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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Ciemssn Extension Information Specialist FARROWING HOUSES County Agent O. W. Cain of Calhoun tells me this; “Several new farrowing houses "were constructed in the county the past year. The increase in the pig crop through the use of vhese houses was amazing. Some farmers are averaging weaning 10 pigs and better per litter. The pigs look better, and where farmers have sold them locally, they have grown off much better than the common run of pigs.” Clemson has the building plans for these farrowing houses that may be secured through the local county agents. IRRIGATION ASSURED GRAZING And let’s hear J. K. Jones, coun ty agent at Greenville; “T. I). Cooper, dairyman was assisted with the layout for and in stallation of an irrigation system last spring. He was very much pleased with the outfit, and says it really paid off the past dry fall. He watered the land so he could prepare it for early grazing, wat ered to get the seed to germinate, and then watered it twice to en courage growth before cold weath er. He is one of the few dairymen of the county who have good lush grazing. It all resulted in the best winter milk production he has ever 3iad.” Irrigation! It takes so many of the uncertainties out of farming and helps so in insuring the har vest, be it cotton, truck, peaches, tobacco, pastures or what not. FIRE ANTS AND WITCHWEED County Agent Johnston tells me they definitely found fire ants in the Hickory Grove section of Hor ry county last fall. This is the only •spot of ’em found there. With the effective poisons we now have for that pest, they will likely wipe it out the coming season. And they have a goodly scat tering of that strange pest witch- weed over that county too. A siz able Federal appropriation will enable authorities to redouble their research, quarantine, and control efforts against this pest the coming year in this adjoining areas in the Carolinas. Dr. Robin son, formerly of Clemson, is in charge of research on control me thods at the special experiment •station there near Whiteville, North Carolina. CORN AM) HOGS IN WILLIAMSBURG County Agent Jackson tells me their 39 corn contestants in Wil liamsburg last year averaged 84.5 bushels per acre. After several very dry years corn production nas come back with moisture. And with that, hogs have come back as a major crop too. But chey all went when drought dried up their corn several years in succession a few years back. PERFORMANCE TESTING IN COLLETON Performance testing is being li ned up with about 800 cattle on die farms of Oswald Lightsey, ac cording to Associate County Agent White of Colleton. This is just another step in our cattle impro vement in South Carolina. During the past seven years we • nave been the fastest growing area in the country. True, we had far to go. But it looks like we are on our way. And our improvement is not just in numbers, but equally . trong in quality too. BOVS ARE THAT WAY When I was a kid in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork, we wore short pants and long stockings to school and church. But our every day clothes were overalls that came to the ankles. We didn’t have socks until we were grown. Ours were long stock ings, held with an elastic at the knee, and knit right there at home from our own cotton. Those stockings were of rather coarse home-spun thread and it made prints on the bottoms and sides of your feet where the shoe fit tight. They were durable, but we’d often fall in running and hurst them out at idle knee. Then they'd ravel easily. But as soon as we got home, the women folks would make us take’em off and they’d darn Am so they wouldn’t .reel out. The place where they all even tually wore* out was ou the heel or toe. When tin y got just too had there, they were discarded, but never thrown away. For it was from these we made the only balls vve knew. Yes, these old stockings would ravel from the top. if you started ’em just right. We’d start with a hickory walnut and wind that string around and around it until we had a ball the right size. Then CAROLINA Remnant Shop Main Street Newberry, S. C. THE HOUSE OF PIECE GOODS Printed Nylon Chiffon... 98c yd. NEW EASTER MATERIAL Shop & Save at Carolina Remnant Shop “He got an auto loan from Purcells, bought a new out fit, and went in and overwhelmed the boss into giving - him a better job!” “Hey, what am I jealous about ? I can ’phone those friendly folks at Purcells— and do the same thing!” Purcelld “Your Private Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry j DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 D. O. Carpenter to Harold O. Cook, one lot on Reid street, $5 and other valuable considerations. Newberry Mills, Inc. to Harmon M. Meeks and Kate P. Meeks, one lot on Charles street, $175. Mrs. Mary Lou Norris McDo well to Theodore C. McDowell, !4 acre,(kb undivided interest in I. A. McDowell estate) $5 love and af fection. Mi's. Maude G. Ross, adminis tratrix CTA of the estate of Lil lian "Stark Dean, deceased, to Fes- sor Toland and J. D. Toland, one lot and one building, $2500. Alma Robertson to Willie John- ;on and Mamie Johnson, one lot and one building, $5 and other val uable considerations. Newberry Mills, Inc., to Charlie R. Hendrix and Effie B. Hendrix, one lot, $375. Newberry No. 1 Outside Mrs. Mary Lou Norris McDowell to Theodore C. McDowell, one lot and one building ( V, interest in I. A. McDowell estate) on Pope street, $5 love and affection. John F. Banks, Jr. and Thelma W. Banks to Furman C. Wicker, four acres and one building, $5,- 000. Pomaria No. 5 J. Allen Wicker to Glenn G. Bonner, 1.05 acres, $315. Whitmire No. 4 Pearl N. Wedener to Edward Nix, one lot and one building, 1129 Reed St., $5.00 love and affection. we’d get a course needle and thread, beeswax the thread to make it stronger, and sew that ball all over and over so it couldn’t ra vel. These balls would last a long time, until we finally lost’em. They were firm enough to throw good, hut not hard enough to require nitt nor glove. But when wet they would sting your hand or really hurt if they hit you. To knock it out in the weeds or flushes and lose it was a real tra gedy, for often you did not have another ball handy, and the game had to stop. About the time I was 12 base balls reached the Fork and we she’ need from our old game of “puddle cat“ to baseball. k, •T’» hi . L r—• A- ^ m p'o* ir* rr II v ! UG_ J hi L—J k-i RADIO dial 36 ...as pretty as they are PRACTICAL Carpenter’s Patent Dress ‘i& Straps are pretty for parties and % VR dress up”-a real addition to the little lady's wardrobe! Yet they have all the famous Carpenter shape retaining, flexible, light weight features, plus non* skid leather soles* Setf/SVaBers 4 to 5, $5.98 ki to 8, $6.50 Also in White Anderson’s Shoe Store VIE FOR POST—These Winthrop College students are candidates for president of the Winthrop Christian Association at the South Carolina College for Women. Elections will be conducted next week to fill major student offices for 1959-60. Candidates for head of the Christian Association are, left to right: Janice Timmons of Newberry, Nancy Watson of Rock Hill, and Betty Jean Pritchard of Sumter. (Winthrop News Service Photo.) Dangers Of Censorship Are Noted (By GEORGE S. BENSON) A “SUPPRESSED REPORT Some reliable news sources in Washington recently reported that President Eisenhower has been more and more displeased with the Chief Justice whom he appointed to the Supreme Court. The Presi dent is annoyed and alarmed, the reports say, because the Chief Justice has been a ringleader in destroying vital internal security safeguards. It is to be hoped that the President will make a public statement on this. Too much is at stake — our liberty and our lives — when any agency of the gov ernment destroys carefully legis lated laws vital to the structure of our national defense. The President may not speak out; the code of politics or person al con-siderations may impose self-censorship. A notable case of censorship that backfired occur red in the same area of danger, when powerful forces outside or within the American Bar Asso- iation managed to have the As- ociation bypass a report of a . pecial committee of the Associa- ion which had made the study of C mmunist tactics, strategy and objectives. This special committee was headed by Peter Campbell Blown, former chairman of the >ubversive Activities Control Board, and numbered in its mem bership some of the most distin guished lawyers in America. NATIONAL SUICIDE Although the strategy of those who wanted to sidetrack the re port was successful at the Ameri can Bar Association national con vention, Senator Styles Bridges was told of its importance; he se cured a copy and obtained consent of the U. S. Senate to have it printed in the Record. It is dama ging to those Supreme Court jus tices who voted to destroy our in ternal security laws. The report .ists 20 decisions on Communism handed down by the Supreme Court in the last two years. Each of the 20 decisions was a priceless victory for world Communism. Each weakened America’s inter nal security. The report of this ABA special committee calls attention to a statement by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI: “It would be the worst kind of folly to allow the spy and subversive immunity through technical rather than lo gical interpretation of the law, while they plot the destruction of our democratic form of govern ment.” And “the worst kind of folly” means national suicide! Many feel that the Supreme Court, in protecting the Communist con spiracy, is committing us to na tional suicide. OUTLAW CUMmunism The Bar Association committee sot forth 10 specific recommenda- tions designed to restore the structure of security wrecked by the Supreme Court. Each of the 10 recommendations begins with the word “Restore.” The recom- nondat'ons call upon Congress to miss legislation reconstructing the bulwarks torn down by the Su- ’ironic Court. This committee of distinguished and nationally-known lawyers also called upon Congress oml the President to “re-evaluate the policy of recognition of Soviet Berley A. Atkikns to Charles E. Grant and June H. Grant, one lol and one building, 1110 Sinclair St., '$5 and other valuable consid erations. Prosperity No. 7 Cecil W. Wicker to W. Fulmer Wells, 42 acres (formerly Cecil E- Wicker and Margaret Boozer Wicker property), $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Ralph C. Johnson to Louie F. Spearman and L. E. Werts, four lots, $5.00 and other valuable con siderations. Cotton Plans Are Explained By Agents More About Cotton Program Made your choice on this year’s cotton program yet ? Remember, you have only until March 16th, about two more weeks to do so. Seems there are a few mislead ing ideas going ‘round about the program that we’d like to try and straighten out. After all, a cotton farmer needs all the facts to en able him to decide which choice to make. As you know, the support rates for this year’s crop have already been announced by the Secretary of Agriculture and each grower has been notified of both the support rate and allotment for both Plan A and Plan B for his farm. How ever, the support rate that was listed on each growers’ notice was based on 7/8” Middling at average location which was 30.40 cents per pound for choice A allotments and 24.70 cents per pound for choice B allotments. Newberry County Cotton farm ers can expect a higher support level than this due to our location and because of the longer staple length of our cotton. Based on the same premiums and discounts used for last’s year’s crop and using middling 1 1/32 inch cotton basis for figuring, Newberry County farmers can expect a support level < f close to 36.09 cents per pound for choice (A) allotment eottoii and 30.39 cents per pound for i hoice (B) allotment cotton. These are guaranteed support levels for this year’s cotton crop based on 80% of parity for choice (A) and 65% of parity for choice (B) .-Growers who elect Plan (A) must sell their cotton through a Purchase program yet to be an nounced in order to obtain this • upport rate. No equity in the eot- Russia and its Satellites.” “Four American presidents re used to recognize the Communist government of Russia,” the com mittee wrote, “and it remained weak and ineffective so long as it ■' cis unrecognized. Nothing would : low down the Communist line more definitely than if the United States were to recognize the ne cessity of treating Soviet Russia as an outlaw and putting its Red "gents in the same category. It could dry up the channels by vhich Soviet Russia spreads its aropag-anda, directs its espionage, and enforces its discipline on cer tain of our citizens.” WE HAVE NO PLAN Another admonition to the Pre- ident and Congress was: “Be pre oared with a plan of action: One of the several lessons we learned ‘rom the Hungarian rebellion in October, 1956 was that the West has no plan of action.” This re- oort is one of the most valuable documents of its kind available to American citizens who earnestly wish to learn the nature of Com munism and what we must do to combat its expanding power with- n America. It is somewhat fright ening to know that such a report - ~ based on irrefutable document ed facts was withheld from the ABA convention floor; in effect, “suppressed.” Steps were taken recently to bring it to public at tention by submitting it to the ABA’s House of Delegates. The committee’s report closes with this warning: “We can no more save our Republic from Com munism, merely by saying we are tgainst Communism, than parents can save their children from polio by fervently being against polio. To conquer any disease requires intelligent study to isolate the germ and discover the vaccine. As the number one killer in the world today, Communism is a disease which merits our urgent study.” Copies of the ABA special report may be obtained /20c) from Amer ican Opinion, Belmont 78, Mass. ton will be retained by the farmer. However, a Plan (A) grower can choose to sell his cotton on the open market if he wishes to do so. Likewise Plan (B) growers may either sell on the open market, or may take the lower, Plan (B) sup port level. A loan program A^ill be in effect for the Plan (B) cotton. A giower may obtain the Plan (B) support rate, place his cotton in the loan program and retain an equity in the cotton, if he so chooses. We hope this explanation wid help clarify the cotton picture somewhat. - Regardless of the choice made by any grower, it looks like every grower must strive to make the highest yield per acre possible. Only by increas ing our yields to a bale or more per acre can we continue to com pete in this fast changing picture of cotton production. Weed Control Enjoyed meeting with the Bush River youiig farmers Club at the invitation of Harold Long and /v illiam Ballentine last week. A delicious turkey stew made it even nore enjoyable. A lot of fai'ming is still being done in this section jf the country and these folks try to get all the information they can md use much of it to stay ahead in this business of farming. They were quite interested in chemical weed control of small grains. Now, of course, is the time to spray small grains with 2, 4-D if you want clean grain at harvest time. This meeting served to remind us that Chemical Weed Control in all our crops is fast becoming of major importance. It’s small grain spraying time now, then from March 1st to April 1st will be the ideal time to spray permanent pastures to get rid of hitterweed and other noxious weeds. Then will come planting time of cotton, corn, grain sorghums and other crops that can greatly benefit from pre-merge spraying with chemical weed killers. We’ve just received Extension Information Card 76 that gives complete recommendations o f Clemson College on chemical weed control of all crops. We’d be glad to mail you one or better still drop by to see us and pick up one while in the County Agents Office. March 3rd - Annual Meeting of Artificial Breeding Association Everyone interested in the im provement of dairy and beef cattle will want to attend the annual meeting of the Newberry Coopera tive Breeding Association next Tuesday, March 3rd. The meeting will be held at 8 P. M. in the court Room here in Newberry. President, J. F. Hawkins and directors of the Association, have done a splendid job of arranging a program that will explain the modern, up to date artificial breed ing program now being offered to Newberry County Cattle own ers. Dr. Victor Hurst of Clemson College will tell how to get Higher Conception rates by using artifi cial Breeding in your herd. Clyde Walker, S. C. Fieldman of NOBA, will show a new film of the bulls now being used in Newberry Coun- ty. Also many attractive door prizes have, been donated by merchants and processing plants for the free drawing to he held at the meeting. Tom Riser, our local serviceman will be on hand to' give you his report on Artificial Breeding in Newberry County. You know, wo mentioned a couple of weeks ago ihnt Tom had been natned “Out- stamling Serviceman of S. C. for 1958” by the S. C. Federation of Cooperative Breeding Association. It was our pleasure to be pre sent at the State Meeting in Col umbia on the 26th to see Tom re ceive his certificate of Merit for this award. Also Tom will receive a free trip to Ohio in March to visit NOBA, the organization that supplies frozen semen to Newber ry County. With either Tom or John Ever- ette Shealy on the job every day of the year supplying the outstan ding bulls available, we feel that Artificial Breeding offers the op portunity for great advancement to our already highly important livestock economy here in New berry County. Remember to come to the an nual meeting next Thursday night and bring someone with you who is interested in our livestock pro gram in Newberry County. A good many Newberry County farmers made money on Hogs last year. Prices held up good all uuring 1958. Looks like hog prices won’t be quite so good this year. No “bust” we don’t think but prices are al ready down and will likely de cline more. Heres how several Breasts indicate this year’s hog m i.ri.ee co February through April—Pub stmtial decline as 17% larger fall pig crop comes to market. ay_June—Expect a price peak as small early winter farrowings come to market. July on—Gradual decline to ward lowest prices since 1956. Bottom this year will likely be $13 to $14. Winter prices will probab ly continue to slip. Looks from these reports it won’t pay to hold hogs past 220 pounds right now. Growers should plan to aim for the best market before July then either cut back production or figure on taking A ,cod bit lower price this falPthan .ast . . :i. BIRTH OF A SON i r. d Mrs. ThomasL. Lomas- cy of I'Jdlesboro, Ky. announce i,l 13 • P’D' ^ a con, William Stew art on January 28. Mrs. Lomasney th' ormer Miss Kate Ruther ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rutherford of Newberry. Tha Lomesneys have an older son f Ro bert Rutherford. ii. i j PM—Scoreboard 11:15 PM—Jack Paar Show l:i)D AM- Sign Oft WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4. 195S 5:00 trin—.*...ieiica.i joa— 5:L0 PM—iilickey Mouse Club 0:.^ i-1*.——./ iC*i._ 6:t0 i-..;—- iVi.. s Naws 6:40 PM—Lccal News 6:«5 PM—Wcair.e* 7-CO PM—Dcuna itaed SHovr 7:CO PM— or Trai-i 8:C0 PM—Frio# la H-rkt 9:00 PM—Milton Berla 9:30 PM—Bat Mastaraoa 10.00 PM—..odiieiday Fights .-.<*» Pi.—Daly News 11:00 PM—News 11:05 PM—Weatherman 11:10 PM—Scoreboard 11:15 PM—Jack Paar Show 1:00 AM—Sign OU AUGUSTA GEORGIA S DAY. MARCH 1. 1959 9:30 AM—.-aiaoe ox Quartets .1 — Tne Cowis Family IC:30 PM—Oral Roberts 1;C0 1 J M—Fine Arts Program 1:C0 PM—Churches ot Christ 2:C0 PM—Cartoons 2:30 PM—NBA Pro Basketball 4:30 PM—True Story 5:00 PM—Detective's Diary 5:C0 PM—Dragnet 6:00 PM—Patti Page 6:30 PM—Maverick 7:30 PM—Rough Riders 8:00 PM—Steve Allan 9:CO PM—Chevy Show lO^O PM—Loretta Yrung Show 10:30 PM—Black Saddle 11:03 PM—Million DoUar Movie 12:00 PM—Sign Off MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 7:00 AM—Today 7.25 AM—Local News 7:30 AM—Today 7:55 AM—Local News 8:00 AM—Today 10:00 AM—Dough Re Ml *10:30 AM—Treasure Hunt :i:00 AM—The Price Is Right 11:30 AM—Concentration 12:00 N —Tic Tac Dough 17:?'* PM—It CouM Be You 1:00 PM—Liberace 1:30 PM—Variety Show 2:00 PM—TmtH or Consequences (Color) O.on r, rig— , s (Color) 3:00 PM—Young Dr. Malone 3:30 PM—From These Roots 4:00 PM—Queen For A Day 4:30 PM—County Fair MONDAY. MARCH 2. 1959 5:00 PM—American Bandstand 5: ?0 PM—Micb®Y Mouse Club e.-n ntn,—The Master Workers 6:15 pm—Ab-aharn Brothers R.oe pas—Todays News s : «0 p^s—News 7.-o. PM—The” Real MeCoye pm Gun pm—Welle ^sriro ''■?o PM—Palter Gunn p»s - - - » ** MTT ay 1 'v-s pm—rtoeroe Burns 1100 pm w-vir* ■ ' .*»* p»s einnan 11.1 o pm—Scoreboard I’.?* pm .T«»rk P»ar Show 1:00 AM—Sign Off TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1959 c.*>0 PM A —-d -.«>> p*» Mouse Club c.^n T1 M—Cartoons c./ie pm—rf.ocpi News e .r t; 7 ; «n pm Frionds - - - —* _ —• - p'O'-’-nan Q . OQ ’ F"*- ~*nr pm__ —-v rummings Show -- -»tis '*•—'•-'■rman THURSDAY. MARCH 5. 1859 5:00 PM—American Bandstand 5:30 PM—Mickey Mouss Club 6:03 PM—KucJcl-berry Hound 6:30 FM—Todays Laws 6:40 PM—Local News 6:55 PM—Weather 7:00 PM—Lena Ranger 7:30 PM—Jefferson Drum 8:03 PM—Mackenzie's Haidars 8:30 PM—It Could Ba Yob S: r 1 pry—C’. -ed Dr-rs 9:30 PM—Tennessse Ernie Ford 10:00 PM—Groucho Marx 10:30 PM—Masquerade Party 11:00 PM—News 11:05 Pig—Weatherman 11:10 PM—Scoreboard 11:1.4 PM—Jack Paar Show 1:00 PM—Sign Off FRIDAY. MARCH 9, 1939 5:00 PM—America" Bandstand 5:30 PM—Mickey Meuse Club' 6:00 PM—This Is Alice B:30 PM—Todays News 6:40 PM—Local News 6:55 PM-*-Weather 7:00 PM—Dial 999 7:30 PM—Zorro 8:00 PM—WaM Disney Preaente 9:00 PM—M Squad • .*»n pre_T*--> Thl- Man 10:03 PM—Gillette Fights 10:45 PM—Jackpot Bowling 11:0.3 PM—News 11:05 PM—Weatherman 11:10 PM—Scoreboard 11:13 PM—Jack »"ar Show 1:00 PM—Sign Off SATURDAY. MARCH T. 19Sf 8:90 AM—western Thaatru 9:30 AM—Birthday Party . o . A **__.**'’*eery*v 10:30 AM—Ruff 'n Reddy iv«9 AM—Fury »i:30 AM—Farr' fk Home Hour 13:30 PM—Ten Ten Dance Party— r a r-~n W^-d and Sara DonreLy 1:30 PM—Circus Bov 2:00 PM—Saturday Playbouaa 3:00 PM—Collie Basketball 4 : no pm—All Star Colt 6:00 PM—How To Man-y a Millionaire 6:30 PM—People Are Formy 7:00 PM—'nils Is Your Ufa 7:30 PM—Pat Boone Show ®:no pm—Perry Coir n Show Walk )3:ea PM—Ruck'kf" 13:33 PM—P. A.'s M«n ' U^O PM—Tobile- USA 1?:00 PM—S*~n O** te Leaf Minute and Corrscttone Tax Notice At the close of business on February 28th, 1959 A THREE PER CENT PENALTY will be added to all unpaid 1958 State and County Taxes J. RAY DAWKINS Treasurer