The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 26, 1957, Image 7
THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1957
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE SEVEN
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Ciem&on Extension Information Specialist
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DEMONSTRATING NEW
LAWN GRASSES
Clem-son’s station at Pontiac
has been testing out the new lawn
grasses. They. have also furnished
county agents small Starts of
several of them to put on demon
strations with. I saw two cases
of this on a recent trip out in
the state.
County Agent Lee of Cherokee
had used his for' demonstration
plots of lawn there in front of
his office. And over in Darlington
Assistant County Agent C. G.
Newton and his county 4-H Club
officers and local leaders had taken
on a simular project there in
front df their agricultural build
ing. In both cases the new lawns
were looking good and were fine
demonstrations there when folks
could look and pick what they
liked best.
The Cherokee planting consist
ed of 5 lawn grasses; Tiffine,
Tifgreen, and Sunturf Bermudas,
Meyer and Emerald Zoysias.
Newton’s neat plots in Darling
ton contained 9 different grasses.
All' of the above plus Centipede,
Common Bermuda, St. Augustine
grass and Dichondra.
A number of other counties
have simular demonstrations where
folks can see and Judge adapted
lawn grasses for themselves.
Clemson’s Woodle and Turner as
sisted the agents with the proper
disinfecting of the soils for these
demonstrations with Methyl Bro
mide. This kills weed and grass
seeds ih the soil, and also nema
todes apd possibly other pests. You
then get a rather clean stand of
the grass you plant.
HOT PEPPERS
Years ago, T. B. Young, then
with the government, started test
ing out medicinal and other new
plants fn the Florence area. One
of them has stuck, hot pepper.
For jyears the little industry
thrived I down there with the orig
inal stofck he introduced there. But,
as time went on, it split up all
«orts of ways and there was an
almost i total lack of uniformity
in type: and quality. So he inter
ested Clemson in starting some
improvement and breeding work
with it,| and for a good many years
now J. A. Martin has been work
ing on it. He has succeeded in
- developing a high-yielding hot
pepper of desirable quality, typ^
and unifirmity. And he is still
at it, constantly, in the words
of the 4-H slogan, “trying to make
the best better.”
Riding recently in the Florence-
Darling:ton area I saw a small
green fields of these bright red
peppers ripening in the sun. The
job of growing, picking, and cur-
Skirl Pattern No. 1314—THIS good
looking skirt for oarly fall wear is so ver
satile for fall wardrobe plans. And if re-
tjvires just a yard of fabric in the small
er sizes.
No. 1314 with PHOTO-GUIDE is in
waist sizes 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32. Size 25.
I ytsrd of 54-inch.
Needlework Pattern No. 326-N—Treat
the tabletop to a “new look'" with this
lacy centerpiece crocheted in either snow-
white or rich ecru thread. No. 326-N has
crochet directions} stitch illustrations.
Send 35c for each skirt pattern, 25c
for each needlework pattern to AUDREY
LANE BUREAU, Dept. "NV/NS/' 367 West
Adams Street, Chicago 6, Illinois.
ing them just right is a rather
tedious operation, I understand,
and the demand is not uniimited.
S!o, those who do a good job and
have stuck with it find it a fair
supplementary money crop, along
with their general farming.
RISHER SAYS EAT TURKEY
Naturally, Charlie Risher, our
turkey specialist, wants everyone
to eat turkey and then more
turkey. But he now has a good
and compelling reason for that.
He points out that turkey is the
cheapest meat in the market now,
even cheaper than bologna and
weiners. Tom turkeys on foot have
been as low as 19 cents a pound.
And our store had hen turkeys
dressed for the pot for 35 cents.
And he further reminds us that
turkey meat is highest in essent
ial protein and, along with chick-
eh, the lowest in those fat calories
that so many try to avoid.
So, let’s eat more turkey for
our own good, the good of our
growers, and the good of our pock-
etbooks.
NEED FOR IRRIGATION
Seasons were almost ideal over
most of the state until late June.
Except for a few places, where
they hath too much rain, the show
ers came just right, and no irrig
ation was needed.
But aias, the showers ceased in
late June, and the fine prospects
burned beneath the persistent rays
of a dry,July and early August.
For the ^vhole growing month of
July Anderson, Greenville, and
Spartanburg all had less than an
inch of rain, against a normal of
almost 5 inches. And much of the
midstate was almost as=bad. Only
along the coastal area, where
crops were mostly over, did abund
ant rains "ome.
The need for irrigation! It is
ever present with us. For seldom
is it we make any crop that
drought does not slip in and take
its dreadful toll from.
1 REMEMBER"
BY THE OLD TIMERS
From Mary Overstreet, Leigh,
Nebraska: I remember when we
burned buffalo chips, corn stalks,
corn cobs and sun flowers for fuel
and thought we were well provided
for, too. We traveled with an oxen
team when we did not walk. We
walked two miles to school and
were none the worse for the exer
cise.
Until I was ten years old (I am
now 88), my mother made all our
clothes by hand and knit our stock
ings and mittens.
We were a family of six, living
on a 160-acre Nebraska farm.
Neighbors were a mile or more
apart. If vje wer'e so fortunate as
to have a tenant on the little shan
ty V4 mile from us, we were
thrilled. At least, we children
were. The sort of character it hap
pened to be tempered the thrill
for the parents, I believe.
We were 24 miles from a post
office and received and sent mail
only when a neighbor went into
town.
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From Paul Morgan, Los Ange
les, Calif.: Remember when little
girls and boys could blush? And
were seen and not heard? Remem
ber when folks dropped in for Sun
day dinner and the kids had to
wait “second table” they would
peep through the doorway to see
if there would be any food left?
There always was. Remember
when little boys and girls played
“house” and ran barefooted
through dried sand burrs and come
Sunday had to squeeze sore feet
into a tight pair of new shoes.
Those were the days, when kids
kept their chins greasy with spare
ribs, hog jowl, cabbages, turnip
greens and collard greens.
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Send contribntlons to this column to
The Old Timer, Community Press, Serr-
ice, Box 89, Frankfort. Kentucky.)
SNAKE CHARMER . . . Nata
Haast, daughter of owner of
Miami Serpentarium, wears in
digo snake as neckpiece.
HP \PE measures won’t get
1 ‘angled in your sewing basket
il they’re tacked at one end to an
empty thread spool then rolled
around the spool and snapped
closed with a clothing snap sewed
on the tape
Use a small plastic box with a
cover to hold all loose straight pins
in order It’s much easier to put
them in that and take them out
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THIS WEEK’S RECIPE
Liver Creole
(Serves 4-6)
1 pound sliced liver
Flour
3 tablespoons fat
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons chopped onion
2 cuds cooked tomatoes
Dip slices of liver in flour;
brown in hot fat. Add onion and
tomatoes. Cover and cook slowly
for 15 minutes. Uncover and
cook 15 minutes longer or until
’iver is tender and sauce thick
ened. Serve with cooked lima
beans, spaghetti or rice.
for use than to place each one in
dividually on a pincushion.
After hanging youi drapes or
curtains, give them a professional
pleated look by pinning them to
gether properly and let stand that
way for 24 hours Crease the pleats
before pinning.
In-between professional rug
cleaning, use a powder type clean
er to keep rugs looking immacu
late This powder is rubbed in
with a brush, allowed to stand and
removed with a vacuum cleaner
Remove buttons from a worn
out garment and place on a string
or cord to keep them from getting
separated in the button box
IvoryJiandled silverware should
be washed in warm rather than
hot water a‘s the latter causes it
to turn yellow.
MODESTY . . . That’s title of
song featuring actress Vivian
Blaine’s act in Las Vegas night
club.
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VORLD OUTDOORS
^jpHE crocodile and the African
lion perhaps have outstanding
reputations as killers of animals
and men. In cinema and in fiction
they attack without provocation.
We see it, read it and believe it.
The next day we go to the circus to
watch a man enter a cage full of
lions or visit a carnival where a
man playfully wrestles an alliga
tor or a crocodile. We think the
performer is courageous—or fool
ish, but it does not occur to us that
courage, or the lack of it, would
help him not at all if the lion or
crocodile were as “vicious” as
they are always painted.
Actually, two things make “kil
lers” of the creature' of the wild
—hunger and pain. The lion will
bask in the sun, paying little heed
to his surroundings, until the pangs
of hunger send him forth in search
of a tasty victim to fill his stom
ach. He doesn’t kill for fun, al
though when wounded,, he may kill
anything that crosses his path.
The crocodile prowls the banks of
the river, but once his appetite is
satisfied, his aggressive tempera
ment is somewhat diminished.
Few animals go out of their way
in search of trouble, whether they
be wild or domesticated. Driven
by hunger, pain or hurt, man’s
“best friend,” the dog, can become
deadly and treacherous. Even the
ground squirrel, when hurt or dis
eased, has been known to attack
man. Fear likewise makes a
“fighter” of the most docile ani
mal, since practically all creatures
have an instinct for self preserva
tion.
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BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J M ELEAZER
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As a kid in the Stone Hills of
the Dutch Fork I sat for endless
hours, time and again, at grand
pa’s feet, hearing him tell, about
the war. He lived it, like all of
those oldtimers, and was never
reconciled to any sort of feeling
that it was settled right.
To him it was not the Civil War.
Perish the thought! It was a war
over principles, between soverign
states that no one had ever said
couldn’t secede, if they wished.
Civil war implies rebellion against
constituted authority. And
viction that a relatively small
band of them came nearer’beating
thepants off this country than
any other country ever has.
No, to grandpa it was not Civil
War. It was the War between the
States. And I saw this same feel
ing strong in an elderly history
professor when I came to Clemson
in 1912. He would run any stud
ent out of his room who referred
to that war as the Civil War. To
him too it was the War between
the States. To call it Civil War
made traitors out of all who wore
the gray, he maintained.
I understand that war has been
called by more names than perhaps
any other in all of history. My
good friend W. D. Workman, who
writes for several papers in this
state, came up with a new one on
me the other day. He jcalled it
“The War of the Northern Ag
gression.”
, War, War: The sheer insanity
of it. What has ever settled? Hur
ricanes of heartaches, suffering,
death, distrust, and hatreds are
about its only fruits. It makes
monsters out of men, war-hearted
men, men made in the image of
God. Surely it should go like the
duel.
But to hear grandpa talk about
it in the after years, in my youth
ful imagination it became a glor
ious thing stripped of its horrors.
I wonder if men and nations don’t
get that way too, when a generat
ion grows up that hasn’t known
war? But, let me hush. This has
drifted into too deep a subject.
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POSY FOR GRACE . . . Pic
turesquely bearded Harry
Wheatcroft sniffs new rose he
perfected at London’s National
Rose Society show. It’s called
“Grace de Monaco.”
TELL US VOUR
PROBLEM
A NO LIT US PASS IT ON TO NCLP OTHCIS IN SOLVING THEWS.
BY JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND
TODAY’S PROBLEM:
Getting Along with People.
A YOUNG woman who doesn’t
want her name used, asks
that we call her Ethel.
Before their marriage, Ethel
knew that her mother-in-law would
live with them. That was all right
Ethel had met the mother and had
found her very pleasant.
After the honeymoon it took Eth
el only a few days to learn her
mother-in-law was indeed pleas
ant—provided she had her own
way. It was some time before Eth
el realized that she was merely a
servant in her own home. Her
selection of a washing machine
was vetoed by her mother-in-law:
her husband saw his mother’s
i
point of view. There were other
incidents, but since Ethel was
adaptible she was little disturbed,
until her -baby came—and the
grandmother took charge!
Nothing Ethel did for the baby
was right. She wanted to rear her
own child, but she couldn’t fight
back. One day her husband went
on a business trip, so she wrote to
him, took her baby and went home
to her own mother!
, The weeks passed, then her hus
band replied, calmly explaining
how right his mother was; hadn’t
she reared four children'* Ethel
made plans to earn a living; ar
ranging with her old boss for work"
at home where she could care for
her child.
Finally her husband—and his
mother—came to see her. Had he
been alone, she would have wel
comed him gladly. Instead, she
greeted them politely, and kept
them waiting while she made up
the baby’s formula. When her hus
band said he wanted to talk things
over with her; Ethel, encouraged
by his nervous manner, replied
that she had nothing to say. “If
he would meet her in town—” A
few minutes of silence, and finally
his mother said. “You’d better ge +
things settled, son.”
When they met, Ethel found the
struggle virtually won. Her hus
band was not averse to havihg
his mother’s hold loosened, having
already discussed her going to live
with her widowed sister.
Later, by a mighty effort and be
cause she knew it was difficult for
her mother-in-law to change her
habits, Etliel set out to make a
friend of her mother-in-law—and
succeeded.
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Q Can yon tell me how many nominations for postmaster were acted
on by the first session of the 85th Congress.
A The President sent up 1,679 nominations for postmatter, of which
875 were confirmed, 29 withdrawn and 775 were unconfirmed.
Q How much additional money did the Congress pass in deficiency
and supplemental appropriation bills for fiscal year ending June
30, 1957?
A The President sent up four deficiency bills and one supplemental
bill totalling $512,2:045 of which the Congress allowed $455,620,925,
which must be added to the expenditures for fiscal 1957 over and
above the regular appropriation bill.
Q Is there any way you can find the total population of the British
Commonwealth of Nations?
A Latest population figures available are: United Kingdom 51,221,000;
Europe (Gibraltar and Malta) 345,349; Asia-India, Pakistan, Ma’-
--ya etc., 472,912,599; Africa, 82,236,050; Indian Ocean colonies,
595,436; Australasia 13,143,732; Pacific Islands, 566,742; Atlantic
Islands, 5,350; Canada 15,£j1,0C0; Central America (British Hoh-
duras) 73,171; West Indies 2,950,115; South America (British Gui
ana, Falkland) 467,646—a total of 640,378,180, covering 12,021,522
square miles. ’ ’ •
Q Will you give me the ratio of births and deaths in the United States?
A In 1955, latest year figures are available, deaths totalled 1,527,000
and total births were 4,041,000.
Q Is it true that residents of the District of Columbia have no right
to vote?
A Residents of the district of Columbia appointed to positions from
other states, may vote in their own states by absentee ballots, or
may return home to vote at their own expense. Natives of the
District not claiming voting rights elsewhere may vote only for
delegates to national presidential nominating conventions, national
committee representatives and local party committees.
Prosperity News
MRS. B. T. YOUNG, Correspondent
Mrs. J. A. Sease and Miss Grace
Sease, visited Mrs. Sease’s sister
Mi's. Goldman, in Augusta, Sun
day.
Miss Joeallen Koon has gone
to Rome, Ga., where she has en
tered The Martha Berry School.
The many friends of Dennis
Bedenbaugh are glad that he is
able to be back at his work at
Bedenbaugh’s Ginnery.
Mr. Bedenbaugh was injured
in an automobile accident several
weeks ago.
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Mr. and Mrs. Austin Scott and
Sonny spent the weekend in Ware
Shoals.
Col. Gus Schattenburg and Mrs.
Shattenburg and Gus Jr., of Col
umbia were Sunday guests of Mrs.
W. L. Mathis and Mrs. Helen M.
Summers.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Epting
have rented the A. R. P. parson
age and will move in in a few
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Living
ston and two children of Joanna
spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Livingston, Sr.
‘ Dr. and Mrs^ J. A. Hunt of
Saluda visited Mrs. Hunt’s sister,
Mrs. P. C. Singley, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Wise and
their house guests, Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Hester of Buffalo, N. Y.
spent the weekend in Atlanta n
guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Wise,
Sr.,
. '
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bedenbaugh
of Easley spent the weekend with
relatives.
Mr. M. P. Connelly, who is
teaching in Ambrose, Ga., and
Miss Kay Connelly *of Atlanta,
spent the weekend at their home
here.
M. Aijstin Scott and Frank
McMillian, III left Monday morn
ing for Athens, Ga., where they
will enroll in the University of
Georgia.
Mrs. J. C. Taylor of Charleston
spent Sunday night with her sis
ters, Mrs. Frank Browne and Mrs.
L. W. Harmon. Miss Rebecca
Taylor, who has been visiting here
for several weeks and her mother
left for home Monday morning.
PALS PART . . . Blind Falh-f-h*
scholar Jeff Duty of F ^ ;•*, 1
A k., Mds fare-veH to his Se n;r
Eye dog quarantined fc 6
months at Southampton, Eng
land.
BEAUTY FROM ROME . .
Italian recording and TV fav
orite. blonde Elena Gusti,
arrives in U. S. for starring role
which she won in-Rome audi
tions.
Rev. Robert H. Harper
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO
I F WE car. picture the world 2000
years ago, or nearly that long,
we can find some startling similar
ities to the present'time. In Pales
tine. nearly 2000 years ago, there
were rumors of war on every
breeze, exorbitant taxes, and cruel
ty and rapine, without hope of any
thing better. There the poor were
everywhere md manifold disease
and wretchedness
In some respects, this October
of If 17 is better tha th - October
preceding the birth of CUi ’-St. A
remarkable prosperity is in the
land today, as it harr-
al years. But. further, a sinmlar-
ity is found in the increasing crime
and violence in the country As
there was hideous cruelty ti the
time of Chirst. there is h d us
cruelty in America new oa-
* pers and the radio tell us every
day of revolting crimes that re
spect neither the high nor the ’ >w,
decrepit men and defence’ess
mothers and children.
May these days and weeks -'re
ceding the latest celebration of he
* Saviour’s coming lead men to de
cision for Christ and dedication of
Christians in larger measure to
the great task of making the world
a^better place in which to live.
JILL AND BEANSTALK? . . .
Cathy Bryce, 4, climbs roof to
water 15-foot sunflower growing
outside home of Mrs. Scotty Mc
Lean in Winona, Ontario.
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