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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1956
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at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
Hitler may have been our friend. Well, friends, that will
jar you I know; but a really great man said something like
that to me. He did not mean that Hitler loved us, by any
means—ney, ney; he loved Hitler. But Hitler’s sabre-rat
tling and imperialistic designs on the world frustrated plans
to make our great nation a sort of Socialistic experiment.
I am reminded of President’s Roosevelt’s ambition by
some words of B. M. Edwards to the Directors of the South
Carolina National Bank. These words were not spoken
to me, for I am not a director of that great banking family
that covers most of the State; nor am I a director in or
of anything except “Spectator.” I was at one time Director
General of a South American government, but that was
something else again, as people say.
I had th egood fortune to read the report and I reproduce
it in part. In this connection I may say to my fellow Am
ericans that our nation owes a great debt to Mr. B. M.
Edwards whose broad experience is still in constant demand.
I quote a part:
“I think the administration had very definite ideas that
they were going to take over the banking business in Amer
ica and convert them all into cooperative or mutual banks.
Chartered banking was not welcome—in fact, it was hardly
permitted to walk in the doors of the Treasury, and Dr.
Stonier of course knows all about it—and many of the New
York bankers, some in Chicago, and even out on the< West
coast, know that these conditions existed. I was successful
in eliminating that condition, arid I have on the wall of my
office a letter which I received from the Treasury depart
ment in 1941, from which I am going to quote a part of
one paragraph, as follows: ‘You have the satisfaction of
having done a most effective and useful piece of work. If
tjie relations of the bankers with the Treasury h&ve become
more friendly, as I think they have, you are entitled to
the credit.' ,
A couple of wteeks ago when I was in New York visiting
at the Chase Manhattan bank, George Champion spoke of
these conditions and said the banks were greatly indebted
to me for the effective work I did. Of course, I am glad
that somebody feels that way about it.
The banks were not alone in this situation with the Ad
ministration. They had definite ideas to take over the in
surance business, and some of the ‘brass hat' argued with
me that the government had proven its ability to run an
insurance business by what they had done with the Veter
ans' Insurance, and that anyone who wanted insurance
should not have to pay so much for it in the way of comm
issions to agents and others but should be able to walk into
the postoffice and buy a policy just as they would buy a
Postal Money Order They had designs on the railroads, at
least I think so; and I am sure/they had intended to take
over the Power companies. When we got into World War
II, President Roosevelt and his entire staff were so busily
occupied that they had to drop these things, and, thank
goodness, we escaped
PERSONAL
NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mims
and sons, Kent and Steve of Sum
ter spent the past weekend in the
home of Mrs. Mims’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Campbell, Nance
! street.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armfield,
; Jf., and children, Mary Ruth, Car
ol, Steve and Martin, spent Sun
day in Brevard, N. C. with Mrs.
Ira B. Armfield.
j Mrs. Harry Buzhardt, who has
been a patient in a Rhode Island
| hospital for the past several
months, is now in Whitmire at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Young, for a visit
with them and with her children,
Harry and Ruth, who have been
staying with their grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ross and
daughter, Marcia, of Charlotte,
N. C. spent the past weekend with
Mr. Ross’ mother, Mrs. Maude G.
Ross and other relatives on Dray
ton street.
Herbert B. Bridges, operations
specialist, Civil Aeronautics Ad
ministration, has transferred
from the Bisbee-Douglas Inter
national Airport at Douglas, Ar
izona to the Los Angeles Inter
national Airport. Mrs. Bridges is
a brother of Mrs. Ora Lee Gil
liam of this city.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Building Permits
April 26: James R. Kelly, re
pairs to dwelling, 1304 Pearl St.
$100.
April 28: R. E. Blair, general
repairs to dwelling, 1414 Glenn
street, $1000.
April 28: Thomas O. Smith, 1
six-room wood frame, brick ven
eer dwelling on Wheeler street
$11,000.
May 3: Lucy Gilliam, repairs to
dwelling on Hunter St. $75.
May 4: Mts. Minnie Bickley,
agent, repairs to building at 1015
Caldwell street $325.
May 4: C. B. Suber, general re
pairs to dwelling 1218 Hunt St.,
$400.
May 4: Mrs. O. W. Frick, re
pairs to dwelling 608 Green St.,
$100.
May 7: Roland Williams, re
pairs to dwelling 712 Green St.
$60.
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I'm rather glad the great Court has handed down the de
cision about local buses. This latest dictatorial pronounce
ment is so clearly a usurpation of authority, so indisput
ably an ^arrogant denial of States local Sovereignty, that
even the most fervent disciple of nationalism must be con
vinced that this latest effusion of Stalinism in our Nation
must not pass unrebuked or unchallenged.
Even a bad King serves the cause of liberty if he is bad
enough to arouse indignation.
Recent Movings
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Halfacre
have moved to 2018 Glenn street
in the Frank Russell home which
they recently bought.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Beden-
baugh are now Residing at 2517
Alex Avenuue in the house re
cently vacated by the Gordon
Goodmans.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sharp have
moved to 1500 Glenn street in
the Rock Scarborough house.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Robinson,
newcomers to Newberry, are now
residing at 2903 Fair avenue in
the house recently vacated by the
Paul Ryders.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Brown
have moved bo 1307 First street
to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert McAlister,
newcomers to Newberry, are now
residing at 2231 Eleanor Street.
MEET THURSDAY
The Woman’s Club will meet
Thursday, May 10 at 4 p. m. with
Mrs. D. W. A. Neville. Mrs. Both-
well Graham, program leader,
will review the book ’’Something
of My County” by William, Prince
of Sweden.
Twin Bridges-
That was a landmark in our
lives in the Stone Hills where I
came up.
So were Tloyd Hill and Ray Hill.
But they have vanished with
time.
Twin Bridges were at the only
real crossing we had. They were
dilapidated, affairs, with loose
rattly boards, on each side of the
old Appalachian Highway (a
muddy trail the A) there a mile
below our house, where the. road
from White Rock crossed to the
Hollinshed Creek area. All of our
other intersections were V’s or
T's. But this one was a clear
cross, necessitating some sort of
bridge over the shallow ditch on
each side of the main road. Dis
tances were reckoned from Twin
Bridges, for everyone knew where
that was.
Our Old Bill was a gray horse
niy daddy, the countiy doctor,
‘drove for years. Although he was
getting old, he was as spirited
and scarey as ever. If a rabbit
jumped by the side of the road,
you had to be quick to check him
and ’ avoid a runaway. And a
crack in a bridge was something
he just wouldn’t cross. It always
worried me when we had any
sort of bridge to cross. He didn’t
like any of ’em. And if there was
a crack of any size, he’d balk.
Urged on with vein and whip,
he’d twist, squirm, and snort a
time or two. Then he’d, with one
desperate effort, lunge forward,
trying to jump it, with buggy and
all. I was always afraid he’d
break the harness. And I wonder
ed how we’d get home then.
If the weather had been good,
we’d ford the ditch to avoid the
bridge-crossing there. But that
too was a scarey adventure for
me as a kid. Old Bill knew his
business. He’d hesitate a bit at
being directed down that ditch.
We’d hit it at sort of an angle.
After he once started, he’d give
it all he had, knowing the mo
mentum would help him get safe
ly on the other side. And after
it was finished, he’d usually give
a snort of victory.
Twin Bridges have long gone.
A beautiful crossing of paved
roads, with unseen culverts serv
ing the purpose of the old rattly
bridges, now mark the spot hard
ly at all to the moderns who
whizz by. But to us old-timers, it
is a milepost in memory, all but
obliterated by time. Next week
we’ll talk about those hills.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
SOFTBALL TONIGHT
Beginning at 7:00 o’clock to
night at ’the Prosperity Ball
Park, Grace and Zion teams of
the Church Softball league will
meet. This will be followed by a
game between Macedonia and St.
Lukes.
Mother would appreciate a dress ...
—and we have a variety of materials from which to
select:
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Voiles, band-box muslins, nylons, chambray, ging
ham, dotted Swiss, polished lawns and prints.
Zippers, thread, buttons, belting and buckles to com
plete the dress. ^
Lovely patterns in Plisse for gowns, pajamas and
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housecoats . . . 39c per yard.
Carolina Remnant Shop
1401 Main Street
Telephone 239
PROSPERITY
Miss Clara Brown was hostess
to the William Lester chapter, U.
D. C. last Friday afternoon.
Mrs. H. P. Wicker, the presi
dent, led the chapter in the rit
ualistic opening and pledge to
the flag.
Miss Brown read the News
Sheet. Mrs. John Stockman led
the program. Mrs. Vida Thomas
on, read an article on the Me
morial Building in Richmond.
Mrs. Stockman read an interest
ing article on Memorial Day.
After the business session, the
hostess served a sweet course.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foster
and their son, Rick, who have
been living in Columbia, moved
Saturday into the home with Mrs.
Foster’s mother and a unt, Mrs.
J. L. Counts and Miss Annie Hun
ter. Mr. Foster will commute to
Columbia every day.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Connelly
and their son of Aiken, spent the
weekend with Mr. Connelly’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Connelly.
Mrs. Connelly’s father, Mr. Dal
ton of Newberry, was buried Sun
day.
Mrs. Corrie K. McWaters is in
Tampa, Florida on a week’s busi
ness trip.
The Sorosis will meet Friday
afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. H. B.
Hendrix.
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Har
mon and Dr. E. N. Kibler attend
ed the State Dental meeting in
Spartanburg the first of the
week.
Droughts Here and There
At many places in the world
they have wet and dry seasons.
They come that way regularly,
and they .plan and plant accord
ingly.
We don’t have a regular dry
or wet season here. But we do
have droughts and wet spells at
any season. That complicates
our problem.
Our wet seasons are less fear
ed. With drainage, less row crops,
and chemical weed controls, crops
are not as often lost in the grass
of a wet spell as they once were.
But our problem of droughts
grow with the years. High costs
make this so. v We can’t let
droughts cut the harvests as they
have. Or we’ll soon be out of
business. We must study, develop,
and master the art of drought
prevention. And that means good
farming, to start with, so as to
build up a high yield potential.
Then irrigation to fill in the
rain gaps and make it ‘tater
out ih its fullness.
Naturally, for irrigation, wai
ter’s the great problem. But the
Almighty does His part. He sends
about 4 feet of it to our land
each year. Ours is the problem
of rasseling with some of it that
runs off, and keep it here to
bless and bring abundance to our
efforts and acres.
Even on years of pretty good
rainfall, irrigation pays. At Clem-
son’s Sandhill Station last year
they made 91 bushels of corn per
acre without it. But with irriga
tion, that was upped 45 to 136
bushels per acre.
Corn In Lee
County Agent Linder of Lee
had 32 farmers entered t in the
State corn production contest
last year. Their average yield
was 103 bushels per acre! And
the modern state record yield was
made there by C. W. Josey, long
a successful corn grower.
Irrigation helped make that
yield, even though he didn’t use
it. He planted thicker and ferti
lized better, knowing he could
apply the water if it didn’t
come. But, happily enough rain
came. And he hit the jackpot.
Cars* Gas and Food
Some fellow with the facte in
hand figured out 'that cars and
gas cost more than our food.
Change, change, we’re always
talking about that.
Some fellow asks what we did
with our money when we didn’t
have cars.
We old-timers can tell him. We
didn’t have the money then! And
most folks lived on the farm and
from it. Once in a generation, a
buggy was bought for about $65.
That was a milestone in their
life. After that it was renewed in
the blacksmith shop. Now that
same average family must have
a new car, costing well into 4
figures, every year or so. •
Now, I’m not grumbling, nor
lamenting about the changing
times. I rather like ’em. But it’s
sure interesting to keep an eye
on where we’ve come from in our
time.
Save That Stand
“It’s a shame t^ have it and
then chop it out.” *
That’s our cotton man, Sam
Williams speakin’. He was talk
ing about stands of cotton.
Yes, both experiment pand ex
perience show it pays to leave
plenty of cotton. Clemson says
that means about 3 stalks every
8 to 12 inches in 36 to 40 inch
rows, based on soil, fertilizer,
and equipment.
And to save it after you leave
it, “watch for hoppers and thrips
too on the young stalks,” says
Sparks. Full details for detecting
and controlling these pests can be
gotten from your county agent.
Remember, they will slip up on
you before you know it. And your
good stand will be gone, and re
maining stalks stunted and de
layed for the boll weevil.
Soil Stewardship Week
Our national association of soil
conservation district supervisors
has declared May 6-13 “Boil Con-
wardship Week.”
Along through the year, many
special weeks are declared. But
surely few if any have the basic
significance of this one. After we
are born into this world, the
land is our life. And it is just
that too for the myriads that
follow. Will we leave it a dead,
eroded gully, from which some
one will eventually have to go
hungry and naked. Or will we ac
cept our stewardship from Him
Who provides it, nurture and pro
tect this precious soil, and leave
it better for our having had it a
while ? »
Deed Transfers
Newberry No. 1
Ernest H. Layton to Dessie M.
Layton, one lot and one building,
on O’Neal street, $5.00 love and
affection.
Frank A. Russell, et al to J.
P. Halfacre, one lot and one build
ing, on Glenn street, $5.00 and
other valuable considerations.
W. Fulmer Wells and Henry B.
Wells to Mrs. Edith G. Getz, P.
O. Box 63, Newberry, one Jot on
Reid street, $5.00.
Carl L. Amick to Marcia P.
Coggins, one lot on Circle Drive,
$900.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Cleo S. Long to Janies Long,
Jr. and Margaret C. Long 2.75
acres, $5.00 and other valuable
considerations.
Gilbert F. Cromer to Marion L.
Cromer, 1910 Easley Bridge Road,
Greenville, 2 5/8 acres, $5.00 and
other valuable considerations.
Whitmire No. 4
Fidelity Mortgage Corp. to Leo
A.. Kinard a nd Brunelle Kinard,
one lot on Spring street, $200.
Preston L. Hiott and Catherine
O. Hiott to Calvin C. Reid, Jr.,
one lot and one building, 1152
Reed street, $4500.
Dorothy Radford Coleman to
A. V. Radford, 111 Smith street,
Whitmire, .one lot on Smith
street, $50.
Prosperity No. 7
Herman W. Vaughn, Sr., to
Herman W. Vaughn, Jr., 8.8
acres, $5.00 love and affection.
Vic Vet says
r DON’T FORGET, MR.G.I. HOME
OWNER, IF YOU SELL TOUR
HOME AND THE BUYER "TAKES
OVER" YOUR Gl LOAN,YOU
STILL ARE LIABLE FOR THE
DEBT. IF YOU WANT TO BE
FREE OF THIS LIABILITY. THE
BUYER MUST GET HIS OWN
LOAN.
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Hospital Patients
T. B. (Dad) Amis, route two,
Kinards.
Mrs. Harriett Bruner, 1731
Johnstone street.
Troy Cromer, route one, New
berry.
Mrs. Ethel Cromer, route one,
Newberry.
Baby Girl Counts, Kinard St.
Jacob L. Dickert, 1319 College
street.
Mrs. Sarah Epting, Prosperity.
Mrs. Lucy Elmore, 1602 Cal
houn street.
Mrs. Ida Graham and baby boy,
route one, Pomaria.
Rufus Hunter, route 2, Pros
perity.
R. D. Hawkins, 1319 Pearl St.,
Newberry.
Mrs. Ruby Lominack, 914
Glenn street.
Mrs. Doris Long, route one,
‘M’
Mrs. Velma McFerrin, Pros
perity.
Austin Floyd Martin, route 1,
Prosperity.
Mrs. Lillian Martin, 1404 Silas
street.
Miss Lalla Martin, 1531 Main
street.
Mrs. . Estelle Marlowe, 1519
Harrington.
Mrs. Euna Mize, route 1, New
berry.
Lance Reid, route 4, Newberry.
Mrs. Tula Ruff, route 2, New
berry.
Ray Rinehart, route 2/ New
berry.
Fred David Riley, route 1, New-,
berry.
Donald Satterfield, 1406 Third
street. 0
George Sanders, Sr., Silver-
street.
Mrs. Leona Wilson, Saluda.
Colored Patients
Rosalee Caldwell, 100 Boyd St.
Whitmire.
John Frye, Hunt St.
Carrie Glasgow, 844 Crosson
street.
Dorothy Stewart, route 1, New
berry.
Rufus Swittenburg, route 3,
Prosperity.
Jimmy Williams, route .4 New
berry.
Little Forest Werts, Jr., 806
Cfosson street.
GAMBOLING
ADOPT ORPHAN . . . Two
small boys living in Hamburg,
Germany, feed a little rabbit
which they found half-frozen
along the highway.
PRINTING: The Sun is well equip
ped to handle all your printing
orders. Wo specialise In letter
heads, envelopes, billheads and
statements, invoices. Wo print
any kind of receipt book, numb
bored or plain. Ruled forms, vou
chers, and many, many other
items. Try ns for quality print
ing with prompt service. Phone
No. 1. Well be glad to calL
Hospital Births
, SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley
Smith of 1900 Milligan street an
nounce the birth of an eight pound
10 ounce daughter, Patti Ann, on
May 3 at the local hospital. Mrs.
Smith is the former Edna Eloise
Brown.
. GRAHAM
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Talbert
Graham of Pomaria route one,
announce th^ birth of a six pound
12 ounce son,. Andy Claude, May
4 at the local hospital. The mother
is the former Ida Elizabeth Cro
mer.
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“The bill collectors are all gone, sir—-but I suggest
you get an auto loan from Purcells soon.”
If one has lots of small nagging debts,
it’s silly to try to evade the issue, when
it’s so easy to call these friendly Purcell
folks for help.
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*Your Private Bankers”
1418 Main St. Newberry
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MOTHER’S DAY IS SUNDAY, MAY 13
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Towle
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She’ll glow with pride in the
reflected gleam of her
completed table setting, when
yon give her Towlb sterling.
Mother deserves the best Our
display of Towlb place pieces,
extra tablespoons and the
many useful serving pieces are
complete and ready
for you to select
tftt. Piece Settlecs, from $M.yg
•stviatf Pisces, from $4.19
Tmapoom, from $*JS
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SEE OUR SELECTION OF
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Syracuse, Haviland,
Spode and Noritake
W. E. TURNER
Jewelers
Caldwell street
Newberry
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