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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 195S
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M, ELEAZER
The coming of the thresher was
an event to be remembered in onr
lives as kids in the stone hills of
the Dutch Fork.
We all grew oats for mule feed.
Wouldn’t give it to a cow. The
Idea was prevalent it would make
a cow dry up. We would thrash
a little of it for seed. The balance
was fed in the bundle. And then
there was enough wheat to fur-
aish us with bread. And, of course,
all of it had to be thrashed.
We cut our grain with a hand
cralle and tied it likewise with
.twists of grain. It was shocked in
the field until dry, and then hauled
and stacked in thebarn to await
the coming of the thrasher. A
P»*w on horseback proceeded it
told each farmer when it
would get there. The farmer was
to have enough good dry wood
and some tubs and barrels of water
ready there on the spot near the
barn.
We kids usually went down to
a neighbors and watched them
finish there.
Several long toots of the whistle
told of the finish there, and that
was a warning for the next farm
to get ready. Some of the fire was
pulled from the engine, blocks
knocked from against its wheels,
the long belt that leads to- the
thrasher was taken off and rolled
up, and two big mules hitched to
the thrasher and four to the en
gine. That engine was the heavi
est thing we ever saw moved on
wheels. It really ground up the
flinty rocks as it rolled over them.
It had a hand brake on it too that
a strong man helped the tongue
mules with down hills. Otherwise
it would have run over them.
As soon as it got to the next
farm, engine and trasher were
rapidly unhitched neatly in line.
Crescent shaped holes about 6
inches deep were scooped out for
bracing the wheels and quarter-
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section of a log were driven be
tween wheel and ground for added
bracing. Otherwise that engine
and thrasher would reel and rock
at full speed.
While all of this was going on,
the fireman was busy stuffing
the engine with dry wood to get
the steam back up. Soon he had
it pooping off. That scared us kids,
and we’d get behind the barn on
a high fence until it stopped. We
were afraid of that whistle too.
It was so loud it would hurt your
ears. And the fireman gloried in
getting a bunch of us kids there
near the engine, and suddenly
pulling that whistle when we were
not looking. More of this next
week.
Last week I started telling of
the coming of the thrasher each
year to the farms of the Stone.
Hills in the Dutch Fork of Lex
ington County. I take up here
where I left off then.
Soon the strawpiles started to
grow. We kids would get in and
on it, having an awful good
time. The women folks were
ready with bed ticks ready to be
refilled. We used the wheat
straw for that. It lasted better
and its chaff was not as itchy,
if it worked through the ticking.
That old straw from the year be
fore they emptied out of the
ticks before refilling was shred
ded up until it had little give to
-it. Those new straw beds then
slept soft am} cool during the
hot days ahead at that season.
But they got pretty well packed
down and admitted less air by
wintertime.
The thrashing crew usually
stayed out all week, for travel
was too slow to go home each
night. The men slept in the
strawpiles, and the farmers fed
them. It was each farmer’s duty
to feed the crew at least once
when it came to his place. And
there was a lot of cooking for
this coming of the thrasher. For
By LYN CONNELLY
p\AVID NIVEN, one of the three
A--' owners of Four Star, Inc.,
makes an interesting observation
about westerns: “Westerns al
ways will be a staple of TV . . .
Should TV confine itself to indoor
pictures, it would kill the medi
um . . . People want to escape
via the TV screen to the outdoors”
...incidentally. Four Star will pro
duce 200 TV films this year at an
average cost of $40,000 each . . .
Desi Arnaz announces that Desilu
Productions is blueprinting TV
film’s most ambitious series to
date ... a series of 37 hour-long
video films involving a production
outlay of about $7,500,000 . . . The
series will be tagged “Desilu
Playhouse” and, including time
and production coin, will involve
about $15,000,000.
CBS has promised Victor Borge
a serious dramatic show .it is
a paradox in show business that*
the men who work hardest to get
people to enjoy themselves are
the ones who take themselves the
most seriously! Five clients were
ready to share the tab on the
Groucho Marx show but the
$52,500 price tag scared them
away . . . James Mason is being
paged to star in a TV series based
on the movie, “The Third Man.”
PLATTER CHATTER
CAPITOL: The very popular
“Tequila” gets a rousing rendition
from the baton of Stan Kenton . . .
This is a number that should make
new fans for Stan . . . Reverse
has something called k ‘Cuban
Mumble” that makes a small
noise but who cares with “Te
quila” doing so well? Jack Jones,
Allan's talented son, does a mag
nificent Job with “A Very Precious
Love” from “Marjorie Morning-
star” . . . “What's the Use?” is
on the flip side.
MERCURY: A disk destined for
big things is “Wishing for Your
Love” done beautifully by a new
group called “Hie Voxpoppers”
. . . Flip has “The Last Drag.”
“Golden Ruby Blue” is the eye
opener done by Jimmy Edwards
who combines it with “My Honey”
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Pinckney N. Abrams, Sec.-Treas.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY . . . Mrs.
Dulles helps Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles celebrate
his 7dth birthday at staff party.
those crews of hard-working
men really hid the rations.
They thrashed for toll, never
cash, as I recall For folks didn’t
have much of that. Usually the
toll wagon came later and got it.
No time to fool with that
then. The bushel count was kept
by pushing leather washers over
an arched wire, at the measur
ing trough.
Thrashing was one of the hot
test and itchiest of jobs. Those
men carried / only the overalls
and shirt they wore. And after
a week’s work, without even
pulling them off, they were full
ready for the wash. You couldn’t
tell the color of men or clothes,
and hardly recognized them at
church on Sunday, after they
cleaned up.
It was a sort of honor to be
working away with the thrasher.
For only strong men could do
it. When a boy first did, he
would strpt a bit when occa
sions arrived.
Just as the last bundle zoom
ed through the thrasher, a work
er yelled “watch out” and threw
the great belt with a stick. It
writhed dangerously a moment
on the ground like a snake and
became still. Then he rolled it
up and, another helping him,
pitched it up on the apron of the
thrasher. Others were knocking
the blocks from the scotched
wheels, cleahing up the sheets,
and hitching up the mules. And
in no time they were off down
the road, with whistle blowing
for the next place. Next week a
little more.
TRIPLETS . . Wm. H. Wil
liams of Grady, Pa., poses with
his 3-year-old " Hampshire ewe
and her three lambs. 2 days old
WORLD OUTDOORS
S HORT shots concerning the
furred, feathered, and finned:
The pocket gopher is aptly
named. Fur-lined pockets may be
found ob each side of the head
and neck. A busy gopher may
sometimes be seen stuffing one
pocket and then the other with
food or nesting material.
* * •
A jackrabbit sometimes may
weight seven or eight pounds and
can leap 15 or 20 feet in a single
hop if he really gets excited.
* * *
Thousands of years ago,
we’re told, there lived in North
America a giant beaver, long
er than a black bear. It meas
ured 7J4 feet, counting its tail.
Our present-day beaver never
stops growing — but doesn’t
grow fast enough, or live long
enough, to approach the size of
his giant ancestor.
* * •
The fox family operates as a
unit in the summer when the par
ents teach the young to hunt.
Foxes, like skunks and badgers,
are often abused. But each per
forms mankind a good service by
keeping other animal life under
control. It has been estimated that
a single fox will kill more than a
thousand Rodents per year.
• • *
The skunk often lends a
helping hand to waterfowl.
How so? Well, waterfowl will
refuse to nest in marshes
where too many turtles live—
for obvious reasons. Skunks
keep turtle populations in
check by destroying their eggs.
State Bank No. 67-69S
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
THE BANK OF COMMERCE
OF PROSPERITY, IN THE STATE OF'SOUTH CAROLINA, AT
THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON MARCH 4, 1958.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve bal
ances, and cash items in process of collection ^ $229,896.19
United States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed 240,576.20
Obligations of State and political subdivisions . 110,992.12
Other bonds, notes, and debentures 10,000.00
Loans and discounts (including $74.51 overdrafts) 253,016.54
Bank premises owned, none; furniutre and fixtures, $1,-
606.72 1,606.72
Other assets 1,402.65
TOTAL ASSETS _ 1 $847,490.42
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and cor
porations $556,963.04
Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corpo
rations 124,829.45
Deposits of United States Government (including postal
savings) 12,851.29
Deposits of States and political subdivisi<yis 65,992.32
Other deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.) 2,946.30
TOTAL DEPOSITS $763,582.40
Other liabilities 4,440.12
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CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital* $ 50,000.00
Surplus 23,000.00
Undivided profits 6,467.90
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 79,467.90
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS __$847,490.42
♦This bank’s capital consists of: Common stock with
total par value of $50,000.00.
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for
other purposes $ 69,612.50
Loans as shown above are after deduction of reserves
of 2,334.73
I, Jacob A. Bowers, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly
represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and
set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JACOB A. BOWERS,
Correct—Attest:
RUDOLPH C. BARNES,
J. MONROE FULMER,
W. G. LYLES,
DAN D. LANG, Directors
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State of South Carolina, County of Richland—ss:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of March, 1958,
and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank.
HAZEL C. CAULEY, Notary Public.
My commission expires at the pleasure of the Governor.
LAFF OF THE WEEK
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FOOD FOR FREE CHINA . . . Taiwan farmer shows huge white
beets grown on Formosa farm. Irrigation produces fine crops of
beans, sweet potatoes and beets.
HEARTFELT KISS . .. Senate
majority leader Lyndon Johnson
(Texas) kneels to kiss Kathleen
Burns, aged 21 months, who wa*
named “Heart Sunday Sweet
heart” In Washington, D.C. cere
mony.
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