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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1956
F ARM economists maintain that
overall legislation lor the farm
population as a whole cannot be
enacted which will be fair to all
farmers; that legislation based on
Average farm income will not aid
these two-thirds at the farm popu
lation which produce only 15% of
the annual marketable crop value;
that only the one-third which pro
duces 85% of the farm crop will
be benefitted.
For this reason the Senate has
recently passed a bill which will
require the Bureau of the census
under the Department of Com
merce to collect annually, money
non-money income data re
lating to per capita and family
farm income by economic class
•f farm
In the past farm income statis
tics lumped income of all classes
of far 1 ™ 1 together end struck a
national average, which accord
ing to many in Congress prevented
that body from enacting realistic
legislation to meet the specific
needs of the various economic
classes. According to Senator
Arthur V. Watkins, of Utah, au
thor of the bill (S-S145) the 1954
agricultural census showed 2 mil
lion commercial farms who can
benefit from price supports, since
they produced 86 per cent of the
annual marketable crop value and
received 80% of the net farm in
come; then there were 2.7 million
residential and part-time farms,
which benefitted very little from
price supports, because they pro
duced only about 15% of the an
nual marketable crop value and
received only 20% of the net farm
income. So Senator Watkins be
lieves the problems of these two
classes of farmers are not anal
ogous and deserve entirely dif
ferent treatment.
This 1954 census of 4,700,000
farms shows a decline of 800,000
or 11% since the 1950 census which
showed 5.300,000 farms. And since
there was not this much dif
ference in acreage under produc
tion, the figures prove that the
farms just became larger. This
is proved by the figures on the
number of farm operators. In
1954 the figures showed 4.800,000
farm operators as compared to
5.168,000 in 1950, or a reduction of
588.000 in the number of farxA
operators in three years. Added
to this is the fact that of these
4.6 million farm operators in 1954.
1,300,000 are part-time farm oper
ators, who work more than 100
days off the farm. And this is an
increase of 110,000 such part-time
farm operator since 1990. Which
would indicate that about one-third
of the number of farm operators
in 1954 had to get a job part-time
in order to make a living.
Based on class of farm, about
1.2 million farmers in classes 1. 2
and 3 of commercial farms, who
produced 74% of the crops, pro
vided their families, about 5 mil
lion people, with average family
incomes of $5,143 in terras of 1949
prices. On class 4^ 5 and 6, which
produced 24% of our crops, the
average family incomes of 10.3
million persons on these farms
was only $1,741.
ONE WAY STREET
By F. L Rowley
L IONEL BRACKEN was a con
scientious man. His conduct
was proper; his manner gracious.
Lionel had never been known to
make a serious mistake—never.
At school he had confounded his
tutors by anticipating each ques
tion and answering ft correctly.
And now, as professor of Physics
at Blackmoor College, he con
tinued to awe his students by his
ability to solve any problem laid
before
As the big ear approached the
new subdivision i known as Hill-
crest Lionel’s pulse began to skip.
Looking over ttie well-spaced
cottages with their roHtng lawns
be had the feehng of a man re-
taming home after a long absence.
The policeman frowned. Pull,
ing a yellow pad from his pocket
he scribbled rapidly.
When he’d finished writing the
policeman folded the paper and
tucked it into Lionel’s breast j
pocket. “Now, turn around * and I
be off I” be said crisply.
He wondered bow his wife
would take the news. He found
himself wishing that ha the past
he’d had more patience with
Maria and her shortcomings.
Marie was waiting at the door.
“You’re late, dear. What hap
pened? Lionel—you look Oil**
Without a word »he took the
sheet of yellow paper from his
pocket and handed II to her. For
a long moment Marts stared at
Then ha saw ft — his dream
tamsel Though ft was stffl under
•osastructlon Lionel recognized it
at once. Without taking his eyes
off the place be swung his car
Into the narrow street. Before
stepping out of the ear he glanced
•ci the rear-view mirror and his
heart missed three beats I For
full ha the mirror was the reflec
tion of a sign which reed: ONE
WAY STREET.
Lionel began to tremble. For
fhe first time ha his life be had
made a mistake. By the time the
smiHwg police officer reached his
■car he was quite OL
“Better turn around, mister,**
suggested the policeman with a
'twinkle in his eye.
*T made a mistake!** Lionel
whispered incredulously.
“It happens to the best of us!”
M A mistake!** Lionel went on
doggedly. *T, Professor Lionel
Bracken, am no better than a
wommon criminal.”
“Oh, come now,** said the police
man with a wry smile, “it isn’t
that bad.?
Perspiration trickled down Lion
el’s graying sideburns. He held
# wut his hand: “Give me the ticket.”
'’Ticket? I’m not going to give
you a ticket, professor.”
*Tve broken the law. It’s your
doty to give ma a ticket.’*
the paper — than she began to
laugh. Ha hadn’t haard bar laugh
like that in years.
Puzzled* he took too paper from
her hand. It waa e piece of ordi
nary note paper, a arose which was
scrawled: ’Isn’t ft lonely op there,
being the world’s only perfect
man?’
During toa days that followed
Lionel notteed a wonderful change
in Marie. She began to treat him
leas like a precision-built machine
—more like a human being. He
could mistakes Mbs any
one else. Lionel was a happy man.
In this pleasant state of mind
he decided to drive Marie over to
HQlcrest to look at the new house. ,
As they neared the place Lionel
saw a btue-ehirted, familiar figure
working on a lawn before another
house. It was the policeman who
had given him the note!
Lionel curbed the car. The police
man flushed guiltily as be walked
across the lawn.' Lionel, meeting
him half-way, held out bis hand.
“You’re not mad. even though
you were right?”
“I’m not angry,” said Lionel
with a smOe. “What do you mean
by ‘right’?*’
“Some kids took those one-way
signs off a stalled city truck. They
stuck them up all over toe place.
Sorry professor—you didn’t actu
ally make a mistake.”
“So I thought Fd rake ’em into one big pile . . . and
call Purcells for an auto loan.”
For real peace' of mind, there’s nothing
like an auto loan from PURCELLS t<j
help clean up nagging debts and keep
your credit in good shape.
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BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
The old country store! How
it lingers in memory!
It stood at the foot of the hill
below our house, just beyond
the blacksmith shop. It was big
in my life as a kid ir. the Stone
Hills of the Dutch Fork. The
sturdy blacksmith ran it too.
When he was working with fire
and metal at the shop the store
was closed. That consisted of
shoeing work stock, shrinking
tires, and making and repairing
all manner of things of metal.
He worked there about a third
of the time. The rest was spent
in the back of the store, where
his woodworking area was.
Here he made everything from
a grain cradle to one you rock
ed the baby in. And everything
he made was a work of art.
You walked through the store
to get to the shavin’ strewn
workshop there iit the rear. I
think he liked his shopwork
more than storekeeping. For
every time you called him up
front to buy something, he hesi
tated first, spat, then gunted,
and came on up there to wait
on you.
At least he always did that
with us kids. Maybe it was be
cause our purchase wasn’t us
ually worth a bother. It was us
ually a penny’s or egg’s worth
of candy, mostly the latter, for
money didn’t grow on trees in
the Stone Hills. Eggs and
chickens were our legal tender.
Sometimes the folks would send
us there with a dozen or so
and didn’t need to buy that
much then. No money was giv
en for the difference, only a
“due bill”. This was merely a
scrap of paper with the amount
we were due written on it and
signed by the good man who
ran the place.
Around the pot-bellied stove
there was the community meet
ing place for the men. We kids
liked to horn in on it too, but
when certain things were* being
talked about they would make
us go outside or on home. That
stove had about 4 inches of dry
dirt boxed in around it, for
most men chewed tobacco then.
Politics, weather, and crops
were the usual subjects dis
cussed there. I remember my
daddy and a brother of his once
feill out about a candidate for
governor and didn’t speak for
several months. Folks took their
politics rather serious then.
Next week more about the old
country store.
By LYN CONNELLY
P ARAMOUNT expects to re
lease a film verskm of Joe E.
Lewis’ life titled “Ttoo Joker is
Wild” (by co-incidence the same
title as his autobiographical book)
. . . Frank Sinatra will star in the
picture as well as share in the
production chores with Lewis . . .
Danny Kaye, whose current pic,
“Court Jester,” was not up to
his usual standard, may be cast
soon in an original play, ’’Merry
Andrew” for MGM . . . Kaye is
also slated to star in ’The Red
Nichols Story ”
The life story of Bandleader
Ben Beraie will be entitled “The
Old Maestro,” a welcome relief
from the flood of ’The So-and-So
Story” . . . Nice to bear an origi
nal once in a while . . . “Inter
rupted Melody” made a much
better name, too, than “The Mar
jorie Lawrence Story” • • • The
latter type-title seems to be the
lazy way out of naming movies
. . . Janet Blair will replace
Nanette Fabray on the SM Caesar
show next fall.
PLATTER CHATTER
CAPITOL: — Gordon MacRae,
whoso voice gets bigger and bet
tor bat who remains undiscovered
by record fiends, has a sore-fire
hit in “I Asked the Lord** Flip
side has “One Misty Morning**
. . . Joe “Fingers” Carr rolls oat
“Portuguese Washerwomen** on
the piano hacked by “Lucky
Pierre” . . . Real cod playing . . .
Tommy Leonetti has a disc that
shapes as a hit, too . . •. It’s
“Free,” beautiful and beautifully
done ... Reverse has “IPs Wild.”
Merrill Moore belts out “Rock
Island Line” in zingy fashion . . .
It’s backed by “King Porter
Stomp” . . . Les Paul and Mary
Ford come up with “Send Me
Some Money” and “Say the Words
I Love to Hear.”
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
Prosperity News
MRS. B. T. YOUNG, Correspondent
Mrs. Robert Pugh was hostess
to the Crepe Myrtle Garden Club
Tuesday afternoon, July 10. In
the absence of the president, Mrs.
Hoyt Boland, Mrs. Ben M. Clark,
vice president, presided.
Miss Myrtle Ruff, program
leader, discussed the old favorite
roses—their diseases and how
to root them. She then gave a
discussion of the Japanese iris.
Mrs. Oscar Wessinger gave
gleanings.
Miss Bertha Ruff conducted
recreation with Mrs. Clark as
prize winner.
During the social hour the hos
tess served sherbert punch and
cookies.
The July meeting of the Iris
Garden Club was held Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Isadore Ruff
as hostess.
Mrs. J. C. Metts read an inter
esting article on the origin of
Garden clubs. She also gave the
members practical suggestions on
caring for chrysanthemums now.
She concluded her program with
an article on annuals in your
window.
Mrs. Otis Shealy gave glean
ings.
In a flower game conducted by
the hostess, Mrs. Wofford Coop
er received high score and Mrs.
Otis Shealy low score. Both were
awarded prizes.
After the business session, the
hostess served a salad plate,
punch, cake, and ice cream.
Three groups of the Women of
the Church of Grace Church will
meet this week, as follows:
The Lillie Kyzer group, Friday,
,4 p. m., with Mrs. W. B. Acker
man.
The Gertrude Leonard group,
Friday, 4 p. m., with Mrs. B. T.
Young.
The Anna Kuugler group, Fri
day, 4 p. m., with Mrs. O. W.
Amick.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Brasington
and their five children have mov
ed here from Lockhart and are
occupying the Howard Beden-
baugh house. y
Miss Drucie Connelly of Wal-
terboro and Miss Jewel Connelly
of Columbia, ipent Monday and
Monday night with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dove Connelly.
James Mills has been discharg
ed from the army and is with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Mills.
Mrs. Joe Bedenbaugh and her
two children and her niece, Jenny
Mills, are visiting Mir. and Mrs.
S. C. Brissie in Woodruff.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Caldwell
and their two children, Kenny
and Debra, and Mr. and Mrs. Cole
S. Wessinger attended the Josey
Family reunion in Bishopville last
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Weible
and their two children of Colum
bia were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Shealy.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Josey of St.
Charles were recent guests of
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Ross of
Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Ross and their small son,
Richard, Jr., of Greensboro, N. C.
are visiting Mirs. J. E. Ross.
Mrs. A. K. Epting of Green
wood is visting her daughter,
Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Wise,
Jr. spent Friday night with their
grandmother, Mrs. P. C. Singley.
The Wises who have been vaca
tioning at the Windy Hill beach
home of Mrs. Wise's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Mower Singley,
were en route to Atlanta, Ga.,
Where Mr. Wise’s parents live.
Misses Ethel and Katheripe
Counts left Wednesday for a visit
with their sister, Mrs. John
Schrum and family in Lincolnton,
N. C. Miss Katherine Counts will
go to Greensboro, N. C. for a few
days’ visit before their return
home.
Saturday guests of Mrs. John
Stockman were Mrs. W. El Cros-
son, Mrs. Charlie Munch and her
daughter, Peggy of Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Eargle at
tended the Shealy family reunion
at Little Mountain Sunday.
Brooks D. Epting and his
son, Randal spent Sunday with
relatives in Laurens.
Mrs. Elisha Abrams of Ben-
nettsville is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wessinger.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Williams
and their three children, George,
Marsha, and Leslie, of Ridgeway,
N. J., are visiting Mrs. Williams’
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Barnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hamm Jr.
and their daughter, Susan, spent
Sunday with Danny Hamm, who
is at Camp Pinnacle, N. C.
Mrs. John Bedenbaugh and her
daughter, Kay, have returned
from a visit with Mrs. Beden-
baugh’s relatives in Gaffney.
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Luther
Jr. spent last week m Spartan
burg as guests of Mrs. George
Bearden and Miss Elizabeth Bear
den.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Counts Jr.
were vacationing at Ocean Drive
Beach last 'week.
Mr. and Mrs. Cole Wessinger,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wessinger,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wessinger
and their daughter, Evelyn, Mr.
and Mrs. W. B, Ackerman, Mrs.
M. D. Derrick and Roy Derrick
attended the funeral of their rela
tive, Mrs. A. A. Wessinger in
Leesville Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster and
their litle daughter, Lois of Flor
ence, were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mirs. Boyd Gibson and Mr.
and Mrs. H. O. Newman.
Mrs. Dorothy Chapman of Co
lumbia spent several days the
first of the week with her sister,
Mrs. J. A. * Sease.
Pam, Judy and Freida Wise of
Columbia spent the latter part of
last week with their grandmoth
er, Mrs. L. J. Wise. Mr. and Mrs.
Wise took their children home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Beden
baugh of Easley spent the week
end with relatives.
Mrs. Mayo Creel of Hemingway
spent last week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perry. Mr.
-Creel came up for the weekend.
The Perrys and Creels attended
the Perry family reunion in Sa
luda county Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Long and
Mr. and Mrs. Carl * Long spent
Sunday at the beach.
Mr. tfnd Mrs. A. P. Morris of
Newberry spent Sunday with
Mrs. Morris’ father, N. H. Vaugh
and sons.
Major and Mrs. Ray Ohlhues,
who have been visiting Mrs. Ohl
hues’ mother, Mrs. H. E. Counts
Sr., left Sunday for Montgomery,
Alabama, where Major Ohlhues
will attend Command Staff
School. Kay and Jan Ohlhues re
mained for a longer visit with
their grandmother.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Dawkins
spent several days last week at
Ocean Drive Beach.
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