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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1959
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
Soys In Orangeburg and
Calhoun
In 1919 Orangeburg planted
139,000 acres of cotton. As late as
1937 they planted 115,800, County
Agent King tells me. But by the
past year it had dwindled to
31,000 acres.
I asked King what had become
Of that acreage cotton had lost.
He said it had mostly gone to soy
beans. And the figures bear that
out. The past season they had
80,000 acres of soys, against pract
ically none back in the heyday of
.cotton. They did interplant a lot
of biloxis in their corn for hogs
then, but not solid soys for com
bining as now.
As elsewhere in South Carolina,
the high-yielding, shatter-resis
tant beans suited to crushing, that
John Wannamaker bred there in
the adjoining county of Calhoun
are their leading varieties. The
order in which the varieties rank
in acreage there is; CNS-4,
JEW-45, Jackson, CNS-24, and
JLee.
And up in Calhoun, where our
soybean industry started, County
Agent Cain tells me the varieties
of their 65,000 acres the past sea
son ranked similar to what they
did in Orangeburg. There they
ran; JEW-40, CNS-4, Lee, Jack-
son, and CNS-24, according to
Cain’s estimate.
Cain tells me Mr. Wannamaker
has still better varieties coming
along in his breeding work.
There’s no telling what that farm
er has been worth to the South
east. A major soil building money
crop to psrtly replace the great
logs from cotton’s changing status
is not to be sneezed at.
STAFF MEETING
When I arrived at County
Agent Johnston’s office in Con
way in early November the white
and colored agents were in their
monthly conference. They were
planning a rat killing campaign,
fall 4-H activities, outlines of
work for the new year, and other
things were attended to before I
slipped in.
In this rapidly changing agri
culture of today, your servants,
men and women, have to plan and
work together, as never before, if
they are to be most helpful in
carrying what science (Clemson
and USD A) has to offer all of our
people. And it was good to see
them there in Horry county trying
to do just that. Most of the coun
ties have a similar approach.
TREE BREEDING
Tree breeding is a rather new
art. So far little has been done in
this field. Georgia is doing some
and a few other states and USDA
are at other places. And I under
stand the paper company at
at Georgetown has found a few'
very superior young pine trees
they are protecting and propaga
ting.
They experts tell me trees lend
themselves to improvement
through selection, crossing, and
breeding just like other plants.
However, their improvement will
naturally be slower on account of
the time it takesto produce a gen
eration. But science has some
tricks for hurrying this up a bit.
And all of them are being used
now to give us better, faster
growing, disease and insect resis
tant trees.
BOYS ARE THAT WAY
It seems we had more snows in
Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork
w'here I came up than we now ex
perience. We usually had a few T
good ones each winter then. But
now' I live 125 miles further up
state, in sight of the mountains',
and w 7 e haven’t had but two snows
worthy of the name since we mov
ed here in 1945.
As kids, we liked snows, for two
reasons. First was, they usually
let us stay home from school. And
second we liked to go rabbit hunt
ing then.
The latter was easy then. We
didn’t have a rabbit dog. So we
had to borrow one when we went
occasionally at other times. But
when a good snow had just fallen,
we could be our own dog. And I
had always sort of envied a dog
anyway, in being able to follow a
trail.
We’d try to get our feet and
legs well wrapped in strips of old
burlap bags. And with a big need
le, we’d sew ’em so they wouldn’t
come loose and be botherin’
It was important to get out
soon after the snow stopped fall
ing. For during that first hour or
so a rabbit didn’t have time to
make many tracks before you
were on his trail. Yes, then a
track meant a rabbit, and not far
away.
I always went with my brother,
who was older. He was a crack
Accident And
Suicide Are
Jury’s Verdicts
%
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
Two inquests were held here
Thursday night to determine the
cause of two deaths which oc
curred in Newberry County during
December.
A coroner’s jury found that
“Mrs. Lillie Derrick came to her
death as the result of injuries
received in a collision between
cars driven by Lawrence Derrick
and Ferenc Scerzo. We do not
recommend that either driver be
held for grand jury investigation.”
In the second inquest, the jury
found that “Mrs. Elsie Sheppard
came to her death as the result of
a self-inflicted bullet from a .32
pistol.”
The inquests continued for
three hours as testimony was giv
en in each of the deaths.
Mrs. Derrick was the victim of
an automobile accident which oc
curred seven miles west of New
berry on Hwy. 76 on Dec. 6 at
shot and seldom missed a rabbit.
When I was about 12 he insisted
I take a gun too, for he wanted
me to learn to shoot. I did reluct
antly. For that thing was heavy,
and I always was sort of lazy.
But anyway I took it.
That morning we saw the tracks
of 10 rabbits. I made him shoot
every time, and we were loaded
down with rabbits as we trudged
home. I was awful tired. The snow
had packed on my feet until they
felt like lead and as if I was on
stilts. And every frayed string of
that burlap had accumulated balls
of packed snow that added to my
burden.
We were almost home and up
through our orchard I saw ano
ther track. I called to my brother
and followed it. He told me I had
to shoot this one, he was just not
going to even come over there. I
followed the trail through the
broomstraw and it stopped at a
very small pine that showed green
just above the snow. Back under
its sheltering spread I saw him
sitting. I was about 30 feet away.
In the excitement, I figured I’d
either miss or shoot him up too
bad, that close. So I did something
I had more confidence in. I
scratched down in the snow and
got me a good throwing rock and
let loose with it. I hit him and
stunned him until I could run
there and get him. He came to.
But he was my meat. This gave
rise to a stock saying of mine
about that hunt, “the only bird I
shot was a rabbit and I killed that
with a rock.”
• • • • •
We’re cleaning’ . . . remodeling on our
second floor and carpenters are busy mak
ing the changes. But the changes are de
signed for just one purpose, the better to
serve you.
So don’t hesitate to come in while the
work is going on . . . you’ll find new spring
arrivals already here, and others coming-
in daily.
Come often to
Carpenters
Newberry, S. C.
about 5 p. m. Mr. Derrick was
driving the car and was attempt
ing to enter the driveway to the
Derrick home at the time of the
accident. The driver of the
second car was Ferenc Scerzo, a
soldier from Ft. Jackson. Both
cars were headed west.
Scerzo, a Hungarian, was ac
companied to the inquest by an
interpreter from Ft. Jackson. The
testimony was delayed as ques
tions had to be asked through the
interpreter.
Mr. Derrick stated that as he
approached the driveway the
nearest four cars behind him were
about 150 feet. He stated he did
not have turn signals on his car
but it was his usual custom to
give hand signals. He was of the
opinion that he did give a signal 1
at the time.
D. E. Reighley, state highway
patrolman, stated that when he
checked the Derrick car all the
windows were closed.
The soldier said he was making
between 55 and 60 miles per hour
and did not see any signals given
by Mr. Derrick. He said he tried
to brake his car and avoid hit
ting the Derricks and “had the
Derrick car been one yard further
to the left he would have missed
it,” he testified.
Solicitor William T. Jones, who
assisted Coroner George R. Sum
mer in the investigation, asked
the soldier if he were acquainted
with the speed law in South Caro
lina. He said he was.
In the Sheppard case, Mr. Shep
pard testified that it was Sun
day morning, December 7, and he
got up and assisted his wife in the
preparation of breakfast. Shortly
afterwards he went to the store
about two miles away to get some
medicine since he had been ill.
When he returned, he found the
doors and windows locked. He
called his wife to open the door
but received no response. How
ever, the dog in the house kept
barking.
Peering inside he saw his wife
lying on the floor. He summoned
neighbors and officers. L. L. Hen
derson, deputy sheriff, said after
a thorough investigation of the
house, he found the doors and all
windows locked and bolted down.
The deputy and Coroner Sum
mer told of finding Mrs. Shep
pard in one of the front rooms ly
ing down in a pool of blood with
a pistol lying nearby. Deputy Hen
derson said the revolver had two
empty cartridges. It was found
that one bullet barely grazed the
top of the deceased’s head and the
other entered the forehead.
Mrs. Gloria Sheppard, a daugh
ter-in-law, said Mrs. Sheppard
frequently visited her home and
that during the summer on one
occasion she made the statement
that she was going to kill herself.
Recent Marriages
Virgil Lee Taylor and Claudine
Duncan of Whitmire, were mar
ried on December 24th at Whit
mire by Rev. Carol Pitts.
Elmer Wertz Mayer and Judith
Rebecca Edwards of Newberry
were married on December 20th
ac Newberry by Rev. G. B. Cor
ley.
Ernest Stanley Phipps of
Bronx, N. Y. and Nettie Lou Jack-
son of Newberry, were married
by Probate Judge E. Maxcy Stone
at Newberry on December 30th.
Elmer Whitman and Judy Su-
ber of Newberry were married on
Rt. 4, Newberry by Rev. Thos. b.
Suber on December 27th.
Fred J. Mitchell of Rt. 3, Wood
ruff and Katherine Elmore of
Newberry, were married by Rev.
N. D. Yount on December 28 at
Whitmire.
Charles Berley Rister and Evo-
la Faye Eargle of Newberry were
married January 4th at Newberry
by Rev. G. B. Corley.
Ralph Cedric Gilliam and Bar
bara Jean Miller of Newberry
were married at Newberry on Jan
uary 3rd by Rev. John A. Sanders.
Recent Births
Eight young citizens made their
appearance at the Newberry
County Memorial Hospital during
the first three days of January.
Born on New Year Day were Vir
gil Wright, seven pound, six
ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. Bach
man Leroy (Annie Irene Wicker)
Smith, Rt. 2; and David Bruce,
six pound, eight ounce son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thurman Andrew (Sal-
lie Estelle Maye) Horne of Rt. 5,
Saluda.
Arriving th * second day of the
year was Dwight McKeane Clary,
six pound, two ounce son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Harrell Clary,
P. O. Box 139. Mrs. Clary before
marriage was Mary Sue Hutchin
son.
Arrivals on the third of January
RITZ
Theatre
THURSDAY, FRIDAY &
SATURDAY
Y'll Brynner, Claire Bloom,
Charlton Heston, Charles Boyer
The Buccaneer
Also Cartoon—One Cab’s Family
Admission—All Children, 25c;
Adults, 50c
MONDAY & TUESDAY
Guy Madison, Rhonda Fleming
Bullwhip
Also Cartoon—Ballet
CLOVER LEAF
DRIVE-IN
Theatre
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Harry Black and
The Tiger
Stewart Granger, Barbara Rush
Added Color Cartoon—Doghouse
SUNDAY
Kathy 0
Dan Duryea, Jan Sterling
Added Color Cartoon—Magical
Maestro
include:
Jimmie Ray, seven pound, three
ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl B.
(Marguerite Hamilton) Davis,
918 Goff St.;
Charles Miller, eight pound, four
ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
(Lola Mae Long) Jacobs, Rt. 3;
Catherine McLeod, eight pound
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Ken
neth Boyce (Catherine Carter Ed-
gerton) Wilson, 800 Glenn St.;
Also, Ronald Coleman, six
pound, 10 ounce son, and Rhonda
Carroll, six pound, 1 ounce daugh
ter, twins born to Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Coleman (Mary Carroll
Lipscomb) Half acre, Rt. 2.
CAROLINA
Remnant Shop
Main Street
Newberry, S. C.
- FEATURE -
LUXURY SATIN-BACK DRAPERY
Extra Special—98cyd.
Newest Colors
The House of Piece Goods
To Speak At
AAUW Meeting
Dr. Olivia Futch, dean of Wo
men at Furman University, and
chairman of Education in the
South Carolina Division of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women, will be the guest
speaker at the Newberry branch
on January 17. Dr. Futch, who is
a member of the National Divi
sion Fellowship awards commit
tee will speak on that phase of
AAUW work. The granting of
some forty fellowships each year
is an outstanding achievement of
AAUW as its main objective is
promoting education at all levels
and especially at the higher and
post-graduate level.
Mrs. C. M. Smith is serving
the local branch as Fellowship
chairman. The meeting will be at
the home of Miss Paysinger.
DEED
TRANSFERS
Newberry No. 1
E. M. Atchison to O. R. Hig
gins, one lot fronting on John-
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Office of Newberry County
Board of Commissioners, New
berry, S. C., will receive sealed
bids by 10:00 o’clock A. M., Jan
uary 27, 1959 for the following
items to be used by the county
for balance of fiscal year,. 1958-
1959.
Lumber, nails, tires, concrete
pipe, repair parts, groceries, cloth
ing (convict), janitor supplies,
scrape blades, office supplies, fer
tilizer, books and equipment.
Complete specifications on spec
ial forms may be obtained at the
Supervisor’s office in the Court
House. All bids must be submitted
on forms furnished.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
S. W. Shealy, Supervisor.
WHITAKER
FUNERAL HOME
AMBULANCE
PHONE 270
C«-<
stone St., $831.50.
Dave L. Hayes to William Elmer
Shealy, one lot and one building
on Friend St. (formerly occupied
by Kirk Pontiac-Cadillac Co.) rear
of building, $5.00 and other val
uable considerations.
Dave L. Hayes to Keitt Purcell,
one lot and one building op Main
St. (front part of Kirk Pontiac-
Cadillac Co. location) $5.00 and
other valuable considerations.
B. M.. Davis to James M. Liv
ingston and Roxie M. Livingston,
one lot in Caldwell Heights, $5.00
and other valuable considerations.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Johnnie Caldwell to Lewis J.
Shealy, one lot on extension of
Benedict St., $234.36.
Everett L. Nobles, et al to
Graham E. Hart, one lot, Mollo-
hon Village, $5.00 and other val
uable considerations.
Silverstreet No. 2
A. J. Katsberg to The Newber
ry Oil Company, 101.68 and 28.84
acres, $5.00 and other valuable
considerations.
C. S. Fellers to Lazelle F. Werts,
3.05 acres, $5.00 love and affec
tion.
Bush River No. 3
Alice T. Cromer to J. H. Mar-
ton (Rev.), Box 58, Conway, 120
acres and four buildings, $18,500.
Prosperity No. 7
John Earl Dawkins to Evelyn
Metts Dawkins, .81 acre and one
building, $5.00 love and affection.
W. H. Leaphart to Heber J.
Leaphart, .84 acres and one build
ing, $2500.
Miss Martha Vance Ellesor left
Columbia last Wednesday night
for Washington, en route to Ger
many, where she will spend two
years. Miss Ellesor is connected
with the American Red Cross. She
has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
P. G. Ellesor ou Johnstone St.
PART OR FULL TIME WORK
FOR ADDED INCOME
\
Manufacturer wants reliable man
or woman for this area to handle
nationally advertised tubes (such
as RCA, CBS, GE, SYLVANIA,
NUCLEAR). These world famous
tubes are sold through our modem
self-service type merchandising
unit.
Earnings should net from. 920# 4
to $500 per month. Will not inter-'
fere with your present employ
ment. $1487.00 to $2973.00 cask
required for inventory and equip
ment. Investment is Secured^
Should be able to start at once^
Income starts immediately. No
selling or soliciting. Business in
set up for you. Company trains-
and supervises operation and will
extend financial assistance if full
time is desired. Do not answer un
less fully qualified. For personal
interview in your city include
phone number and write to:
TEST ’UR OWN CORP„ 2217
North 31st Street, Milwaukee 8,
Wisconsin 2te
ELECTRIC MOTORS
NEW- USED—REBUILT
Bought, Sold, Exchanged
We Repair All Types
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Mann Electric Repair Co.
2329 Main St. Columbia, S- C.
— ' H II. I—I- M I -W
Enjoyable full or part-time work
for someone with pleasing p«r~
sonality who dressts neatly andl
speaks correctly. Experience im
teaching, church work, or word
ing with youth groups helpful^
We want the type person who
doesn’t usually answer ads. For
information write J. E. Dixon*
P. O. Box 5497, Columbia, S. €L
^ > 38-3tp
See us for preparation of Incomo
Social Security and all other
forms of taxes for Federal andl
State. Office located on Caldwell
Street, upstairs, entrance be
tween Turner’s Jewelry Store
and Dr. King’s office. A. BL
Counts and Ruby Z. Counts. Of
fice phone 1328, Home, 2013.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Dial *A-Pack Needs Reliable Mmh
or Woman
To service and collect from neur
type cigarette dispensers. Up to
$265.00 per month possible for
part time. $600.00 to $1975.00 in
vestment required. If qualified*
write t)ial-A-Pack—P. O. Box
1052, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
for local interview, giving phone
number and address.
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WANT TO GET FROM 30 TO 40 MILES PER GALLON?
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SIMCA
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16TH
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1309 College Street
C. M. Smith, Mgr.
Telephones 777 and 172