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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZEK
Clemson Extension information Specialiat
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Signs of the Times
In every county we see many
signs of the changing times in ag
riculture.
Iwas with County Agent Bull of
Abbeville. He told me a large per
centage of the 7,000 acres of cot
ton they planted this year had
pre-merge applied to kill crab-
grass. The stuff was very success
ful too. Old-timers who fought
grass with a hoe in the cotton
patch doubtless were never san
guine enough to dream of such, a
thing. Your county agent will
have the latest dope for doing this
when cotton planting time rolls
around again.
Bull also told me they were try
ing 160 acres of pimiento peppers
on contract to a Georgia cannery
this year and 35 acres of aromatic
tobacco under the supervision of
Clemson specialists.
And fifty of their 4-H young
sters had made table lamps in their
electric club. Learning how to
handle and use this new work
horse on the farm is a part of 4-H
teaching there and elsewhere.
Farm Ponds
Due to the flatness of the coun
try, farm ponds are not as numer
ous in the lower part of the state
as in the mid-state and up-couun-
try. But down there they are dig
ging water holes at many places,
and they serve the same purpose.
County agent Gilliam of Allen
dale says: “Farm ponds are be
coming very popular in the county.
H. E. Johnson, W. M. Terry, and
J. M. Oswald recently completed
theirs. These will be used for ir
rigation, livestock watering, and
fishing. Pond weeds are giving
pond owners a great deal of
trouble. Several demonstrations
were set up to deal with thi.^
problem.”
Soil Testing in Lexington
County Agent Bouknight of
Lexington reported: “We are
making plans to start taking-
samples of soils for a county-wide
program in the early fall.” To
that end they went to Edgefield,
where County Agent Lloyd and
those had completed a county-wide
soil sampling and testing pro
gram, to study just how they had
handled it.
The soil test is proving inval
uable in directing farmers to
thefr needs of lime and use of fer
tilizer elements for best results.
The agents send the samples to
Clemson, where they are tested.
The report goes back to the coun
ty agent and from it he formulates
the best treatments for the various
fields.
4-H Farm Safety
4-H deals with many phases of
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Sumter county, for instance, had
4u boys enrolled in farm safety.
After full discussions in their
clubs they made a survey of haz
ards found around their own
homes. These included two or
more children riding on a tractor,
weak brakes on tractor, glass and
tin containers left lying around,
lack of firebreaks in woodlands,
dead grass near buildings, shields
off of tractor pulleys, and medi
cine bottles not labeled. Remedies
were applied in each case. The
teachings being thus clinched with
action.
Boys Are That Way
September marked the begin
ning of the end of summer.
Summer was our most cherish
ed season, as kids in ihe stone
hills of the Dutch Fork. It saw
the release of feet from shoes that
had hound them for the winter.
And as soon as those feet got
tough, they carried us to the far
places of our rugged hills. From
wild strawberries that ripened in
April on through dewberries that
ran on the ground, wild plums,
blackberries on the ditch banks,
mulberries on the hedgerow, may-
pops in the old fields, and fruit
that ripened all season on old
snags at abandoned house places,
we found a great and enticing
bounty on the countryside.
And summer brought the de
light of the creek that ran through
the bottom-lands, and the cool
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H. D. AGENT
SCHEDULE
The County Home Agents an
nounce the following schedule for
the week of August 24-28th:
Monday: Office; Home Visits.
Tuesday: Office; Radio, 12:60;
Office; County Wide Picnic at Mt.
Bethel Garmany Community Cen
ter at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday: Home Visits.
Thursday: Office; Radio, 12:50;
Office.
Friday: Office.
Flower and Shrubbery Jobs for
August and September
As the end of summer and early
fall approaches, there are many
garden tasks to be performed and
many things that need to be look
ed into. A successful garden is
one that keeps its beauty all the
year 'round. This means work all
year 'round. Some important tasks
for later summer are as follows:
Landscape Plans
Now is the time to make plans
for your fall landscape work.
While plants are in full growth is
a good time to select those you
will want to keep, transplant or
bring in from the woods.
You need to cheeky all your
plants. If some need replacing or
replanting, this should be noted
and the proper substitute select
ed. Visit your nearby nurseries
and learn to identify plants that
you like, and learn where they
will grow best on your property.
Be sure that you select plants that
stay green all winter for any
foundation plantings or for hedges
and screens.
If you intend to buy shrubs,
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branch that wound its w r ay through
our pasture. Many golden hours
were spent in these. Fish, tad
poles, salamanders, mussels,
snakes, and water-bugs claimed
our interest. And, of course, there
was the constant lure of swim
ming, and building small c^ms to
raise the water and throw it out
through the bottom-lands in new
channels we dug. Imagination
running rampant there, as we
made these pull small water
wheels that we built.
But September marks the time
that these lures began losing their
charm. Nights started getting cool
and leaves that had been green
started shedding in profuse color
and dropping on the ground and
into the water. And, in the trees
above, the waning cicada buzzed
its last days with plaintive tune.
Days grew shorter and nights
longer. Grass purpled on the ditch-
bank, and golden rod and aster
closed the summer season with
one final grand splurge of color
that bedecked field and hedge.
All of this pointed to the com
ing winter, and to feet tha^ had
to be re-shod. For soon the mantle
of frost would fall across the out-
of-doors, and summer would be
no more. It was then that a new
set of seasonal delights would
come with winter to us country
kids in the Stone Hills of the
Dutch Fork.
know your State
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make arrangements with your
nurseryman to have them for you
at the proper time. If you are to
transplant them from the woods,
select your plants and mark them
so you will know where to find
the best plants.
Shrubbery that is getting out of
hand by much watering from
abundant rains may be pruned
lightly to keep in shape. Cut off
only the shoots or twigs that are
growing and getting out of
shape.
Perennials for next year’s early
blooms may be planted now—
hollyhock, daisies, candytuft, and
others. Be sure to follow cultural
instructions on the seed package.
Unless you have an abundance
of rain, most of your shrubs and
flowers will benefit from a good
deep sc King at least once^a week.
Make cuttings, from your house
plants so you will have them at
tractive and vigorous for your
winter use. Geranium, philoden*
dron, wandering jew and other
leafy and blooming plants can be
rooted now.
Cut tall and outgrown poinset-
tia plants now while the wood is
tender. This will assure you of
good blooms for Christmas.
If you have not made your ca
mellia cuttings for rooting, do so
now. Be sure the new wood is not
too hard for successful soft wood
cuttings.
See that all shrubbery is well
mulched. This helps to keep down
weed growth and preserves mois
ture.
Dig gladiolus corms when the
leaves turn brown.
Fertilize chrysanthemums. Dis
solve 1 pound complete fertilizer
in 5 gallons of water and apply
to plants.
Clip off old blossoms of crepe
myrtle and other flowering shrubs.
This makes them bloom longer.
Dust roses for black spot. The
fall blooming season will soon be
here and roses must be kept in
health and vigor for good blooms.
Spray for all aphids. Use mala-
thion or nicotine sulphate.
White flies on shrubbery may be
controlled with malathion spray.
If crepe myrtle or other plants
have a greyish color from mil
dew, dust with sulphur.
veterans for loan purposes.
Under the GI loan program,
qualified World War II veterans
are offered the opportunity to ob-!
tain VA guaranteed or insured!
loans to (a) purchase, build or
improve a home; (b) buy a farm
or farm supplies; and (c) buy or
expand a business venture.
Newberry Paving
Contract Is Let
A contract for the paving of
over seven miles of Newberry
County streets and roads has been
awarded by the State Highway
Department to Carolina Contract
ing Co., Inc., of Columbia.
The contract was announced in
a letter of award to the contractor
July 28 from Chief Highway Com
missioner Claude R. McMillan and
was based on the firm’s low bid
of $95,206 submitted when bids
were publicly opened in Columbia
June 16.
Included in the contract is the
grading and bituminous surfacing
of 3.304 miles on Road 41 from
U. S. 76 to Road 26; 1.599 miles
on Road 66 from Bush River to a
county road; 0.256 miles on Road
202 from U. S. 76 to S. C. 773;
0.055 mile on Road 310, being a
street in the Town of Prosperity;
the construction of a concrete
sidewalk of 0.843 mile on U. S.
76 and Roads 11, 26 and 42, being
streets in the Town of Prosper
ity.
Also, the grading and bitumin
ous surfacing of 6.685 mile on
Roads 292, 293 and 294, being
streets in the Town of Silver-
street; and of 0.982 mile on Roads
226, 295, 296, 297, and 303, be
ing streets in the City of Newber
ry-
, Total length of the paving pro
ject is 7.724 miles.
honored guests were Mr. and Mrs.
J. Moody Bedenbaugh, Mr. Bed-
enbaugh being the only member of
the faculty living.
After dinner, Holland Beden
baugh, the chairman, gave an in
teresting report of himself since
1912. He called on each member
of the class present to tell of their
own experiences since that time.
Final Year For
GI Home Loans
World War II veterans have
entered the final year* in which
application may be made for a GI
home, farm or business loan.
Congress has set July 25, 1960,
as the cut-off date in the post
war program that has already
seen nearly 37,600 South Carolina
World War II veterans take ad
vantage of the GI Bill loan pro
visions since June 22, 1944.
The law allows an additional
year, or until July 25, 1961, for
the processing and actual closing
of loans if application is made
within the 1960 deadline, John I.
Findley, Loan Guaranty Officer,
Columbia VA Regional Office,
said today.
These dates do not pertain * to
Korean veterans who have until
January 31, 1965, to make loan
applications. World War II veter
ans who also served in the Kor
ean period are considered Korean
Class Of 1912
Has Reunion
On July 26, the Prosperity
High School class of 1912 enjoyed
a get-together and a good din
ner at the Wallace Home in New
berry. All members of the class
are “still living and enjoying life,”
according to one of the group.
The twelve members of the
1912 class are Miss Helen Nich
ols, Miss Annie Wheeler, Mrs. C.
M. (Alda Ray Wheeler) Simpson,
Mrs. Hubert (Helen Wheeler)
Jenkins, Mrs. Walter (Jessie Lo-
rick) Wise, Mrs. Norman (Hattie
Wise) Wessinger, Mrs. Carol
(Rosalie Suber) Pinner Sr., Mrs.
Rosa Mae Mitchell Hood, Holland
Bedenbaugh, Heber J. Leaphart,
Wilbur Epting and Johnny Lang
ford.
Twenty-two classmates* and
their guests were present for the
reunion: Miss Helen Nichols, Miss
Annie Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Jenkins and sister, Miss Rosa
lie Wheeler, Dr. C. A. Pinner Sr.,
her daughter, Miss Louellen Pin
ner and Mrs. Pinner’s two grand
children; Mr. and Mrs. Holland
Bedenbaugh, daughter and son-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby; Mr. and
Mrs. Heber Leaphart, diaughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Has
kell Amick and their little son;
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Epting. The
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Six crumbling columns are all
that remain of Millwood, the
boyhood home of Confederate
General Wade Hampton. The
Columbia landmark was erected .
prior to 1820 by Wade Hampton,
II, aide to Andrew Jackson, and
was perhaps the most elegant
South Carolina mansion above
tidewater. Union troops burned
the house, along with Columbia,
in 1865.
In today’s South Carolina, with
its emphasis on progress, the
United States Brewers Founda
tion works constantly to encour
age maintenance of wholesome
conditions wherever beer and ale
are sold. As in other states, the
program calls for close coopera
tion between law-enforcement of
ficials and beer licensees through
out South Carolina.
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Three Attend
4-H Council
Three outsanding 4-H club mem-
bers of Newberry County attend
ed State 4-H Council meeting at
Camp Long near Aiken.
This was a very informative
meeting giving these club mem
bers an opportunity to meet with
other outstanding 4-H club mem
bers from the other Counties in
the state.
Those attending from Newberry
County were James Dominick Jr.,
Mid-Carolina, Newberry County 4
H Council President; Donna Gar-
nette, Newberry High, Vice Presi
dent; and Kenny Caldwell, Pros
perity, Secretary.
James Dominick led a discus
sion group on “What a Good Club
and County Officer Should Be.”
These council members received
a week of training that will help
them during the coming year in
their 4-H council work.
FORT SHERIDAN, 111. (AHTN
C)—Army Pvt. Robert R. Jones,
21, whose wife, Thelma, and par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar V. Jones,
live at 1322 Jefferson St., recent
ly was assigned to the 204th Mili
tary Police Company at Fort
Sheridan, 111.
Mrs. Richard L. Baker is at
tending Farm and Home Week at
Clemson this week. On Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Mr. and
Mrs. Sydney Carter and son, Syd
ney of Charleston, will go to
Pawley’s Island for a weeks va
cation.
Capt. and Mrs. Dalton O. Car
penter Jr. and children* Thomas,
Gerald, Susanne and Donald of
Governors Island, N. Y. arrived
in Newberry Saturday for a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter Sr.
Also enjoying a family picnic with
the Carpenters Sunday were their
other children, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hendrix and sons, Jim
and Don of Spartanburg; Mr. and
Mrs. Luke Brannon and' children,
Mark, Michael and Laurie Ann
of Columbia; and Bobby Fellers
of Augusta, Ga. Capt. Carpenter
and his family will leave Newber
ry Thursday to return to Govern
ors Island, where he is stationed
with the U. S. Army. They will
stop en route in Spartanburg and
Washington to visit relatives and
friends.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to the doctors, nurse®
and other members of the staff of
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital, also to the law officers of
Newberry County and others who
were so kind and helpful after the
death of Mrs. Mary Grant and the
injury to her infant daughter,
Lynn.
The Family of Mrs. Mary
Grant.
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