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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1959 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Irrigation Paid County Agent Tate of Jasper told me “Dry weather seriously hurt the spring snap bean crop in the county. Three irrigation demonstrations were carried on with this crop, and they were very successful. Not only was the yield greater, but the quality was much better, and premium prices were received by those using irrigation. Crop insurance! That’s what ir rigation often proves to be. And that is specially so with truck crops, peaches, and tobacco. And on regular field crops too, like corn, cotton, and pastures it often pays well. v To get the cost of irrigation down, we need to make multiple uses of it. We might not be justi fied in getting it for just one low value crop, but for several it is a different story. And when we get it for one of the high money value, crops, we can afford to use it when drought threatens crops of less value. New Treatment for Barley Smut A new and effective treatment has been developed for barley seed. It needs to be treated some time before seeding. Get the de tails from your county agent now if you plan to plant barley. Smut took a big toll from our barley fields last spring. County Agent Bailey of Rich land tells me their demonstration 1 REMEMBER BY THE OLD TIMERS From Mary R. Wall, Waynoka, Oklahoma: I remember when the crops were “laid by’’ in Augus’ and word got around in our neighborhood that on a certain Saturday everybody would meet at the creek and have the annua! fish fry. This was the “vacation" for farm families and each one knew to bring a basket well filled with food, a big iron skillet, lard salt and meal. The owner of the seine would come early and he and other vol unteers would take off shoes and sox, roll up their “pant legs” (trousers had not yet come in style), and start seining the holes where the “big one” was last seen. Soon a tub of fish weighing from two to 15 or 20 pounds each would be turned over to the men who had watched from the bank, to prepare for the frying pan. In the meantime, the fires had been built and beds of coals were ready for the cooking. The wom en spread red checked table cloths on the ground and emptied the contents of the baskets—three to five layer coconut and choco late cakes, sweet potato custards, berry pies, potato salad, green beans and black eye peas, beet pickles, loaves of fragrant home made bread—and some venture some soul would make “hush puppies” to fry in the grease after the fish were done. All gathered around the table to say thanks for the bounty which was ours. After dinner the “fishes and loaves” were gathered up, the men would pitch horse shoes or talk about the crops, politics or what interested them, while the women discussed neighborhood news and exchanged recipes, planned the next quilting bee, and the children wadded ir the water, catching crawfish and tad poles. of this new' anerobic treatment of barley the past season “was 100% effective.” That not treated smut ted 20 percent. Weed Killers With high labor costs that we have now', weed killers are receiv ing more and more attention. Clemson keeps up to date in test ing the new ones out and advises the county agents and others of the results. County Agent Lloyd of Edge- field tells me Maurice Smith there used premerge weed control on 100 acres of cotton at planting- time wuth excellent results the past season. And agents in many other counties tell of similar re sults where the materials were properly applied. So, in making- plans for your next row- crop, fi gure on this thing of killing weeds and grass before they come in the drill there to bother you. Destroy Cotton Stalks Early Early destruction of cotton stalks has always been an effective tool against the boll weevil. Main twmble is in getting it all picked early enough. -But if you can get that done and the stalks com pletely turned under some weeks before frost you will have im proved your next year’s weevil situation quite a bit. For weevils eat and breed on cotton plants un til winter runs them into hiber nation. To take cotton away from them a good while before that time sure thins them out, says our weevil man Mack Sparks. Early stalk destruction has been their main weapon in fighting the pink boll worm out west. In fact, down in the great cot ton counties along the Rio Grande in Texas they have strict laws re quiring early and complete de struction of all growing cotton. And if a farmer doesn’t do it, the county goes there and does it, charging him for the work plus a penalty. Their cotton comes off so early that they can do this very effectively and starve the insects out pretty well before hibernat ing time. If that pest ever gets here it won’t be so easy, for there is less time between the finish of our harvest and frost, when they hib ernate, like the boll weevil does. And it is headed this way, having been found at spots in Louis iana and Arkansas. Intensive ef forts are being exerted to eradi cate it there. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER As a kid, I hated to see cotton start opening. For it meant work that I hated. In fact, I wasn’t fond of any sort of work. But picking cotton was a pet abomi nation of mine. The stuff just wouldn’t accumulate in my sack fast enough to suit. And it was so far to the other end of the row, where there was some shade, that 1 stayed discouraged. Yes, to us kids a big crop of cotton was a calamity. But to our parents it was good fortune. Back then cotton did not open until well out in September. Now it is a month earlier to beat the boll weevil. By the time the white fields were calling, our wild plen- DEED TRANSFERS cAnderdon d Shoe Store • Tan Calf • Black Suede AAAA to B •.sv 1 M I boulevard 1495 SI Suddenly, comfort is suck a fasliionakle word This fall . . . more emphatically than ever . . . the most fashionable fashions are the most wearable fashions. Smart example above: a beautiful Red Cross Shoe that fits fashion to your busy feet as happily as to your busy life. [This product has no connection whatever with The American Nabonal Red Cross Newberry No. 1 T. H. Julian to S. C. Altman, one lot, $500 and other valuable considerations. Sarah B. Mayer et al to D. P. Folk II and Betty M. Folk, one lot and one building on Summer St., $5 and other valuable consid erations. T. H. Julian to Gertrude A. Ju lian, 9 acres and one building on Glenn St., Oak St., and Evans Circle, $5 love arid affection. Audrey A. Stockman, Barnette A. Golden and James Olin Adams to Sumpter S. Adams, one lot and one building, $1 love and affec tion. James T.. Koon to Ernest H. Layton, one lot and one building, 409 Wright St., $5 and other val uable considerations. Newberry No. 1 Outside Strother C. Paysinger to Wil liam H. Abrams, four lots, $5 and other valuable considerations. William S. Rinehart and Mar garet G. Rinehart to E. H. Lay- ton, 1.3 acres and one building, $5 and assumption of mortgage. J. B. West to John G. Haile, one lot. $75. Frank M. Schumpert to John David Ruff, one lot, $5 and other valuable considerations. Rcy D. Whitaker Jr. to C. Eu gene Buzhardt, one lot and one building on McCravy St., $5 and other valuable considerations. Willie Kelley to Otis Wells Jr., 4.4 acres, $5 and other valuable considerations. J. D. Caldwell and E. B. Purcell to Winston B. Jones Jr., one lot on Trent St., $5 and other val- ty in the woods had started to ripen. And the autumnal equinox had usually brought abundant water to streams that had become sluggish or dried clear up from summer droughts. So there we were, with the fruitful woods and tumbling streams a-calling, and wide fields of white cotton barring us from them! We’d sneak off at every pretense and beat out of cotton picking for a while. And at a sag in the field, where the cotton grew large, we’d linger and play, making little animals with straws stuck in late maypops and green cotton bolls. Dew was thought to be bad on sores, and if we had the slightest one on our bare feet we’d play that up and start picking as late as possible. And to get water, we’d go to a spring a half mile back in the hills rather than to the house a few hundred yards away. Just anything to get out of picking that cotton! There was occasionally a re ward in the cotton patch at that time. We replanted the skips in watermelons. And occasionally a late cne had eluded all eyes and we’d find it as we were picking. What a joy that was, specially if it was early in the day and still cool from the night! We’d bust it on a rock, and my the good eatin’ that would peel out of it in juicy Ifunks! Soon, more memories of the cotton patch. And Enjoy a FREE HONEYMOON IN MIAMI BEACH! 7 days and 6 nights at th luxurious "Carousel" ocear front motel in Miami Beat —free admission to th Aquafair, Orchid Jungle Coral Castle, Spanish Mon astery. Rare Bird Farm am Musa Isle Indian Village. It's ai yours when you choose a $30( Keepsake or Starfire Diamond Ring Rings enlarged to show detail. .Prices include Federal Tax. W E TURNER JEWELER Hospital Patients Edward C. Bobo, Rt. 3, Pros perity. Mrs. Hattie G. Bouknight, Rt. 3. Tommy Brown, Rt. 1, Prosper ity. uable considerations: Robert B. Kennerley and delma F. Kennerley to C. Ashley Abel, 77 acres, $10 and other valuable considerations. Ada M. Thompson to Rosa W. Gambrell, one lot, $5 and other valuable considerations. Silverstreet No. 2 Ellen W. Scurry and John F. Scurry to Margaret S. Moseley and Gerald W. Scurry, 162.6 acres, $500 and premises. Ellen W. Scurry, Margaret S. Moseley and Gerald W. Scurry to John Francis Scurry, 167 acres, $500 and premises. W. E. St. John and Doris Wil son St. John to Jimmy Haltiwan- ger, four acrep and one building, $150 and assumption of mortgage. Whitmire No. 4 Perrin Earl Wilbanks and Peggy P. Wilbanks to Charles F. Wil banks, one lot and one building, 409 G.ant St., $250 and assump tion of mortgage. Joyce Berry Baker to Joe H. Bonds, one lot and one building on Church St., $10 and assumption of a mortgage and exchange of deeds. Joe H. Bonds to Joyce B. Baker one lot and one building on Tid- marsh Drive, $10 and other val uable considerations. Carrie Bell Redmond Guinn to James C. Gilliam and Virginia G. Gilliam, one lot and one building, 429 Sims St., $10 and other val uable considerations. Whitmire No. 4 Outside Betty Thomas Moseley to Wal lace Rochester and Leila B. Roch ester, one lot and one building, $10 and other valuable considerations. James W. McMillan and Mild red N. McMillan and Joe H. Bonds, 4.6 acres, $10 and other valuable considerations. Pomaria No. 5 John W. Lominick Jr., et al to Jamesina Livingston et al, 85 acres, $5 and the premises. John W. Lominick Jr., et al to Jamesine Livingston, et al, 75 acres, $5 and the premises. Little Mountain No. 6 Southern Bell Telephone & Tel egraph Co., to American Bell Tele phone & Telegraph Co., 5.74 acres, $11,698. Prosperity No. 7 E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge to Catawba Timber Co., 209 acres, $14,000. (Ida B. Lester estate.) Thelma S. Rawl to Robert C. Lake Sr., .09 and .38 acres, $188. E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge, to C. L. Lester, N. R. Lester and C. E Lester, 24 acres and four buildings, $2700. Ferdinand Rikard and Thyrra R. Scott to Howard Rikard, one lot and one building, $571.42. Carrie Rikard Buck to Howard Rikard, one lot and. one building, $285.71. Janie R. Neal to Howard Rik ard, one lot and one building, $7,- 407. Martha Rikard Goods to How ard Rikard, one lot and one build ing, $285.71. Ann R. Bowman, Alfonso Rik ard and George Rikard to How ard Rikard, one lot and one build ing, $285.74. Rachel Rikard, to Howard Rik ard, one lot and one building, $63.59. Marcus Rikard to Howard Rik ard, one lot and one building, $74.07. Tymond Rikard to Howard Rik ard, one lot and one building, $74.07. REV. ROBERT H HARPER COMPENSATION OF YEARS O NE of the compensations of growing older is a growing caution that ofttimes brings its reward. When the eye is not as quick and reflex i not as swift, the man who is growing older realizes he must be a little slower when he is behind a wheel. Vivid memories of hair-breadth escapes when he crossed on a red light or did some other foolhardy thing may tend to make him slower on the accelerator and quicker on the brake. Thus the memories of the past are one of the compensations of growing older, for there may be avoided the recollection of killing a fellow being or maiming him for life. It is a pity that many of life’s lessons are learned by experi ence, provided that death does not intervene to remove all op portunity of learning. If the elders are disposed am the younger are ready to listen the elders may be, through their own past, the prophets of the younger men’s future. Refer ence is made, not only to atti tude behind a v/heel but also ti attitudes in all places of life. Mrs. Ruby Bedenbaugh, 2009 Montgomery St. Wilson Brown, 2014 Johnstone St. Ridgell Bowers, Rt. 2, Prosper ity. Dr. James I. Bedenbaugh, Mc- Nary St., Prosperity. Mrs. Naomi Counts, Rt. 1, Cha pin. Mrs. Effie Derrick, 1403 Wheel-, er St. Mrs. Thompsia Dennis, 1708 Harrington St. Broadus Davis, 816 Pauline St. Mrs. Grace Harrison, 517% Sims St., Whitmire. James Hutchinson, 1500 Glenn St. Mrs. Mamie Harmon, Rt. 1, Prosperity. Mrs. Minnie E. Kibler, Box 70, Prosperity. Mrs. Eunice Longshore, Rt. 4, Box 196. Mrs. Belle Lewis, 1933 Nance St. mire. Garvice Taylor, 616 O’Neal St. Tommy Truss, Newberry Col lege. Maynard Wicker, Rt. 1, Little Mountain. Mrs. Elizabeth Wicker, 820 Langford St. J. D. Wessinger, 1517 Church St., Whitmire. Mrs. Evelyn K. Wicker, 1314 Milligan St. Mrs. Clara L. Wright, 808 Col lege St. Freddie Bishop, 11128 Turner St. Allen Burton, Rt. 1. Baby Girl Barron, Rt. 1, Little Mountain. Johnnie Hair, Rt. 2, Prosper ity. Earline Means, 231 Boundary St. Essie Mae Pitts, Rt. 1, Box 41, Silverstreet. Nathaniel Pitts Sr., Rt. 4. Mrs. Camille Lane and Baby Boy, 1113 Hillcrest Rd. Walter Lake, 2626 DeLoache Ave. Mrs. Evelyn McPhatter, 1328 College St. Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1. Mrs. Juanita Mills, Rt. 3. Mrs. Lucille Messer, Rt. 2. Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. Mrs. Florence Oxner, Rt. 4, Leesville. Mrs. Doreen Roberson and Baby Girl, 2411 Dave Dr. Mr. Willie Ray Suber, Silver- street. George Stevens, Rt. 3. Simon Sheppard, Rt. 5, Saluda. Mrs. Sarah Smith, Rt. 1. Baby Girl Shealy, Rt. 3, Pros perity. Mrs. Fannie Simpson, Whit- MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Mrs. Nannie Faye Cromer, Newberry. Mrs. Louise Parrott, Newberry. Mrs. Minnie Johnson, Little Mountain. Mrs. Alma Cumalander and Baby Boy, Little Mountain. Carl Epting, Prosperity. Mrs. Lorene Hunter, Gilbert. Mrs. Claudine Morgan, Joanna. Mrs. Myrtle Attaway, Newber- i-y- Miss Ann Attaway, Newberry. Daisy Glasco Wells and Baby Girl, Newberry. Safety experts recommend that drivers avoid befcif on the road at sunrise and sunset, when the rays of the sun hit directly Into the windshield. BACK ON HIS FEET By Roland Keeler When Sam Potter was laid off his job because of the steel strike, he drove his car into his garage, closed the door and snapped the lock; then he said to his wife, “Mable, I can’t afford to drive the car any more. “It will do you good to walk,” Mable said, grinning. And walk Sam did. Ten blocks to the post office the next day. And ten blocks back home.* On the way home Sam met Mil- ton Carpenter who wa? puttering around in his front yard. "Haven’t seen you for quite a spell,” Milton said. “Been think ing a lot about you and your fam ily, too. How is it with you?” Sam told Milton about his being laid off from work. “If you hadn’t walked by, I never would have known about it,” Milton said. About five blocks farther along his way, Nellie Hamilton spied him and called him over to the side door. “I haven’t seen you for such a long time, I hardly knew it was you,” Nellie said. “How have you been, and how is Mable?” “We’re all fine,” Sam replied. “I’ve b ;en wanting to send you some of my cottage cheese, but I haven’t seen you,” Nellie said. “My mouth is already water ing,” Sam said. “Mable always said you made the best cottage cheese in the country.” “It has been a long time since we’ve seen you, even if we have lived close together,” Nellie said. “But we stay Wose to home.” “We’ve been on the go a great deal of the time, but we’ll be staying close to home now,” Sam said. Now that I’m not driving.” “A person can get to depend a great deal on a car,” Nellie said. On the way home Sam felt good, although his day had not been especially unusual. He had renewed old acquaintances, and he had brought home soone good cottage cheese. “I’m so glad to get the cheese,” Mable said, “and it was good to hear from Nellie again.” “I’ve got to find another job,” Sam said. The next day Sam returned the jar that belonged to Nellie. “We certainly enjoyed that cheese,” he said. Then he walked on his way to ree Milton. “I’ve got to find a job to tide me over,” Sam told Milton. “Have any ideas?” Milton studied for a few min utes. Then a smile grew on his tan face. “If you think you could stand working for me, I can give you a part time job.” And so Sam started working a few hours each week for Milton. It helped, but he still needed a bit more to tide him over till he could get his old job back. And then the idea struck him like a bolt from heaven as he was walking by Nellie’s place. If everyone else liked her cottage cheese as much as he and Mable —he hurried to her door. “How much cheese can you make?” Sam asked Nellie. “You sound like you’re in a hurry,” Nellie said, smiling. “I can get all the milk I want from my brother’s farm.” “That’s it,” Sam said. “I’ll start a cottage cheese route. I’ll make a profit, and you will too.” “Sounds good to me,” Nellie said. “When shall we start?” “Tomorrow,” Sam agreed. That coming Sunday when Mable and Sam started out walk ing to church, Sam said, “I’ve never felt so good in my life.” Mable smiled. “That’s because you’ve started walking again. You’re back on your feet.” LAFF OF THE WEEK “Tlie way I figure it, two can live as cheaply as one if we only eat on alternate days!” Henderson Dies At Beach Island Frank Henderson, 57, brother of A. Tom Henderson of Newber ry, died Wednesday night at his home at Beach Island, shortly af ter returning home from work. He had been employed at Standard Oil Company in Augus ta, Ga., for about 35 years. A native of Saluda, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Warren Henderson. He was twice married, first to the former Miss Thomsie Bobo of Augusta, who died several years ago. Sur vivors of this union are three daughters, Mrs. Lon Anderson of Augusta, Mrs. Mary Frank Ivy of Macon, Ga., and Mrs. Martha Barber of Tennessee. His second wife, Mrs. Grace Harris Henderson, survives. Oth er survivors include two other brothers, J. F. Henderson of Au gusta and Floyd Henderson of Batesburg; three sisters, Mrs. Sa die Adams and Mrs. Effie Adams of Saluda and Mrs. Birdie 'Hyler of Columbia; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Friday at the Elliott Funeral Home in Augusta. Bur ial followed in Westover Cem etery, Augusta. RETURNS TO HOME IN GEORGETOWN Billy Clary, who was injured in an automobile accident three weeks ago while on his way to enter the freshman class at Newberry College, has returned to his home in Georgetown after undergoing treatment at the Columbia Hospi tal. He will continue his conva lescence at the home of his mo ther, Mrs. Frances Clary, and his grandmother, Mrs, W. C. Bynum. Bush Infant Dies Sunday Cindy Lou Bush, four-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Edward Bush, died late Sunday night at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Surviving in addition to her parents, Joseph Edward and Dor is Amick Bush of Chapin, are her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Amick of Prosperity and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bush of Chapin; great-grandparents, Joe Bud Stoudemire of Chapin and Char lie Haitiwanger of Lexington; and a number of uncles and aunts. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p. m. Monday from the graveside in St. Peter’s Piney- woods Lutheran Church Ceme tery with Rev. John D. Zeigler conducting the service. Smith’s Brother Dies Sunday James Albert Smith, 63, a bro ther of Francis Smith of Newber ry, died suddenly Sunday at a Spartanburg hospital. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 4 p.m. at Phila delphia Baptist Church by Rev. Donald O’Dell, Rev. Edward S. Berry, Rev. DeWitt Clyde and Rev. Alford O’Shields. Burial was in the churchyard. BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Guin Jr. of Oak Ridge, \ Tennessee, announce the birth of a seven pound, 1% ounce daughter, Barbara Jean, on September 5 at Oak Ridge. Mrs. Guin before marriage was Betty Anne Schley. AMCRICANA _ citie5 To See San Diego, California Many factors contribute to making San Diego, California, one of the fastest growing major cities in the United States. During the pas* year San Diego jumped from 24th to 20th place in population among all cities in the United States and when the 1960 census is taken, San Diego could be in the 18th or 19th spot. Construction is at an unprece dented rate and there has been a steady buildup of new industries and expansion of existing indus trial facilities, according to the San Diego Chamber of Commerce. San Diego currently is issuing building permits in larger amounts than many cities several times larger. Most of the industrial expansion is taking place in the aviation field, but there has been consider able diversification in industry during the past 16 months. San Diego County employment reached 293,500 in May 1959. The number of employed workers increased by 17,400 since May 1958. The city fulfilled a long-time need with development of a 396- acre industrial tract on Kearny Mesa. San Diego’s new Tenth Ave nue Terminal, a $10 million pro ject, was opened in 1959 and there has been a big increase in ship ping through this port One of the city’s fast growing industries is tourist trade, which brought $144 million to the County last year. The population of San Diego City v/as 334,387 when the national census was taken in 1950. It had increased to 494,201 in a special census in March 195< and now, is estimated at well over a half mil lion. Population of the County is estimated atvery close tol,000,000. At the same time, there has been tremendous growth of the Mexican area south of San Diego. TAX NOTICES The tax books will be open for the collection of 1959 taxes on and after October 1, 1959. The following is general levy for all except special purposes; Ordinary County 11 Mills Bonds, Notes and Interest 5 Mills Hospital 1 Mill The following are the authorized special levies for the various tax districts of the County together with the general levy: County School Total District No Tax Levy Spec. Levy Levy Mills Mills Mills 1. Newberry 17 30 47 Silverstreet 17 30 47 3. Bush River 17 30 47 4. Whitmire 17 30 47 5. Pomaria 17 30 47 6. Little Mountain 17 30 47 7. Prosperity 17 30 47 There will be a discount of one (1%) per cent allowed on taxes paid on or before October 31, 1959. On and after January 1, 1960 the penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by tax districts in which the property is located. J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer of Newberry County 22-4tc