The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 16, 1958, Image 2
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1968
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NEWBERRY. S. C.
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad
vance; six months, $1.25.
By SPECTATOR
Everybody wants more money; at least that’s the impres
sion one gets from reports. If a third of the people receive
ten per cent more that ten per cent must be “made up” by
the hundred per cent who bear all the burdens and contri
bute specially to one third of the population. So, when the
pressure groups end a campaign one element of our people
eat steak and the other folk eat “side-bacon”, or less.
Every town needs more money; every County needs more
money; every State must have more; every nation cries for
more.
Other nations cry on our shoulders and Uncle Sam bleeds
his people to have more to throw about.
For a hard-headed people of common-sense we Americans
show so little common sense in our foreign affairs.
What about Natural gas? Years ago I observed flares at
night while crossing Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. The
oil men were burning the natural gas at the oil wells. They
don’t waste it today. Natural gas has become quite a fabu
lous story.
“The new gas industry has $1714 billion in gross assets;
serves 38 million customers who use more than 95 million
gas appliances; adds about a million new customers a year;
employs 201,000 persons; has 524,000 miles of pipelines; is
America’s sixth largest industry (based on plant invest
ment) ; supplies an ideal fuel with seven major uses in the
home and 25,000 uses in industry; is a fast-growing investor-
owned industry that serves all Americans, directly or indi
rectly.
From the well to the burner tip, sweeping changes have
transformed the gas business since the end of World War II.
Thrilling things have happened—engineering discoveries, new
ideas, vast projects—that have affected every American.
As a result, the gas industry is now one of the largest and
fastest-growing industries in America.
Today more than 38 million customers use gas in 48 states
—in homes, industrial plants, and commercial places of busi
ness.
Over 1,250 individual companies work at the task of
keeping utility customers supplied with gas. Approximately
100 additional transmission companies supply natural gas
to distributing utilities and to main line industrial custom
ers. Thousands of other companies are engaged in producing
and transporting ‘bottled gases’ to millions of customers be
yond the reach of utility gas mains.
The gas industry’s gross assets have almost tripled in a
single decade, reaching 17V2 billion. By building to meet
demand, the industry is increasing this investment at the
rate of more than $1.8 billion a year, while adding about
one million users annually, and increasing total sales nearly
ten per cent a year.
The gas utility industry provides a lot of energy to the 50
million customers; it now serves an amount of energy equi
valent to that produced by more than 550 Hoover Dams.
At the start of the century, gas accounted for about 3 per
cent of the total energy needs of the nation, coal 89 per cent;
oil 5 per cent, and water power 3 per cent. In 1920, natural
gas and natural gas liquids provided only 4.4 per cent against
coal’s 80.7 per cent, oil’s gain to 13.3 per cent, and water
power’s 3.9 per cent.
At the beginning of 1956 natural gas and natural gas li
quids were supplying about 26 per cent, coal 29 per cent, oil
41 per cent, and water power 4 per cent.
Manufactured gas is produced mainly from coal and oil.
Natural gas, the fuel used today by most consumer, is large
ly methane—a gaseous hydrocarbon. Natural gas is some
times referred to as ‘stored sunshine.’ It is the product,
scientists believe, of a chemical reaction in the earth upon
marine organisms buried in the sands along the seashore
millions of years ago. Genesis of the natural gas era in the
U. S. was a ‘burning spring’ on the banks of the Kanawha
River near Charleston, West Virginia. This phenomenon
made a profound impression on General George Washington.
Natural gas was first produced in the U. S. in 1821 from a
27-foot well drilled near Fredonia, N. Y. In 1858, the first
natural gas corporation was formed near the same location.
How does the gas industry of today fit into the fabric of
America? What is the significance of its growth from 300
local companies to one of the nation’s largest industries?
First in importance is the fact that despite its growth, gas
service is still local business. Today, 1,250 local gas com
panies supply homes, shops and industrial plants in towns,
cities or larger areas.
The average local gas utility serves 24,000 customers. The
gas industry has over $55 permanently invested in facili
ties to provide a dollar’s worth of gas to a customer each
month. This large investment, over $70,000 for each gas
employee, is obtained from the accumulated savings of mil
lions of Americans.
Consequently, the gas company and its employees are
deeply rooted in the life of the community they serve. They
are strong forces for free enterprise, home-town institutions
and community development.
Of second significance is the physical joining together
of the industry by a vast network of pipelines. Most consum
ers are now burning natural gas from the Southwest in their
THE NEWBERRY SUN
Prosperity News
MRS. B. T. YOUNG, Correspondent
Mrs. H. S. Petrea was hostess
to the Prosperity Garden Club
Monday afternoon, Oct. G. Mrs.
Jack Humphries and Mrs. Donald
Duncan of Columbia, sisters of
Mrs. Petrea, were guests.
Mrs. H. L. Fellers presided.
Mrs. C. S. Williams was wel
comed as a new member.
Mrs. B. T Young, program lead
er, gave the history of the begin
ning of gardening. She first took
the members into a modern ima
ginary garden and pointed out
the outstanding features of the
garden. In the discussion that fol
lowed, Mrs. Young showed that
most of the garden features had
their origin in the gardens of
primitive man and pre-historic
times.
During the social hour the hos
tess served a salad plate with
coffee.
After the meeting the members
enjoyed seeing Rev. and Mrs. Pet-
rea’s lovely garden.
The members of the Iris Garden
Club motored to Little Mountain
last Wednesday afternoon for
their meeting with Mrs. Leon
Shealy, who recently moved from
Prosperity into her new home in
Little Mountain.
“How to Care for the Lawn”
and “Planting Hints for Fall”
were the two topics discussed by
Mrs. Wofford Cooper, program
leader. Mrs. Ira Kinard gave
gleanings.
The hostess conducted a plant
contest with' Mrs. W. E. Martin
as prize winner.
A palatable salad plate, cake
and punch was served during the
social period.
The October meeting of the
Azalea Garden Club was held
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
D. E. Abrams. The new president,
Mrs. Roy Dominick, presided.
Mrs. Roy Connelly gave an in
formative discussion of shrubs,
illustrating her talk with pictures
of different types of shrubs and
■ways of placing shrubs.
Mrs. E. C. Simmons had glean
ings. For recreation Mrs. Way-
man Dominick conducted a Hallo
we’en contest. Mrs. Glenn Hamm
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was the contest winner.
The refreshments also carried
out the Hallowe’en idea.
All the members were present.
The Dogwood Garden Club held
its October meeting Monday after
noon, October 6, with Mrs. H. O.
Newman. Mrs. James Counts
presided.
Mrs. Elmer Shealy gave an in
teresting discussion of “Outdoor
Living Areas.” She displayed pic
tures illustrating the points in
her discussion.
The gleaner, Mrs. Frances
Spotts, read a poem, “Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow.”
Mrs. Walter Hamm conducted
recreation with Mrs. Bill Leap-
hart as prize winner.
The hostess served a delectable
salad plate with Russian tea.
Miss Eleanor Shearouse was
hostess to the Literary Sorosis
last Friday afternoon. The presi
dent, Mrs. Elmer Shealy presided.
The committee gave out the
yearbooks. The subject study for
the year is “South Carolina—Spe
cial Aspects of the Culture, Art
and Music.”
Mrs. J. Walter Hamm, program
chairman, presented a paper “The
Santee, the River of the Caro-
linas.” As a conclusion to her
discussion she played a phono
graph record which was dedicated
to the Santee.
During the social hour the hos
tess assisted by her sister, Mrs.
J. T. Martin, served a salad plate,
individual cake squares, and cof
fee.
Mrs. Pat Wise and her house
guests, the John Hesters, left
Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Scott in Athens, Ga. and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Wise in
Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Hamm Jr.
have returned home after attend
ing the fall board meeting of the
Southern Retail Furniture Asso
ciation in Richmond, Va. and the
Furniture Market in High Point,
N. C. Mr. Hamm is vice president
of the S.R.F.A.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brooks and
their two sons, of Columbia, visit
ed Mrs. Brooks’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Counts Sunday.
Dr. R. Wright Spears, president
of Columbia College, was guest
speaker at the first session of the
Mission Study Class of Wightman
Church. Dr. Spears traveled in
the East last summer and show
ed slides which illustrated the
mission book “The Near East.”
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Wise of
Greenville visited Mrs. Pat Wise
homes, whether they live in Memphis, Seattle, Minnea
polis, or Providence.
Over 70,000 miles of transmission pipelines have been laid
since 1945—a large portion of it extending from the rich
gas fields of Texas and Louisiana to the major population
centers of the country. Thus, the consumer, once depend
ent on the ability of the local gas company to manufacture
enough gas to meet his needs, now relies on the long-dist
ance pipeline company, on gas producers and wildcat drill
ers, and on the local gas company, each of whom plays an
indispensable role in “keeping him supplied with gas 365
days a year.
Of the 30 million gas utility customers, over 26 million
are now receiving natural gas. About 37 companies regul
arly manufacture their own gas and distribute it straight
or mixed with natural gas. Another 1,130 companies distri
bute natural gas, and 83 companies serve liquefied petroleum
gas through utility mains.
Gas utilities are regulated by federal, state, and local laws.
The Natural Gas Act of 1938, administered by the Federal
Power Commission, regulates all natural gas companies and
other companies in interstate commerce. For instance, be
fore the FPC will permit a transmission company to build
an we line, it must approve of the applicant’s long-term gas
reserves, market demand, proposed rates, construction plans,
financing, and delivery allocations.
Today, on very cold days, many distribution companies
can deliver to customers more than their transmission pipe
line capacity. They do this by moving large gas supplies
during the summer from original reserves in the Southwest
to new ‘reserve’ pools near their customers. During the sum
mer, pipelines have unused capacity to move this gas to un
derground storage pools near the big market centers.
These storage pools are depleted gas fields or natural geo
logical formations of porous and impervious rock forma
tions that will hold billions of cubic feet of gas under pres
sure.
During 1956, about 557 billion cubic feet of natural gas
was pumped into storage to be withdrawn as needed on
‘peak’ demand days. About 65 billion cubic feet more natur
al gas was injected into storage fields that year than was
withdrawn.
‘Gas has become . . . the choice fuel at points of thous
and miles and more from the well head.’ (Fortune)
‘Gas baked or processed or molded the bricks, glass, ce
ment, and steel in your house, the tires and enamel on your
car, and the buttons on your coat. It dries alfalfa and tobac
co and roasts coffee beans and nuts. It bakes bread and rip
ens and sweetens bananas. It bakes enamel on prefabricated
houses.
It helps raise orchids, dehydrates fruits and vegetables,
and plays a part in air conditioning, refrigeration, lumber
Irving, paint and varnish manufacture, candymaking, can
making, and detinning, newspaper printing and the allied
arts, shipbuilding, and the chemical industries.’ (National
Geographic Magazine).”
Quite a story, isn’t it?
Distinction and Beauty in
compi fteiy restyled chevy
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Chevrolet again offers the popular Bel Air
series in 1959. This model maintains its repu
tation for stylish interiors and appointments,
with increased passenger room and additional
visibility in new compound-curved windshields
and larger rear windows. New grille and lowered
headlamps accent the front end. Both two-door
and four-door sedans incorporate the venture
some new design features, plus improved brakes,
suspension system and handling advancements.
All 1959 Chevrolets feature a new acrylic
lacquer finish said to retain brightness for years.
A complete styling transforma
tion, along with more safety, com
fort and performance, was an
nounced today for the 1959 Chev
rolet passenger car line.
The cars, which will be display
ed at Kemper Chevrolet-Olds Co.
Thursday, October 16, represents
one of the most imaginative de
signs ever to come from the auto
mobile industry.
In shape, and in detail, the new
styling reflects the influence of a
space-conscious age. Lines sweep
rearward in a virtually level
plane. Tops are flatter and visi
bility is dramatically increased.
Appreciably lower, the overall
appearance of flatness is furthef
conveyed by an adroitly sculptured
frontal area. At the rear, horizon
tal wings branch out from the cen
ter of the deck in a simulation of
mobility that might have been con
ceived on the sands of Cape Cana
veral.
While the unusual appearance
will draw instant admiration,
Chevrolet has not neglected other
phases of engineering in its bid
to continue the sales popularity
registered by the company in 1958.
The Impala line, which won
wide acclaim in 1958, has been
broadened to include a new 4-door
sedan and a 4-door hardtop, in ad
belt-high sidewall treatment.
A pioneer in mass production of
air suspensions in 1958, Chevrolet
re-engineers its system to insure
quieter, more efficient operation.
The changes result in a softer
ride through spring rates 40 per
cent lower at the front and 15-per
cent lower at rear.
Of pervading importance in the
cars are the new brakes. Enlarge-
dition to the sport coupe and the ment of brake surfaces and cooling
and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Young
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harvey
of Sanford, Fla., are visiting Mrs.
Harvey’s sister, Mrs. J. D. Luth
er and Mr. Luther.
Mrs. Jack Humphries and Mrs.
Donald Duncan of Columbia were
guests last Monday of their sis
ter, Mrs. H. S. Petrea.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Mills spent
the weekend at their mountain
home in Pickens County. Their
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Camp of
Greenville and her family joined
the Millses there. The occasion
was the birthday of Mrs. Camp.
Dr. and Mrs. George W. Har
mon spent last Thursday and
Thursday night with Dr. and Mrs.
Symmes in St. Matthews. On Sun
day the Harmons went to Char
lotte for a reunion with the group
that Mrs. Harmon went with on a
European trip last summer.
Mrs. Anna Fellers has return
ed from Elizabeth City, N. C.
where she went for the funeral
of Henry G. Swayne and remain
ed a week with Mrs. Swayne.
Mrs. Ruth Pugh and her daugh
ter, Lynda, spent the weekend in
Decatur, Ga. with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Russell Caughman.
Mrs. J. T. Martin of Laurens
spent Friday with her mother,
Mrs. O. B. Shearouse.
Miss Joy Thomason of Rich
mond, Va., spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Vida Thom
ason.
Miss Susie Langford spent from
Thursday till Saturday in Colum
bia with her brother, Herbert
Langford and Mrs. Langford. Miss
Mary Langford of North Augusta
went to Columbia and brought her
sister home Saturday.
convertible.
The Bel Air Series is offered in
2- and 4-door sedans.
The Biscayne series, offered in
2- and 4-door sedans and a utility
sedan, takes over the lowest price
niche formerly occupied by the
Delray, now discontinued.
The station wagon series in
cludes 2- and 4-door Brookwoods,
a new 4-door Parkwood, a 9—pas
senger Kingswood faces the rear
and may be folded flush with the
floor.
The two-passenger Corvette
sport car, also refined and improv
ed, rounds out the 1959 Chevrolet
passenger car line.
Exclusive exterior and interior
treatment gives individuality to
each series. For example, the Im-
palas abound in rich fabrics and
trim. Some of the fine car touches
in the Impala are deep-pile .car
peting • on closed models, paddle-
type door release, twin-contact
safety horn ring, and extra-long
front arm-rests on all sport mod
els. The roof extends beyond the
rear window on the sport sedan.
All cars are marked by color-
keyed interiors in upholstery and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred James of
Taylors were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaphart
Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hester of
Buffalo, N. Y. are visiting Mrs.
Hester’s sister’ Mrs. Pat Wise.
Mrs. Wise also had with her for
the weekend her daughter, Miss
Phyllis Wise of Aiken; Mr. and
Mrs. B.A. Scott of Ware Shoals;
and Bob Riley of Greenville.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster and
their daughter Lois of Florence
were weekend guests of Mrs.
Webster’s mother, Mrs. Byrd
Gibson and Mr. Gibson.
Sunday guests of Mrs. A. B.
Hunt and Mrs. Frances Spotts
were Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Riley of
Union.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bedenbaugh
of Easley spent the weekend in
Prosperity. Mr. Bedenbaugh’s
mother, Mrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh,
who has been visiting her son,
Ray Bedenbaugh, in Pasadena,
Texas, came to Easley and the
Bedenbaughs brought her home.
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features assure longer wear and
consistent braking -in frequent
stops at the higher speed ranges.
The new tires were produced for
the 1959 Chevrolet after research
that covered thousands of .miles on
various cord-rubber combinations.
Eventually, laboratories developed
a thinner and tougher cord thread
that led to a cooler-running, soft
er tire. The new tire is expected to
give up to 7 per cent more wear.
The 1959 Turboglide has been
strengthened to supply the unit
v/ith an even greater durability
margin.
The electrical system has been
improved and simplified.
Tube-in-center radiators have
been boosted 30 per cent in area,
an improvement devised to afford
an adequate margin of cooling
safety during long traffic waits on
hot days. Dual exhaust systems are
now equipped with two additional
zinc-lined mufflers to soften ex
haust sounds. An option appre
ciated on long drives is a manual
ly set constant throttle setting.
The control is released with appli
cation of the brakes.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
We always kept a few geese.
Most folks in the Stone Hills of
the Dutch Fork did when I came
along, as they had for generations
before.
Their main purpose was for
feathers, We seldom ate one, and
geese live for many years. They’d,
always make a nest out back of
the woodpile somewhere, build it
well, with a lot of small sticks and
branches. And when they’d leave
the nest they’d always cover the
eggs with litter. It took 'em 4
weeks to hatch. We kids thought
that an awful 1 ong time, for we
liked the goslings so. They were
the cutest things! But we couldn’t
do much playing with them, for
the old ones were mean then
specially the ganders. They gave
their young all of the fatherly
protection they could. And this
was sufficient against such things
as hawks, dogs, and the like. But
there was one enemy of goslings
that got a lot of 'em. That was
cockleburs.
It seems the little cockle-bur,
just as it comes up with two small
leaves, is deadly poison. Most
things have more sense than to
eat them. But goslings don’t.
The goslings usually hatch
ed out in June, and burs are slow
to come up. Usually a good rain
would come up about then, follow
ing some hot dry weather, and the
burs were the first greenery to
pop up. These usually got our
goslings, or most of ’em. Some
folks would pen them up then for
a few days after that the burs
were not bad. So with the burs to
contend with, we were never over
run by geese, even though we sel
dom sold or ate one. »
Feathers were the thing! Each
spring, before the molt set in,
we’d catch up .the geese and pick
the feathers. That was done with
turning the goose upside down,
with its head and neck between
your knees and both feet in your
left hand. Then with the right
hand you would yank the feathers
out. The old goose would usually
give a muffled squawk with every
yank. When you got through with,
him, he was a funny sight, and
only had its wing and tail feath
ers, with light down all over the
rest of the body. And ythat’s where
the saying came from that some
thing “looked like a picked
goose.”
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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 1958
J. RAY DAWKINS
County Treasurer .