Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.' THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1965 SUN FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Cl«m««n Ext«n»4«n Information tpoolallot ' m : ^ *-•> V>> IT RAINED! After four dry yean, Chester, like most other counties, can sin* a cheerful ^tune again. Listen to County Agent Wylie: “Cheater county will reach a 'new high this year in the amount of roughage put up for livestock feed. Quite a few farmers hare dug trench siloe to take care of excess grazing and silage crops. Hay crops are good too due to the good season/’ The old story! The average farmer has the know-how for making good yields. And he can make 'em, yes. If He Gets the Water! No wonder there is widespread interest in irrigation. Survey care* fully, folks, for an adequate wat er source first. Finding that, you are ready to move. Otherwise, ir rigation is not yet for you. Our extension engineer and your SCS technician can help you determine your prospect HARDY THINGS The hard freeze on the night of J&arch 26, and those that followed for several nights, gave us an idea of the more hardy things in the yard. This caff be used as a sort of guide for future plantings. In our yard I observed these things: Our large cape jasmine or gar denia was completely defoliated and died back to the ground. No blooms at all this year, but it has sprouted out from near the ground and is a nice bush again now. Leaves of hollyhock killed. But they came back and it bloomed normally. Violets were not hurt nor were pansies. Tea and semi-climbing roses singed hack and bloom buds killed. Very few blooms from sec ondary' shoot that came out. Doro thy Perkins rambler In full leaf, not hurt, and later bloomed pro fusely. Sweet peas killed back to ground. But sprouted out and bloomed well. Neither lilac blooms nor leaves hurt. And tulips in bloom were not hurt. Cultivated hollies were in bloom. All blooms killed and bushes severely (lam- aged. Cut away dying branches al season. New growth looks healthy now. Tea olive and banana shrub rather severely damaged, much dead wood cut out along during summer as it showed up, no blooms, but they recovered and made good new growth in late summer. Tea alive bloomed in falL Breath-of-spring not hurt at all and continued blooming normally. Shasta daisies killed backk, but new bloom buds came and pretty flowers resulted. Iris singed but bloomed and hearts-ease net burl even though in full bloom. Japan ese magnolia defoliated, but not otherwise hurt. No blooms. Snow ball in bud, not hurt. Large flowering pomegranates were in almost full leaf, killed to the ground, but came out vigorous ly. Pink spirea killed completely. Camellia and azalea bushes strangely not hurt but flower buds all killed. Sasanquas not hurt at all. WHEAT As with most things, wheat va rieties have been, greatly improv ed in recent years. And & lot of disease resistance has been bred into them. Good yields of wheat are not uncommon now in all parts of the state. I’ve even seen it in sight of the ocean in our coastal country. With the old wheats that wasn’t possible. / There are several of these rath er new wheats. Your county agent can tell you the ones best .suited to your area. Certified seed of them all are available, according to Bob Garrison, our better seed man. Recommended varieties are: Anderson, Coker 47-27, Taylor, Coastal, and Atlas. November is the time to plant wheat here. Clemson recommends 400 to 600 pounds of complete fer tilizer under it, and a bushel and a half of treated seed per acre drilled in on firm seedbed. Then 30 to 50 pounds of nitrogen per acre should be applied Jn the spring when growth begins. SETTING TREES AND SHRUBS The best time to set trees and shrubs that shed their leaves is any time after frost knocks them off. The sooner the better then. They can be transplanted on out into late winter. But early set ones BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER The blacksmith shop, at' the foot of the hill below our house in the Stone Hills, carries many memories. There I played much as a kid, watched the sparks fly, and heard the men talk politics. One of the big. jobs there was the building and^ repair of buggy and wagon wheels. *The Minty rocks were not long fa. wearing steel tires out They would be shrunk and tightened on the rims several times during their life. But when they got just too thin for further use, they were discarded. The blacksmith saved most of them as strap iron for varied uses. But occasionally one was so worn as to be useless for this. And these were the rare ones ire got. We prized them highly. Every boy had his old buggy or wagon tire. As we grew up we graduated from the light buggy Ure to the heavier wagon one. We would roll them for endless hours. A short stick held against it pushed it along, and we'd run long distances with it Unless we watched close and were skilled at it, that turning tire would drift over and skin the aide of ouy tend to live and grow off better, as they have the dormant winter season ahead to get firmly estab lished ; in the ground. Evergreens are a bit different. They can be reset any time after frost, too. But later plantings of,,them usually do better, out in late winter and very early spring, just before growth starts. hand with its frayed edge. But after a stlckk was used a long tim* a groove was worn in it That kept the tire from drifting over and cutting the side of the hand. I don't know why we never thought to cut a notch in the stickk for that same purpose. But maybe we thought that would be sissy, we’d take the chance. As we’d go running down the road or path, pushing our tire, imagination ran riot and we im agined it was a rushing locomo tive, belching smoke, fire, steam/ and finders from, every seam. We could guide It perfectly with that stick. But sometimes it would out run us down the steeper hills and take off down through the woods or field. Yes, toys were few then. But we kids of the stone hills made ours from the things that lay around. BEADS LROION . . J. Adding- tea Wagner, 41, Battle Creek <Hch.) lawyer, was ekes— by Legten at Miami Baptist Hospital To Be Enlarged COLUMBIA. Oct 27.—A record growth posted by the South Caro lina Baptist Hospital in the past 12 years is expected to enter Its greatest era yet in the next 12 months. It will be ir. the undertaking of a new building program in the proportions of two million dollars. The projected new structure is a nine-story, 300-bed building that will become the principal feature of the hospital planf currently lo cated in downtown Columbia. The Baptist Hospital, owned and operated by the Baptist denomina tion in South Carolina, already has three landmarks of expansion on its record since 1944. The Whiteside Building was constructed at a cost of $430,000; the Lily Hardin Home at a cost of $395,000; and a Central Heating plant at a cost of $260,000 — all since 1944. During these same years—from 1944 through 1953—the hospital rendered services to charity pa tients totalling $1,076,633.31. “The projected new building will give us even . greater opportuni ties for service to our denomina tion and to the people of our state,” declares the Rev. W. M. Whiteside, superintendent - treas urer of the hospital since 1918. I*. • Here Friday and ready to mill The hot one*s even hotter! the 56 Chevrolet New models—all with bold new Motoramic Styling. More models—including two new 4-door hardtops and two new 9-passenger station wagons. New excitement under the hood—up to 205 horsepower and 9J25 to 1 compression ratio. This—remember—is the car that broke the Pikes Peak record in a history-making, pre- production trial. Come on in, look it over and try it out I They're sitting in our showroom right now champing at the bit. For these *66 Chevrolets were born with an urge to go places! Look at that bigger, xwider, more massive grille. Follow that lower speedline of chrome back to those sassy, high-set taillights (the one on the left swings down to uncover the gas cap!) V8 or 6—19 Models in 3 Series • Any kind of model anyone could want! Your choice of the new “Blue- Flame” 6 with 140 h.p. and new higher compression or Chevrolet's record-breaking V8 power ranging up to a new high of 205 h.p. and 9.25 to 1 compression ratio! Auto matic, and comfort and safety fea tures? Chevrolet offers all of them. Come, drive the *56 Chevrolet! i KEMPER CHEVROLET COMPANY , 1515-1517 Main St Newberry, S. C. First place winners in the Fine Art Department and tho Cooked Food department of the Newberry County Fair are listed below: Fine Art Department Mrs. G. L. Halfacre, Mrs. Eva Bullock, Mrs. Henry W. Reiser, Pat Wilsky, Mrs. D. A- Browne, Elizabeth Blalock Phillips. Jr. Fine Arts and Crafta Charcoal, Walter Summer, Alice Price, Marcia Mills; Water Colors, Wayne Mills, Marcia Mills; Pastel, Bill Shealy, Marfcia Mills; Pencil, Margaret MoCarrell; Oil, Pat Rayffeld, Cyril Mayer; Miscellaneous, Mary Beth Reg- nery; Figurines, Marcia Mills, Alice Price, Pat Rayfleld. t Cooked Food Department Mrsj, Hubert Carlisle, loaf cake, coconut cake; Mrs. R. I. Willing ham, dark fruit cake, pound cake, chocolate cake; Mrs. Sallie Shealy, angel food cake, devils food cake, caramel cake. Ice box oookles, brownies; Mr*. Cora Taylor^ L*dy Baltimore cake; Mrs. H. E. Biek- ley and Mrs. Grady Half acre, best not listed; Mrs. H. W. Lominick, cup cakes, lemon pie; Linda Stone, best not listed, apple pie; Eliza beth Cullnm, cherry pie; Mrs. H. E. Bickiey, loaf bread; Mrs. H. W. Lominick, biscuit, drop biscuit. Children's Cooked Food Lynn Oswald, chocolate cake; Anita Fay Killian, caramel cake; Joan Kunkle, any other filling; Elizabeth Ruff, Jced cup cakes; Judith Halfacre, cup cakes not Iced, brownies, Ice box cookies; Kathy Sease, rolls. Homecoming For Furman Alumni GRENVILLE, Oct. 26 — Forman University alumni from Newberry county have a special Invitation to attend the annual Homecoming Day festivities on the Furman' campus' Saturday, Oct 29, Preai dant John L. Plyler said today. About 1000 alumni from all parte of South Carolina and neighboring states are expected to visit the campus for the Homecoming acti vities. Alumni will be guests of the University at an annual alumni luncheon in the Men’s Casnpui dining,hall. Other events schedul ed for the day include a band con cert, colorful exhibits by a num ber of student organizations, crowning of the Homecoming Queen, and the football tilt be tween Furman and North Carolina State College. About 60 former Furman Uni versity students now live in Newberry county. itatiTtr "o'i(> fc*ir-r if.-? r+ftffjlf -M. \ ti it. • -*v TINT SUB . . . U. 8. Navy's first eraw ef five and win be used te U la American coastal peris. ^ ‘ • •/.t . ■•***'■ *’ 1+nW' XJ. .4. i ..>» mi 9tt« *— H 1 PLACE YOUR ACCOUNT RTTR US. Savings—Investments—Trust Funds Liberal Dividends Paid Semi-Annually Open Your Account In Person or, by Mail H “Save Where Hundreds Save Millions” BUILDING and LOAN SOUTH DIRECTORS Ralph B. Baker R. Aabrey Hailey J. Dave Caldwell rnomas jdu Pinckney N, Abrams Loals C. 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