Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LAPP OF THE WEEK ase .j.t. .i” im Ul •*1 wouldn’t Too know how em with the wSo not betef here, Ed die Is shoot planning her meals . . .** 1956 Notice The tax books are now open for the collection of taxes and a Discount Of I per cent WILL BE ALLOWED ON TAXES PAID DURING the MONTH of OCTOBER 1956 J. RAY DAWKINS County Treasurer MSTARS W! by LYN CONNELLY HEN Peter Lind Hayes first subbed for Arthur Godfrey we thought he was out of his element . . . Peter and his wife, Mary Heaiy, are great as a night club act . . . They turned in sparkling performances on night time tele vision, but to be turned loose early in the morning just didn't seem up their alley . . . And Peter seemed ill at ease himself . . . He strained hard for laughs and didn’t seem to project as< he is accus tomed to doing on the floor of a club. But much has happened since that first substitution . . . Now Peter is poised, a veteran of the program and it fits him like a glove ... In fact, we invariably feel sorry when Arthur comes back . . . Both emcees are friendly and unassuming but Peter adds talent and versatility to his make up which has always been lacking in the famous redhead . . . Ar thur’s greatest talent lies in his ability to chart a smooth course with his show (on the air, that is) . . . He Is an able captain of a pretty talented crew. Peter, on the other hand, leads the crew with an outstanding tal ent of his own ... He is bright, witty, young and willing to try anything for the sake of a chuckle . . . His lovely wife and partner is no slouch herself . . . She’s an excellent singer and comedienne, and together they are unbeatable . . The Godfrey hour goes much too fast with these two zany »nd lovable people at the helm. If and when Godfrey retires, we hope CBS will keep the show in tact with the Hayes team . . . They should be able to steer the pro gram back to the top ratings it enjoyed before the boss man start liquidating cast members as fast as Stalin did his “friends” in his hey day . . . Frank Parker, the latest casualty, has turned up as a guest on Bandstand, a program just opposite his former employer. Shaping Up Your Sales CAN BE A BIG JOB. LET NEWSPAPER ADS HELP YOU SELL MORE, PROFIT MORE ...SO EASY TO USE, JUST CALL OR COME BY TODAY. ill DECORATING Exciting New Colors! One Coot Covers Most Surfaces! CLEAN.PLEASANT ODOR WASHABLE ANY TIME Chapman-Hawkins Hardware Co. NEWBERRY, S. C. Save Where Your Savings Are Insured LOW COST HOME LOANS If you are planning- to build or buy a home we have low cost home loans, tail- v ored to your individual requirements. Stop in soon and talk over your home loan needs with us. Building & Loan Association 1117 Boyce Street The State Building Newberry, S. C. Pinckney N. Abrams, Sec.-Treas. DIRECTORS — . " Louis C. Floyd R. Aubrey Harley Thomas H. Pope Pinckney N. Abrams J. Dave Caldwell Ralph B. Baker FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Omson Extension Information Specialist OVERIRRIGATION Our tobacco specialist, J. M. Lewis, tells me it is easy to over irrigate tobacco. And some farm ers have been doing that. As dry as the past season was in v Lee County, he saw tobacco that was watered 2 and 3 times that was much better than that watered 5 and 6 times under simi lar conditions. And, since it costs money to put water on a crop, he points out that it is important to use it right. He saw some simi lar results at other places too. Much tobacco is now being irri gated and generally the dounty agents report good to excellent results. At the proper time next season Mr. Lewis will give pointers about irrigating tobacco. He tells me tobacco has two critical times with water. First is at trans planting time to get a stand. If it’s dry then, irrigation can be a •godsend. Then, after it gets caught good, it can stand con siderable drought. That makes it root deep, which it won’t do if you continue to sprinkle it with irrigation. And then the final critical period comes when it starts stretching up several weeks before ripening. If water does not come naturally then, irrigation will be most beneficial. But never a heavy watering, for rains are liable to come and give you too much. Roy Ferree, our peach man, dosen’t find that peach growers are overirrigating so much as they are not watching the water penetration rates on their rolling lands and so much of the water is running away rather than soak ing in. They need to work or ganic matter in the middles, keep contour beds up, perhaps subsoil a bit in the middles, and then apply the water slow enough so it can soak in. He tells me of growers who pride themselves in putting an inch of water an hour on tight land that simply won’t take it that fast. Torrents were noted running out of the ends of their fields. And, folks, that’s not doing any good fast. We have so much to learn about irrigation. But there is one thing we do know. And that is, you have to get the water down into the soil for it to do any good. On the sandy lands, they are not bothered with this. But on the clays it is a real problem. That’s one thing that keeps our rainfall from being more effective. It runs away, not into the soil. Litter on and in the land to loosen it up will sure help. Contour farming too. A FIG FOR EVERY FARM “A Fig for every farm” is a good slogan. This is one crop that is both ered by few if any insects and di seases, and every farm can have it. Turkey seems to be tte variety and the Ce- also common in this state. Folks seldom buy fig bushes. They get rooted sprouts from around neighbors’ bushes. Figs are occasionally injured by cold. But they usually sprout right back out the next spring and you have them soon again. They bear several crops a year. If the first is killed by cold, as they ofter are, you have later ones to come right on. In semi-protected places they do best and have least winter injury. In chimney and fence corners and on the south side of outbuild ings, protected a bit from the north, they do best. They root shallow and do best if kept clean around and mulched with any sort of leaves or litter. CRAPE MYRTLES TOO Dean Farrar joins me again in urging that every home have a few beautiful southern crape myr tles planted around it. After frost, while they are dormant, is the time to set them. Like figs, folks often get their crape myrtle sprouts from around old trees in the neighborhood. But better stocky plants can be gotten rather cheaply from nurseries. They come in a variety 0* shades, from purplish pink, through true pinks, down to » creamy white. This hardy shrub is truly Southern. And visitors here dur ing its long hundred day bloom^ ing season are immediately at tracted by it. I assisted with m tour in this area for the agricul tural college editors who met at Clemson a few years ago in July. More of them asked about 1W» plant, in full then, than anything else we saw. So, if we don’t already have them, let’s add to the beauty, of our place with a few crape myr tles this winter. PRINTING: The Sun Is well eqvl» ped to handle all your peintM orders. We specialise in letter heads, envelopes, billheads and statements. Invoices. We print any kind of receipt book, numb bored or plain. Ruled forma, vou chers, and many, many other items. Try us for quality print ing with prompt service- Phoase No. 1. Well be glad to call. — pllill mmm 21/2 PER CENT INTEREST AT SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK has made our whole family SAVINGS MINDED! “Yes sir, we’re a ‘saving-’ family. Of course, we’re not all saving for the same things, and we all save different amounts each month, but the important thing- is . . , we all have the sav ing- habit. <(Tf I’ve been saving- at the South Carolina National Bank for years. First I saved up money for a down payment on a new home. Then I started putting money away to send my daug-hter to school. This saving fund also comes in handy for any emerg-encies that come up. “My wife saves something- every week, too. She’s planning to buy some new furniture and redecorate our home. Now that South Carolina National is g-oing to pay 2 1-2 per cent interest on her savings, she’ll be able to buy those things she wants just that much faster. “And my daughter ... what do you think she’s saving for? She wants a new bicycle. I guess I could afford to buy her one but I think it much more important that she get the savings habit early in life. And, that’s just what she has done. I don’t think she fully appreciates yet the fact that her money will earn 2 1-2 per cent interest at the South Carolina National, but she knows that it won’t be long before she’ll have that new bike. “If you’d like to see YOUR dreams come true, I recommend that you get the savings habit, just as we have done. And believe me, there’s no better place to save than at South Carolina Nat ional Bank.” DEPOSITS INSURED UP TO $10,000 PAYING 2 1 / 2 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS ' (Effective October 1, 1956) j 1 The South Carolina National Bank m M 1W: V -feiw 1119 Boyce Street MEMBER FDIC Phones Nos. 1549 and 1550 Pg .. ' ll ■cm / ■m