have this idea em
bodied in their premium lists now.
Good fair exhibits teach al es-
son. And the exhibitor can win
some money on them too. Your
county agent can likely help you
make your selections. This- has
been a pretty good crop year, and
it will not be hard to get up some
good exhibits on many farms.
Study the premium lists and se
lect what you can show.
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
The Bethel community up in
York sure has an aggressive im
provement program under _ way.
Assistant County Agents Fant and
Williams are helping them with
it.
The folks have erected 250 neat
metal mailbox holders, with
name plates attached. Also 10 neat
signs on the highways, as you
enter the community, welcoming
you. They bought the old school
building and moved it* to the river,
where they are developing a com
munity recreation area.
Garbage Is not dumped around
at various places there anymore.
They selected some bad gullies
that needed filling. There garbage
is dumped until the gully is filled.
Then it is bulldozed over with soil
and sodded down.
All cattle in the community have
been tested for both Bangs and T.
B. Just a few reactors were found
and these were gotten rid of. They
had a garden contest and a com
munity clean-up week that gave
things a new look.
At community meetings they
discuss and organize for action
on their problems. A talent hunt
program adds entertainment to
their meetings. They have built a
community tennis court, fixed up
four churches and old cemeteries
and improved their school play
ground.
The 147 4-H club members in
that community are all in health
improvement program. In 1939
the 4-H members set a third of an
acre of pines at their school. This
year they were thinned, getting
5.5 cords of pulpwood that brought
$58 net. The past year they have
built 11 new homes and 15 river
cabins.
Behind such outstanding com
munity activity there is always a
leader. In this case, without a
doubt, it is Mrs. F. L. Baird. She
was on the community improve
ment program at Clemson’s Farm
and Home week the past August.
Dozens of other communities
over South Carolina are actively
engaged in similar improvemen.t
It goes further than the things
listed above. A better farm in
come is at the core of it. The
county and home agents . work
closelywith the folks in these or
ganized communities.
Fairfield has 6 of these organ
ized communities all doing well,
according to County Agent Lynn.
IRIGATION INTEREST
Irrigation interest grows. Not
only here in South Carolina, but
all over the rainfall belt where I’ve
been or heard from.
At Clemson’s recent Farm and
Home week a total of l4 major
irrigation firms had exhibits here
and demonstrated their equipment
in the feld. That was a far call
from just a few years ago when
there were none.
In considering irrigation, an ad
equate source of water is the first
thing to look for. Many of our
farms do not have it now. But
some do. And it is for these to
think a little further and have
some competent engineer design a
system.
Irrigation costs something and
takes considerable labor. One
needs to realize this and then plan
and plant for yields that will jus
tify it all. Those who have done
all of this right are pleased with
the results.
Straight Talk
By TOM ANDERSON
In Farm and Ranch
President Eisenhower came
down from all the sweet talk at
“the Sumuftit” a bigger man. (So
far.) After the Geneva Confer
ence the almost unanimous opin
ion, worldwide,- is that Eisenhow-
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er made the biggest contribution
to the conference. The world is
impressed by his simple honesty,
his grasp of the problems, his good
will, and his determination to
meet Russia halfway, and no fur
ther.
We can rest assured that Ge
neva was no Yalta and no Pots
dam; that President Eisenhower
made no secret agreements giving
away American rights and prop
erty; that there was no re-divid
ing and carving up of the world’s
real estate; ho bartering of inno
cent peoples from one nation to
another^ no more leaders telling
us “Good Old Joe” and the Krem
lin just “need to understand us”
while letting them gobble up a
good part of the world.
This was a non-secret Summit,
attended by Americans who’re
for America first; • Americans
who’re neither^ Communist sympa
thizers, one-worlders, nor ego
maniacs.
I cannot share the general en
thusiasm for Eisenhower’s pro
posal: You let us photograph all
your atomic plants from the air
and we’ll let you photograph ours
—and we’ll swap blueprints of all
military bases. Seems to me it
should have been completely ob
vious to the world that we would
have done that anytime.*We would
have practically everything to
lose by such a plan. The Russians
would probably learn little by
photographing ours. The Commun
ists probably know far more
about our atomic installations
than the American people do. We
have few secrets. But an effective^
co-inspection system would have
to take in a lot more than just
an exchange of blueprints and
aerial photography. That would be
a mere beginning.
Even if we could photograph
their war plants, we couldn’t pho
tograph their evil minds. They
spent six days talking about new
agreements. Out of fifty-two
agreements signed by Russia since
1933, fifty have been broken. Can
we make real agreements with
butchers who’ve murdered mil
lions because they disagreed?
We would be foolish not to try
every honorable avenue to peace.
But we must never again forget
that the Communists are—unti
they prove otherwise—our num
ber one enemy. The only thing
they revere is force. (Our lead
ers forgot or didn’t realize that
during World War II.) And we
must never forget that our Allies
haven’t changed either. Britain’s
the same old Britain: Looking out
for the British Empire, period. It’s
tragic that we didn’t have leaders
during the past fifteen years tak
ing care of America first—like
Churchill took care of England.
If the Russian leaders are sin
cere, why shouldn’t they allow a
free discussion inside all coun
tries, of the causes of disagree
ment and distrust, and let the
world decide who’s right? Why
not a free flow of travelers and
information? Instead of jamming
the Voice of America, why not let
us broadcast anything we want to
in return for the same privilege?
Why have an Iron Curtain? No
noncommunist nation has one.
They won’t even discuss freeing
the Soviet-held nations of Eastern
Europe. -
If the Russians had been really
sincere, they’d have agreed to
talk about unifying Germany, and
freeing the millions they’ve en
slaved as “satellites.” The Krem
lin still aims to neutralize Ger
many, wreck NATO and for6e all
foreigners — especially Americans
—out of Europe.
Who else but Russia is an ag
gressor? Russia hypocritically
coos coexistence while undermin
ing all existing non-communist
governments by any possible
means.
Only on the Russian side is
there a determination that one
idea—Communism—'Shall conquer
the whole world.
Long-Range Aim Is Still to
Destroy Us
Why the sudden soft Russian
attitude? Russia, is seems, is hav
ing economic troubles. The supply
of food and goods is not enough to
go around. The people are restless
and unhappy. That goes for both
the Russians and the conquered
peoples under the Kremlin rule.
Russia desperately needs to devote
less of her efforts to making
death* weapons, so she can pro
duce more necessities of life.
Before the atomic bomb, man
power was highly important, and
on Russia’s side. In Russia, men
are cheap but nuclear weapons
are expensive and with its limit
ed industry Russia is having a
rough time keeping up in the
arms race.
The Russian rape of the world
will doubtless continue—bpt, for a
time, honeyed words will replace
brute force. Their' program is a
paper-program which they can go
back on anytime. They won’t
even discuss freeing the Soviet-
held nations of Eastern Europe.
Soviet leaders had believed the
Marxist-Lenin line that Capital
ism would collapse — in fact,
they thought America would go
into a terrific depression after the
war. We’ve had the world’s great
est prosperity. They’ve had stag
nation. So, is there any mystery
in their changed" attitude toward
the free world? Is there any
doubt about their lifting the Iron
Curtain? They can’t afford to. If
the masses of the Soviet empire
learned the truth they would re
volt and renounce Communism—
und their leaders.
Unless and until the leaders of
the Kremlin repudiate their
twenty-eight year old determina
tion to destroy the non-Commun-
ist world, there can be no real
peace.
Does Geneva, and the little Ge
nevas that will probably follow,
mean long years of peace? Not at
all—it merely means Russia needs
a breathing spell. The Russians
want peace—on their own terms
and at the time which suits them.
There is a big question as to
whether Communists talking
peace are less / dangerous than
Communists talking war.
Therefore, we’d be foolish to
let up now and give Russia time
to catch her breath, get renewed
strength, and renew the attack
at her convenience. Let up? On
the contrary we should pour it
on—like a prizefighter who has his
man’on the ropes. This is for the
world’s championship—and its a
fight to the death.
Bonds. Notes and Interest
Hospital
The following are the authorized special levies for the variou* tax-
districts of the County, together with the general levy:
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or before October 31, 1955.
On and after January 1, 1956 the penalties prescribed by law wSD bw
imposed on unpaid taxes.
You are requested to call for your taxes by tax districts in which the
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