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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1956
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
Federal Jobs
Are Available
The Fifth U. S. Civil Service
Region has annourfced examina
tions for engineering aid and phy-
• sical science aid, paying $3175 to
$4325, and tabulating machine op
erators, paying $2690 to $3175.
Applicants for the aid positions
■will be graded on their experience,
education and training in the ap
propriate field. A written test
is required for the machine opera
tor positions and appropriate ex
perience or training is required
faf the higher paying positions.
Applications should be mailed
~to the Fifth U. S. Civil Service
Region, 5 Forsyth Street, N. W.,
Atlanta, Ga. Applications for aid
positions will be accepted until
further notice, but those for ma
chine operators must be received
or postmarked not later than Sep
tember^, 1956. Application forms
or information as to where such
forms are available may be ob
tained at any post office,' or from
the Fifth U. S. Civil Service Reg
ional Office, 5 Forsyth Street, N.
W. f Atlanta, Ga.
Yets Orphans Urged
To Apply Now For
Education Benefit
Young men and women planning
to attend school this fall under
the new War Orphans Education
Law were urged today by the Vet
erans Administration to file their
applications as soon as possible,
to avoid unnecessary delays in
receiving their first monthly al
lowance check.
Application forms are available
at all VA offices.
Persons eligible for schooling
are those whose veteran-parent
died of injuries or diseases re-
suting from military service dur
ing World War I, World War II or
the Korean Conflict. Students
generally must be between 18 and
23 years old, Cecil J. King, Chief
of the Vocational Rehabilitation
and Education Division of the Co
lumbia VA Regional Office, ex
plained.
Prompt action is needed, he
explained, because normally it will
take about three months from the
date of application to the date the
initial allowance check is placed
in the mail. So in the case of
young men and women who apply
now, the earliest that VA could
mail out checks would be mid-No
vember.
When the first checks do arrive,
however, they will cover the en
tire period during which the stu
dents were in school after October
1—the beginning date on which
the law authorizes payments to be
made. Thereafter, checks will be
Savings Bonds
Unite Brothers
The lengths to which the Treas
ury Department goes to protect
the interests of Savings Bond
holders sometimes makes a thrill
ing account.
Joe M. Roberts, chairman of
the County Savings Bonds Com
mittee, today told a true story
that proves there is a “heart” in
government machinery.
It seems that a man in Michi
gan reported the theft from his
hotel room of a suitcase contain
ing more than $100 in Savings
Bonds. When die applied to the
Treasury’s Bureau of the Public
Debt for relief, he was advised
that a statement was necessary
from the brother who was named
as co-owner. He replied that he
had not heard from his brother
in seven years, but thought he
lived somewhere in Chicago.
Would the Bureau please look up
his brother in the Chicago tele
phone directory and obtain the
statement direct from him ? This
was done.
Meanwhile, the man in Michi
gan wrote that he had been laid
off from work and needed the
money from the bonds to live on
until he could obtain another job.
The Treasury sent him the sub
stitute bonds immediately upon
receipt of his appeal. A few days
later came a nice letter of appre
ciation to the Treasury for “hav
ing relieved my financial predi
cament.”
“The Treasury’s files in Chica
go show thousands of such cases,”
Mr. Roberts declared. “Whenever
bonds (and often complete homes)
are destroyed by fire, flood, or
tornado, checks or replacement
bonds are speeded ta bond hold
ers who report their losses. A
history of our country’s major dis-
saters of the past 14 years could
be gleaned from the government’s
Savings Bond files.
“It is this service to bond hold
ers that gives United States Sav
ings Bonds that something extra
as a safe, sure, and profitable in
vestment. You just can‘t beat
Savings Bonds as a foundation for
personal and family security.”
Mr. and Mrs. Frasier Sanders
and daughter, Connie spent Satur
day in Sumter visiting Mr. San-
deers’ parents and other relatives.
mailed regularly to cover each
month the student has been in
school.
The money usually will be sent
to the student’s parent or guar
dian, rather than to the student
himself.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
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Well, Purcells helped me buy a new car. I found two
rabbits the first day I went driving. And now Pm in
business.”
Like I always say, a good financing plan
helps business grow . . . and just look at
mine!
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POND WEEDS
Weeds are just as bad in these
ponds we are building so fast as
they are in fields. And they’ll
fill your pond clear up if you
don’t fight ’em, just as as they
will take your field if you don’t
fight ’em there.
We know pretty well how to
fight ’em in the field, although
they add greatly to the cost of
making crops.
Fortunately, they can be killed
easier than in fields. County
Agent Mellete of Aiken has been
a pioneer in demonstrating that
in the ponds of his county. I
first saw it there some years
ago. And many other agents have
too, notably Bowen of Sumter.
Clemson’s Sam Williams and
Earnest Turner have helped
with demonstrations of weed
control in farm ponds with chem
icals in all parts of the state.
Several materials are used, dep
ending upon the weeds you have.
Another advantage of fighting
weeds in ponds as compared with
a field is, when you clean ’em up
in the pond it last for several
years.
But here too, prevention is
better than the cure, if it can be
done. And Sam Williams tells me
that some pond weeds like cat
tails, lilies, etc., can be kept out
if you’ll just watch for the first
tiny spot of ’em and get in there
and' clean ’em out. If let alone,
they will rapidly invade your
pond, destroying its usefulness,
for anything.
Those interested in ridding
their ponds of weeds, contact the
county agent for particulars.
IRRIGATION ON “THE RIDGE”
Two years ago just two peach
growers in the Johnston-Trenton
area put in irrigation late in the
season and got great benefits on
their late varieties. Then last year
there were no peaches. This year,
I’m told, over 75 percent of the
peaches in that area received
irrigation, and greatly benefitted
from it.
And another thing that has
come quick to peaches. Not just
there, but in all of our peach
areas. And that is steri-cooling.
With it peaches are allowed to
ripen better on the tree. Then
picked, graded,packed and quickly
chilled in a 20-minute ice bath.
Packed in refrigerated trucks
and cars, these tree-r i pened
peaches reach the consumer in far
better shape than the old rough-
handled, immature peach of the
pact.
Both of these things, irrigate
and pre-cooling, add considerably
to the cost of producing peaches.
But they are paying off, according
to our peach man, Roy Ferree,
and the growers I’ve talked to.
But, as Roy points out, we still
have a lot to learn about using
both of these new techniques. He
works closely with growers on
all of that.
Irrigation helps increase the
size. Being able to chill them
quick helps on this too, as you
can let them grow and ripen a
little longer on the tree. Then
the quick chilling and refrigerated
shipment enable them to carry
to market in good shape.
PAINTED LAWNS
Back in the winter I told you
of painted lawns County Agent
Mellette of Aiken called to our
attention at Clemson. A chemist,
Sherman Converse of Graniteville,
was working it out. Now I under
stand he is putting the material
out, under the name of “WINTER-
LAWN”.
It seems to work fine on old
frosted Bermuda and Carpet
Grass lawns. The paint is simply
sprayed on the dead stubble and
it lasts until spring. Clemson
hasn’t experimented with it, but
two small trial plots of it putout
here by one of the specialists
last winter did all right. Folks
seeing them thought they had
been seeded to winter grass. When
spring came the new growth
enveloped it and the rest, and
soon you couldn’t tell where the
J paint had been put.
All of this is just from obser
vation with me. I saw jt and it
sure/ looks interesting. And it
appears that this is a job that
will lend itself well to custom
work. For the average person
wouldn’t need the apparatus for
applying it but a few minutes
each season.
Up to now, over seeding summer
lawns with mixtures has been
the only way to have a green
winter lawn. And the summer
sod often got so thick that the
seed thus sown had difficulty
getting to the ground to sprout.
Then, if a good stand was secured,
it competed with the summer
grass out in the spring. And you
had to mow it all winter too. If
this paint businesa worths out
like it now looks, it will be a boon
to winter lawns where you have
a good enough summer sod to
hold it.
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Frank Wilson
Next to Burns and
Summer
Feeder Cattle
Sale Sept. 14
In Greenwood
The third annual fall feeder
cattle sale is scheduled to be held
in Greenwood Friday, September
14. As in the previous sales, the
cattle will be divided into groups
according to breed, sex, weight
and grade or quality. Only steers
and heifers that weigh not less
than 350 pounds and grade U. S
Medium or better will be accept
ed. There will not be any cows,
bulls, or stags accepted in this
sale. All cattle must have been
vaccinated for Backleg and Ship
ping Fever between March 19,
1956 and August 31, 1956. Any
cattle not so vaccinated can be
entered if given serum at the sale
barn at the sellers expense.
All heifers must meet shipping
regulations in regard to Bangs
disease in one of the following
ways: (1) Calfhood vaccination;
(2) Come from certified or ac
credited herd; (3) Be tested and
found negative within 30 days;
(4) Be tested at the sale barn at
the sellers expense. In either of
the above 1, 2 or 3 a veterinar
ians certificate will be accepted.
Cattle sold in these sales have
brought higher prices than in the
regular sales during the same
season. Anyone interested in
selling in this sale should con
tact P. B. Ezell, county agent, not
later than August 31. This will
make it possible for a selection
committee to see the cattle on
farms and possibly save hauling
some that would otherwise be re
jected at the sale barn. Cattle for
the Greenwood sale must be de
livered to Warner’s livestock barn
between 8 a. m. and 6 p. m.
Thursday, September 13.
Other similar sales will be held
at Winnsboro, September 20, and
Spartanburg September 21.
I REMEMBER
BY THE OLD TIMERS
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From Boxo Texino, San Antonio,
Texas: I remember about a half
century ago when I started rail
roading the callboy rode a horse.
The little 8-wheel steam locomo
tives burned coal, and the local
passenger trains stopped at all
pig trails. I remember firing one
of these trains 154-miles a day and
the schedule was 10 hours and we
went in late every day.
The conductor wore a Prince Al
bert uniform with brass buttons all
over it. He had a long handlebar
mustache and he was a lawyer,
doctor and scholar on all subjects
and spoke English and Spanish
fluently, as this train terminated
on the Mexican border. And every
thing was bilingual business.
Outside of myself, the news-
butcher was the busiest man on the
train. He sold soda water, ham
sandwiches, peanuts and popcorn.
Everybody ate, drank and was
always merry. They seemed to
have more fun then than the pas
sengers who now fly around the
world.
From Harvey A. Heath, Detroit,
Michigan: I remember when Ne
braska sandhill farmers raised
watermelons for the sale of the
seeds. We could eat all we
wanted, the only restriction being
that the seeds be left in the empty
half shall The flesh we could take
homo, but the skin and the seeds
we had to leave. All we wanted, for
free!
O NCE upon a time there was
a girl on the Bob Crosby show
whose All-American, girl-next-
door appearance was refreshing
as an ocean breeze on a 90 degree
day . . . She was beautiful tal
ented and completely natural
both in manners and looks . . .
Her name was Joante O'Brien . . .
Joanie is still with the show
. . . but, alas, what a difference
. . . She has gone platinum and
now looks just like any other glam
ourous chorus girl on Hollywood
Boulevard . . . Apparently Joanie
aspires to be a movie star and
hopes to attract attention by a sen
sation new hairdo.
It's unfortunate Joanie has given
up the wistful appeal In favor of
the more blatant veneer, * especial
ly since her singing has vastly
improved in the past few years
. . . She can belt out a rock and
roll number or light Up a torch
song with the best of them and it
always seemed surprising that no
enterprising movie producer had
discovered her . . . Perhaps he
will now that the bloom has left
the rose.
PLATTER CHATTER
Capitol: — Pee Wee Hant'a
latest Is a little lively thing called
“Rockin' Horse Book" . . . Flip
side has "Blue", a slight change
of pace . . . "Texas" Bffl Strength
does well with a sad 'on, "Where
Did My Heart Go?" "Gotta Lotta
Love" backs it to make a good
combination ... If yon weren't
overly food at "Heartbreak Hotel"
and "Bock Island Line" yon win
find Stan Freberg*s takeoffs on
them to yonr liking . . . Arrange
ments, of course, were made by
the Inimitable Freberg whose
satire can be devastating.
Lea Baxter, who has been boom
ing lately, comes up with a good
pair that should keep him on top
. . . They're "Melodia Loca"
backed by the concerto and theme
from "Foreign Intrigue."
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BEY. BOBEBT H. HARPER
Remember the Source
The mountain stream Hhishrates
a great need of human life. Be
ginning with the molting snow of
the mountain slope, joined by oth
er rivlets that gambol down the
mountain, a swift creek is found
leaping from boulder to boulder.
In some of the gorges it sends up
a mist in which the slanting sun
forms tiny rainbows. At times in
small glades, the creek glides in
such glassy smoothness that a
fallen loaf careering downward
casts a dating shadow on the peb
bles of the bed. And all the while,
the creek sings to itself this song:
"Remember the source and be
true to the best you have known."
But alas for the mountain
stream and its high hopes! After
the lowlands are reached, the
swift creek joins a dark sluggish
stream flowing through a valley.
Oozing out from somewhere in
bogs and fens, this stream has be
come the ugly sewer of the coun
tryside. But follow" the united
stream down a way and you will
see hew the waters from above are
struggling tor the mastery. And
by and by Am crystal waters from
the melting snows of far heights
clear toe united stream and it
flows on. with steady course and
widening shore, to turn toe wheels
of groaning to float
great ships to the sea, to give it
self at last to the mighty ocean.
So let us, in toe ongoing of our
lives, remember the Source and
be true to the best we have known.
Choose Weapons Carefully:
Use Gun to Kill-And It's Called Murder,
But Use an Automobile-lfs an Accident
«
A NY man who uses a gun to
kill anybody today is a toed.
He ought to use an automobile tor
his chances of getting away with
murder are much better."
So said Robert L. Donigan, legal
counsel for the Northwestern Uni
versity Traffic Institute, the “West
Point of Traffic Policemen," in de
scribing the effect of our soft at
titude toward drivers who break
the law and cause death. To Illus
trate his point, Donigan cited the
following cases:
“A driver, through a flagrant
vidatkxi of toe law, killed two
people and injured three. He was
found gaQty of negligent homi<4de
jmd was sentenced to serve from 6
to 24 months.
Another Story
“In another court a man was
found guilty of passing $200 worth
of phony checks he had forged.
TTis sentence was 7% to 21 years.
“Prosecutors who do not push
vigorously for convictions in seri
ous cases, juries who tend to he
soft and judges who are inclined
to be lenient are discouraging re
spect for the traffic laws and are
encouraging , lawbreaking, '* Don
igan asserted.
Public apathy has bred this soft
attitude.
“We thought that poliomyelitis
was a threat, and people were con
cerned about it," said Gov. Lang-
lie of Washington. "Every family
that had a ebAd worried about toe
possfeOHy of their youngster's get
ting it. and they would do anything
to avoid it.
"And yet, tor every youngster
of 14 or under that was afflicted
and died from poliomyelitis, we
killed 13 on the highways of our
state—and people didn't seem to
be particularly interested,'* Lang-
lie said.
"Kill a man with a gun and we
ft murder. Rill a man with a
two-ton vehicle and we call it an
accident."
Need Understanding
In the_past, people have not sup
ported—liave even resented—good
enforcement of the traffic laws be
cause they have not understood the
importance to them and to their
families of drives aimed at law
violations which last year were
involved in 88 per cent of our 38,000
traffic deaths.
As more and more public officials
are becoming aware that the flag
rant traffic lawbreaker is a poten
tial killer, enforcement drives are
being stepped up throughout the
country. •
More than 100 cities have under
taken determined crackdowns, and
the governors of 33 states either
have launched get-tough drives or
have expressed interest in stepped
up law enforcement as a traffic
safely measure.
What we need now, traffic au
thorities declare, is an aroused
informed public (1) to sup
port the officials who are dedi
cated to strict and impartial en
forcement of realistic traffic laws
and (2) to demand action from
those who still are sitting by idly
as toe slaughter on the highways
reaches record proportions.
More traffic tickets by police of
ficers, however, is no* enough to
make a law enforcement program
a life-saving success.
Need Cooperation
“Cooperation of the courts is of
utmost importance," said James
P. Economos, director of toe traf
fic court program of the American
Bar Association which since 1947
has been conducting seminars for
prosecutors and judges to upgrade
the administration of Justice in toe
nation’s traffic courts.
“Even if we have super-safe
vehicles, more super highways and
more highway improvements, all
we can expect is a reduction of
from 10 to 20 per cent—at best—
in collisions and fatalities," Econ
omos pointed out.
“But if we move through law
enforcement and education, we can
make a reduction of from 80 to
90 per cent This fact places a
serious responsibility on traffic
court judges.
Find the Causes ■
“Judges must decide which of
fenders violated through ignor
ance, which through mental or
physical disability and which ones
through a faulty attitude or a lack
of respect for the law, and he must
deal with each offender individual
ly. Ideally, the court should be a
classroom where causes are iso
lated and then eliminated.’*
Although police officers in one
Tennessee city had stepped up en
forcement, most of the offenders
were being freed by the town's
only traffic judge. The judge had
to rim for re-election and he
thought he was making friends by
his lenient attitude.
Maybe he was making friends—
but the? city's death rate continued
to climb.
A year later, the judge sudden
ly got a change of heart In a
single day, 198 of 200 drivers that
appeared before him were con
victed. As word of the new court
policy spread, the traffic death rate
soon dropped so sharply that the
city won a national traffic safety
ft ward.
NEXT WEEK—Nuts on the HHray.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Like most kids, we werte lazy.
I believe I was lazier than the
reet. It really hurt me to have
to work, any length of time any
way. The rows looked so long
and grassy and it was so boring.
I’d lot rather been building a, dam
down on the creek, carrying heavy
rock, and shoveling wet dirt, than
chopping cotton on . an easy-
working sandy ridge. And chop
ping down a large tree to get a
small ’possum wasn’t work at
all. But to split up a little easy
stovewood was drudgery for sure.
Once my brother and I were
told to mend the rail fence. We
knew it should be done from the
bottom, not the top. For the
bottom, on the ground, was
where the rotton rails were. But
that was a lot harder, as you had
to lift it up, remove the old rail,
and insert the new one.
It was winter, and we had just
heard of some late bullice that
still clung to the vines away back
on Broad River. We had cleaned
up all of that sort we had cata
loged in memory, from years be
fore, and were real hungry for
’em again.
Mrs. Mabel Jones and sons*
Mrs. C. A. Reeder and Miss Linda
Cousins spent last week vacation
ing at the beach.
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AT NEWBERRY FEDERAL
We are headquarters for Home Loans in Newberry and vicinity. When
you finance your home here, you deal with a local association with head
quarters in your own community. Our officers and employees are sin
cerely interested in seeing that you attain true, debt-free home ownership.
When you use our safe, easy plan of saving for a home, your mortgage
is reduced gradually over a period of years untU it is completely cancelled.
Costly mortgage renewals are unnecessary. Interest is computed monthly
on only the unpaid balance. We make home loans for all purposes.
Newberry Federal
Savings & Loan Ass’n.
“An Institution Devoted to Thrift and Home Ownership”
ASSETS OVER $8,000,000
John F. Clarkson, Pres. J. K. Willingham, Sec.-Treas.
NEWBERRY, S. C.
DIRECTORS
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M. O. Summer
J. K. Willingham
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So I insisted to him that we
just lay the new rails on top of
the fence away there in the back
where our dad wouldn’t likely see
it. He reluctantly agreed, for the
call of those ripe muscadines (bul
lice) was too strong.
So we thus got through early,
and hit out for the far back
places. We did find our treasure.
But the rail job was to be done
right the next Saturday after
noon, and we missed our weekly
trip to Chapin then.
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