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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1956
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE FIVE
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Watershed Project Must Prove
To Be Economica lly Justified
Before government funds can
be obtained to help with construe*
tion of a project such as the Bush
River watershed, it must be de
termined that the project will be
^economically justified.” Given
the job of determining whether
the Bush River watershed will
pay its own way to the extent re
quired is H. D. Hammond, eco
nomist with the watershed sur
vey party now in Newberry w'ork-
ing out a watershed plan. The
benefits to be derived from any
portion of the watershed work
must exceed more than half of
the cost of construction.
To find whether phases of the
plan are justified, Mr. Hammond
must determine present usage of
lands on and above Bush river
and its territories, past damage
to bottomlands and future intend
ed use of the territory if a water
shed is undertaken.
As an example, one proposed
dam site is on the property of T.
O. Stewart near the intersection
of Harrington and Hunt streets.
The cost of the dam and con
struction must be obtained, then
Mr. Hammond interviews all land
owners who would benefit by con
struction of the dam to prevent
flooding. He determines what use
will be made of the “restored’^
lands which had been subject to
flooding, and if he finds the po
tential benefit resulting from
building the dam would be greater
than fifty per cent of the cost of
construction, this particular por
tion of the watershed project
would be “economically justified.”
This general plan is followed by
Mr. Hammond throughout the en
tire watershed, where work such
as flood control structures, chan
nel widening and clearing is to
be undertaken.
The types of benefits evaluated
by the economists include elimi
nation of damage by flooding to
crops, pasture, minor fixed im
provements, such as fences and
bridges, and urban property in
the watershed; restoration to for
mer use of floodplains; conserva
tion benefits, planting land with
sericea, kudzu and such cover
crops to prevent washing; and
sediment damage benefits.
In discussing the cost of a wat
ershed, Mr. Hammond advised
that the public law which gives
government aid to such projects
provides that the government will
pay for “unidentifiable work”
such as correction of sediment
damage; and that land owners in
the area will pay for “identifiable
work” such as flood control struc
tures and channel widening and
clearing.
When the Watershed Plan is
finally completed by the survey
party, the engineers estimate the
cost and the economist divides the
“identifiables” from the “uniden-
tifiables” thereby determining the
share to be paid by the govern
ment and by the local land own
ers. Once the plan is completed,
it may be changed by the people
in the Watershed area, and when
nally approved, it is sent
to the Secretary of Agriculture
for approval. Before sending the
plan to Washington, the people
may take the estimated cost of
construction and submit a “coun
ter-proposal” requesting the gov
ernment to pay more than the
amount estimated as “unidentifi
able costs”, giving reasons t o
support the counter - proposal.
When and if the cost to the local
citizens on the Watershed is ap
proved by the citizens, it is again
sent to the Secretary of Agricul
ture, and if approved, is sent to
Congress for the necessary -ap
propriation.
It is estimated that several
• months longer will be required to
complete the Plan and have it
ready to submit to Washington.
The project, if undertaken, will
require five years for completion.
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H. D. HAMMOND and C. L. LESTER discuss proper land treat
ment procedures to prevent erosion on lands in the Bush River
Watershed. The picture is made on the lands of Mr. Lester on the
Hartford Road. Mr. Hammond is economist with the watershed
survey party working in Newberry. (Sirnphoto by Doris A. Sanders.)
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WIDE, WONDERFUL
d) WORLD
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By FRANKLIN J. MEINE
■’iitor. The American Peoples
Encyclopedia
| OTHERS-IN-LAW had a bad
-/I time of it with early Amer
ican Indian tribes. There was a
tabu which forbade a man to
have any communication with or
Smokey Says:
MABpy
ao^iocL.
Every smoke that goes into an ash
tray is a contribution to forest fire
prevention.
even to look at his wife’s mother,
and vice versa. This was true of
the Plains tribes, the Navaho and
Apache.
• • *
Although Timothy Dexter, an
eccentric American merchant,
acquired a large fortune as a
leather dresser and in various
business transactions, he wasn’t a
very good author. He died in 1806,
with the self-appointed title oi
•‘Lord.” At his home in Newbury-
port he built a baroque mansion,
on the grounds of which he erected
a number of wooden statues of
celebrated people, including him
self. Almost entirely illiterate,
he wrote a curioua book entitled
‘‘A Pickle for the Knowing Ones.”
In answer to those who complained
of the lack of punctuation, he
appended to the second edition
a page of punctuation marks and
his advice to readers to "pepper
and salt it as they please.”
mi Do Itl
THE
HARD
WAY?
IT S SO E-A-S-Y TO SEU WITH
AN AD IN THIS NEWSPAPER AND
YOU'LL REACH
MORE PEOPLE...
•jntoKey Says:
Igod's LITTLE HELPER
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look.smokev-
PWNTEP a TREE!
FRIENDSHIP TRIP . . . Wally
Byam and his wife, of Los Ange
les, head a European good-will
tour of 42 American families in
60 trailers.
HARPV
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. . only God can make a tree! ,,
BEATS ADLAI . . . Supporters cheer Sen. Estes Kefauver in Minne
apolis after he won 26 of 30 votes in Minnesota presidential pri
mary election.
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AT
IY HELEN HALE
H ANG a small decorative vase
near your work desk or tele
phone and fill with pencils, pen
and pad so you can always jot
things down when you need them.
A cork or pegboard is nice to
teck in the kitchen so you can
tack reminders, business cards,
etc. in a convenient place.
Thin- pipe cleaners can be
snipped into two or three inch
lengths to be used as fksteners
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Applesauce Nut Cake
(Makes 1 8-inch cake)
% cup nuts, chopped
Vi cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups sifted all-purpoj*. u
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
teaspoon nutmeg '
V« teaspoon cloves
1 cup thick applesauce
Cream shortening with sugar,
add unbeaten egg and mix
thoroughly. Sift together flour,
salt, soda and spices. Add al
ternately to creamed mixture
with applesauce. Stir in nuts.
Spread in 2 greased 8-inch
layer cake pans. Bake in mod-
jrate (350°F.) oven for 20 to
.5 minutes. Frost with butte,
cream or fluffy frosting, aftei
cooling.
YOUTH DELEGATE . . . Mar
ilyn Graves, 19, 4-H clubber of
Hebron, Miss., represents 8 mil
lion teen-age American girls at
Paris International Teen - Age
Conference.
HIDE, WONDERFUL
WORLD
illumination. This is the illumina
tion produced by the light frpm
a one-candle power source falling
on a surface at the distance of one
foot.
* * *
Job’s tears have nothing to do
with sadness or misery. It is *
corn plant of India. It sometimes
rises to the height of eight feet,
with the stout habits of maize,
to which it is botanically allied.
The name is derived from the
tear-like form of the hard, shining,
bluish-white seeds, which are
sometimes made into bracelets
and necklaces, and are also an
article of food.
» • *
Casey Jones, hero of a popular
ballad about a train wreck, is
generally identified as John Luther
Jones, who was born in 1864 in
Missouri or Kentucky. On April
30, 1900, near Vaughan, Miss.,
he was killed in a wreck when
his engine crashed into the rear
of a freight train. Shortly after
the wreck a roundhouse worker
composed the song. Casey was
buried at Jackson, Tenn. A bronze
tablet was dedicated to him at
Cajce, Ky., in 1938.
for plastic bags in which you store
clothing or foods. They're much
easier to attach than rubber bands.
Keep a large clean powder puff
in the flour canister so you'll have
it handy for dusting on the rolling
pin or pastry cloth.
When using pliers to grip small
items, to bend or grip wire, apply
the serrated edge of the tip of the
pliers for the job and they won’t
slip.
Hang a mesh bag or old pillow
case on the back of the door
where you keep cleaning things.
It's handy for holding vacuum
cleaner attachments as well as a
supply of cleaning cloths.
CITIZENS URGED . . .
(Continued from page 1)
est overseas tour in 1952, she has
been stationed at Fort Benning,
Ga. and Fort Jackson. During
this period, she served on special
assignments, as associate Red
Cross Field Representative dur
ing the Fund campaign in South
Carolina in 1955, and in the same
capacity in North Carolina in
1956 with headquarters at South
ern Pines. When the South Caro
lina coast was threatened by hur
ricanes Connie, Diane and lone
last year, she Was appointed Red
Cross liaison officer to the gov
ernor’s office by the Disaster Re
lief Operations of the Red Cross.
Miss Ellesor stated that the
Red Cross services are not limit
ed to military personnel. During
the period immediately following
the second war, she served as di
rector of home service in Ger
many and Austria. During the
war, she was special representa
tive, attached to the State De
partment, on the Gripsholm, the
ship used for diplomatic exchange
of prisoners of war.
Her work has taken her to
England, France, Germany, Aus
tria, Italy, Greece, Egypt, India,
the Philippines and Japan. She
was in Japan at the outbreak of
the Korean conflict, and at the
request of the commanding offi
cer of the installation at which
she was stationed, she remained
with families of American mili
tary personnel when the division
was sent to Korea. She stayed
with the military dependents un
til the families were either reun
ited in Japan or the dependents
were returned to the United
States. As an assistant field di
rector, her work entails assisting
military personnel with personal
problems, family problems, work
ing with families in the role of
counselor and extending guidance
service, and with social welfare
activities.
Miss Ellesor has many Mvely
items at her home on Johnstone
street which she has brought
from her overseas travels, includ
ing linens, china, silver, hand
painted tapestries from Japan,
and Japanese trunks and chests.
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DO YOU WISH TO CHANGE THE’
BENEFICIARY FOR YOUR 6\
INSURANCE ? BE SURE YOU
NOTIFY VA. OTHERWISE, THE
PROCEEDS OF S'OUR POLICY
MAY BE PAID TO THE LAST
BENEFICIARY OF RECORD.
By FRANKLIN J. MEINE
Editor, The American Peoples
Encyclopedia
Science note: Every home-owner
and apartment dweller has heard
the term "candle power” in con
nection with light. Candle power
is a unit measurement of the
brightness or intensity of a light,
as an electric bulb. In engineering
practice, a unit called the foot-
candle is the means of measuring
for fall information contact roar ncareot
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION o0co
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT
TAX SALES ON PERSONAL
PROPERTY
State of South Carolina,
County of Newberry.
TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS
MAY CONCERN:
By authority of the tax laws
of South Carolina and the va
rious tax executions issued to me
by the Treasurer of Newberry
County, the following personal
properties, listed below, have
been levied upon and taken pos
session of by the county of New
berry and are hereby advertised
to be sold for delinquent taxes
on May 7th, 1956, (Monday) be
fore the Newberry Court House
Door, within the usual hours of
public sales. Terms, Cash.
All properties advertised are
the properties levied upon in the
name of defaulting taxpayers
hereinafter listed.
Personal property, consisting
of one 1951 Ford car, license No.
D315-258, in tax district No. One,
County and State aforesaid, lev
ied upon in the name of Claude L.
Calloway, Jr.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1950, 2-Dr. Buick, Model 56R,
license No. E109-44, in tax dist
rict number One, county and
state aforesaid, levied upon in
the name of Jeanette P. Wicker.
Personal property consisting of
one 2-Dr. Ford, license No. D304-
395, in tax district number Three,
county and state aforesaid, lev
ied upon in the name of Jack Hen
derson.
Personal property, consisting of
one 1955 Ford, 2-Dr., license No.
D359-280, in tax district number
Three, county and state aforesaid,
levied upon in the name of Liz
zie Henderson.
T. L. HILL,
52-2tc Tax Collector
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims
against the estate of A .H. Clark,
deceased, are hereby notified to
file the same, duly verified with
the undersigned.
A. H. Clark, Jr.
11624 South Meenah
51-2tp Worth, Illinois
RED CROSS WORKER . . .
(Continued from page 1)
21 mills, 18 for operating expense
and three to float a bond issue for
renovation of the school building.
A petition to form a separate
school district was circulated in
the area, and was presented to the
County Board at a special meeting
Thursday night. Signatures of 95
per cent of the area’s school pat
rons appeared on the petition, ac
cording to Jeff Waldrop, chair
man of the Silverstreet advisory
board, who was present at the
Thursday meeting, along with two
other advisory board members,.
Murray Sheppard and P. T. Har-
ris. Also present was a group op
posing the petition and the with
drawal of Silverstreet into a sep
arate district.
J. S. Ritchie, chairman of the
Board, pointed out to the groups
a number of factors involved in
operating a separate district. He
said that during the 1954-55
school, the present 27 mill levy
from that area brought in $19,-
504.80, which was $12,863.81
short of the amount it took to
operate Silverstreet area schools.
To operate the schools on t h e
same basis, he said, would mean
an increase of' 17.8 mills and on ;
that basis, the high school would
not be accredited. Even with a
three mill bond levy to renovate
the building, he said, renovation
could not be made in time for
the next school session and he felt
accreditation would be withheld
by the State Department of Ed
ucation unless the repairs were
made. He emphasized that even
if the building were brought up to
specifications, involving expendi
tures of from $25,000 to $35,000,
the State Department has prom
ised accreditation for only one
year, and that in his opinion, in
a few years the school would lose
it accredited status because of
the small enrollment in the high
school.
The mimimum tax levy to oper
ate the schools, to have a teacher
for each grammar grade and suf
ficient teachers in the high school
to guarantee accreditation would
be 54 mills. Added to 16 mills levy
for county purposes, the total
levy would be 70 mills, or 27 mills
more than the patrons are now
paying. The chairman stated the
opinion that it would require at
least 60 mills to operate the
schools, white and negro, as they
should be operated. When asked
about a possible increase in the
county wide school levy if con
solidation is effected, he stated
that the Board hoped to have a
three mill increase for operating
purposes and a three or four mill
increase if a bond issue is approv
ed to complete the building pro
gram. Seven mills would be the
maximum increase, and the bond
millage would have to be voted
by the people, he emphasized, be
fore it would be added to the
present 27 mills or hoiped-for 30
mills.
The chairman expressed the op
inion that if Silverstreet became
a separate district, it would not
be recognized as a qualifying dis
trict because of the lack of stu-
B. OSBORNE LONG, business manager of Newberry College,
stands beside the safe in his office which was broken open early
last Thursday morning and robbed of about $400 in cash and over
$6,000 in checks. Records were scattered about the office and^
drawers opened in both Mr. Long’s office and in Registrar James
Abrams' office. So mowey was taken from the latter. Police offi
cials state that no arrests have been made in the case. (Sunphoto.)
dents. This would mean that no
building funds would be available
and Ritchie said he seriously
doubted that the State Finance
commission would award the ad
ditional $30,000 necessary to com
plete the grammar school at Sil
verstreet.
The chairman told the group he
couldn’t give the answer as to
who would levy the taxes if a
separate district is established, or
who would appoint ttfe Board of
Trustees. He stated, however, “if
you are going to do this thing,
it will have to be for keeps. We
can’t keep switching back and
forth. If the time comes that you
decide that the tax load is too
much, are you going to close
your schools?”
Mr. Ritchie concluded his sum
mary of the situation by saying
“The County Board has worked
long and hard to develop the
school program and to make eq
ual school throughout the county.
I think you are undoing five
year’s of work and tearing up
five years of progressive work for
the future.
He advised the Silverstreet ad
visory board and the County
Board member from Silverstreet,
Calhoun Life Men
Are Promoted
F. G. Nobles of Newberry, who
for the past seven years has been
connected with the Newberry
Life and Health Insurance comp
any and Calhoun Life Insurance
company as agent and manager,
has been promoted and transfer
red to Lancaster and has been re
placed by George Lominick, wha
has held a position with Calhoum
Life for the past two years. This
announcement was made jointly
last Thursday by A. P. Faris, Sr<
vice president of the company,
and W. L. Dubose, agency direct
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LOCAL UNION TO MEET
Local Union 324 TWUA will
meet Sunday afternoon, April 29
at 3 p.m. in the Mollohon school
building. All members are “ex
pected to attend.
R. C. Neel, Jr., to meet again
with the patrons and tell them
exactly what may be expected,
then meet again with the County
Board to say whether they still
want to pull out of the Newberry
district.
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THEY MAY BE SAFE ... but
DON’T KEEP YOUR
DIAMONDS UNDER
LOCK AND KEY!
•Your diamonds are probably safe enough kept under
lock and key, but you’re missing the enjoyment of wear
ing them . . so get them out of that lock box!
A remounting job can be bad for as little as $15.00.
If you have more than one ring, os as many as three
or more diamonds, you can haVe these stones set in a
new Princess mounting for as little as $35.
Just recently we have remounted customers diamond
into beautiful Princess rings and they were delighted
with the results.
Why don’t you get your diamonds together and bring
them down for an estimate?
W. E. TURNER
- JEWELER -
CaldweU Street ' Newberry, S. C.
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