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PAGE FOUR — THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA i THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961 i - By COUNTY AGENTS Let’s Plant More Pecan Trees Most Newberry County folks already know the value of pecan trees. Pecans^a^e already a cash crop on a limited basis for many of our farmers. We know many of our city friends count on their pecan money to pay their taxes or provide additional money for Christmas. And the good part is there is always a good demand and a ready market for pecans here in Newberry. Therefore, we should grow more pecans. During the next six weeks is the time to set out new trees. Good trees are available here in Newberry or at nearby nurseries in the state. fi Best varieties are Stuart, De sirable, Farley and Elliott. All these varieties have good disease resistance. Most varieties of the large, thin shelled nuts do not have much disease resistance. Don’t plant these. It’s a good idea to .set out more than one variety. The Stuart is a good variety in most respects but it is a poor pollinator. Therefore, it is best to set out some other variety such as Desirable which is a good pollinator along with the Stuart. The Desirable variety also begins bearing at an early age, usually 5 to 6 years. Dig holes for pecan trees before you order them so they may be set out as soon as they arrive. The roots should mot be exposed to wind or sun—not even for a few minutes. If you cannot plant the trees immediately after they arrive, then cover the roots with six to eight inches of dirt or saw dust and keep them watered. Four to six foot trees are the best size to plant. Plant pecan trees in holes about 3 feet deep and 2 feet wide. Fill soil in hole so that tree stands 2 inches deeper than it w'as at the nursery. Water well after plant ing to settle soil and seal out air around the roots. Use only topsoil for filling hole around tree. Water trees every 7 to ten days throughout the first sum mer unless it rains this often. Fertilize Pecan Trees for More Profit We fear that many pecan tree owners are not getting good crops of nuts due to the lack of fertiliz er. We’re told that the fertilizer used in South Carolina on pecan trees amounts to only 3 pounds per tree. Not nearly enough. Prop er fertilization is the most import ant single practice that we need to do. Pecan trees that are ade quately fertilized usually produce profitable crops of nuts each year without any spraying for insects and disease control. Trees not fer tilized have more trouble with both insects and diseases and us ually only produce a crop of nuts every other year. February is the best time for applying fertilizer to pecan trees. Apply 2 pounds of complete ferti lizer per year of tree age or per inch of trunk diameter. Use a 5- 10-10, 6-12-12 or 8-8-8 analysis fertilizer. Mature trees, 40 to 50 years old need 80 to 100 pounds of fertilizer every year. Many pecan trees are respond ing to applications of zinc sul fate in addition to fertilizer. Zinc sulfate may be applied at the same time as fertilizer. Use 3 to 5 pounds per tree each year. On mature frees that have not prev iously received zinc sulfate, use 15 pounds per tree. With favorable conditions, a 10 year old pecan tree should pro duce 10 pounds of nuts! a 20 year old tree at least 25 pounds and a 30 year old tree should produce 50 pounds or more. If your trees are not doing at least this well, we suggest you first make sure the trees are adequately fertilized each year. We have a few bulletins avail able at our office on setting out pecan trees and on fertilizing trees properly. We wiil gladly fur nish these bulletins or any other information on pecans to those who may be interested. Lime Soybean Fields Now Soybeans offer a good oppor tunity to many of our Newberry County farmers to increase farm . ncome this year. We hope quite a few of our farmers will in crease their acreage of soybeans. A big question about growing soy beans is whether or not to use fertilizer at planting time. This question has not been completely settled. One thing we do know however, is that soybeans respond well to lime. Therefore, we strong ly urge that all fields p’anted to soybeans this year be limed if limestone has not been applied to these fields in recent years. Applying limestone can be done anytime before planting that you can get on the land. Vendors who spread limestone on a custom basis are not too busy right now. They r will be more rushed as planting time nears. We suggest you make arrangements now for getting your fields limed before Newberrian’s Father Dies SALUDA — Robert Lee Mer chant, 62, died at 5 a.m. Tues day at a Greenwood hospital after several months of illness. He was the son of the late James L. and Sophia Little Mer chant and was a member of Red Bank Baptist Church. Surviving are 5 sons, John C. Merchant of Augusta, Ga., Rob ert E. Merchant of New York, Thomas R. and Clyde C. Mer chant, both of Saluda, and Gam- well Merchant if Newberry; 6 daughters, Mrs. Allen Fortuner of Ninety Six, Mrs. Jerry Owens of New York, Mrs. Jerald Dorn of Florida, Mrs. Richard Crouch of Maryland, and Mrs. Murry Gunter of Saluda; 3 sisters, Mrs. C. B. Forrest and Mrs. Joe K. Adams, both of Saluda, and Mrs. Ella M. Dominick of Mullins; 26 grandchildren and a great-grand child. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ram ey’s Funeral Home by Rev. Robert Clyde. Burial was in Red Bank Baptist Church Cemetery. KOON PRESIDENT BLUE KEY David E. Koon of Prosperity has been elected president of the Blue Key, a National Honor T lead ership Fraternity at Newberry College. He will fill the unexpir ed term of John W. Derrick Jr., who will complete the require ments for graduation at the end of this semester. David has been serving as corresponding secre tary of the Blue Key. J. Robert Davenport of New berry was elected to fill out the unexpired term of corresponding secretary. planting. Apply at least 1 ton per acre. Also growers who plan to plant soybeans should go ahead and buy or line up planting seed right away. The best planting seed available are always sold first, and best quality seed may not be available at planting time. Make certain you plant only those va rieties recommended for our area. Jackson, CNS-4 and Lee are the best varieties for pur section. Annual Conference Your County Agents will be at Clemson all next week attending the Annual Extension Conference. While at Clemson we hope to get more up-to-date information that will be of help to us in advising our farmers in Newberry Counter. Composer Topic Music Club Meet The life and works of the Ital ian composer Ottorino Respighi was the subject of the January program for the Newberry Music Club. The club met at the home of Mrs. Allen Murray, and Miss Ju lia Kibler, Miss Lorraine Paris and Mrs. Marvin Rucker served as associate hostesses. Miss Elizabeth Ann-' Ruff, the program leader for the evening, described Respighi as one of the most remarkable of modem Ital ian composers. He was bora in Bologna on July 9, 1878. When he died on April 18, 1936 at the age of 56, he had had the gratifica tion granted to £ew composers erf conducting playing, or hearing performances of many of his works, and o| knowing that they had fciade their mark in the world of music. Respighi was success ful in uniting traditional elements of musical workmanship with a modern tendency. Among some of Respighi’s works are a “Noc turne,” several operas, some cham ber music and several outstanding orchestral compositions. Perhaps the best known of his symphonic works are “The Pines of Rome” and “The Fountains of Rome.” At the conclusion of the pro gram Miss Ruff presented Miss Sylvia Elkin, a student, of Prof. Darr Wise, who played a piano selection by Respighi entitled “Nocturne.” The program was concluded with a recorded per formance of Respighi’s symphonic poem “The Pine of Rome.” The business session of the meeting was presided over by Mrs. Pinckney Abrams, the club president. Mrs. Marvin Rucker, the hymn chairman presented the hymn of the month entitled, “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah.” The words of the hymn were written by Wil liam Williapris. Bom in Wales in 1717, Williams was a medical stu dent who decided to become a preacher. Although he was a great preacher, the chief source of his influence was his hymns. He wrote over eight hundred hymns in Welsh and over one hundred in English. The tune to the hymn was written by John Hughes, a Welsh composer bora in 1873. He was an active church man. This hymn tune, CWM Rhonda was first used in 1907. Rhonda is the name of a valley in South Wales. “CWM” means “valley.” It was while worshipping at church on Sunday morning that John Hughes wrote this tune. 1. Look down the side of a new Pontiac • > o 2. See how wheels and body form one line 3. That’s Wide -Track balance (No other car has it) Pontiac holds, hugs and hangs on to the road like no other car.There’s no outside- of-the-whe';i~ weight to cause lean or sway. Mce weight is balanced between the wheels for improved stability. Another Wide-Track advantage. There’s more room between the wheels to mount the springs, shocks and control arms at more stable angles to the wheels. This prevents drifting and wandering, allows Pontiac to track flat and level as it travels around corners and curves. New Wide-Track feels every bit as steady as it looks. Test it soon! PONTIAC—THE ONLY WIDE-TRACK CAR Pontiac has the widest track of any car. Body width trimmed to reduce side over hang. More weight balanced between the wheels for sure-footed driving stability. SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED PONTIAC DEALER KIRK PONTIAC - CADILLAC COMPANY 2100 NANCE ST. \ j2L NEWBERRY, S. C Services For Mrs. Livingston Mrs. Callie Richardson Living ston, 84, widow of the late M. O. Livingston of the Jolly Street sec tion of Newberry County, died late Friday night at the Newber ry County Memorial Hospital. She had been in declining health for a number of years and serious ly ill for the past week. Livingston was born and reared in the Jolly Street section, a daughter of the late John David and Elizabeth Wicker Richardson. She was one of the oldest mem bers of St, Paul’s Lutheran Church. Her husband died in 1949. She is survived by one son, Wil lie Hugh Livingston, of Newber ry; four daughters, Mrs. O. C. Wicker, Mrs. W. O. Eargle and Mrs. Daisey Wicker, all of New berry, and Mrs. Lillian Richard son of Prosperity; one sister, Mrs. Loubelle Rikard, of Prosperity; two brothers, Henry Richardson of Prosperity and Willie Rich ardson of Newberry; 14 grand children and 18 great-grandchil dren. / Funeral services were conduct ed at noon Sunday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church by \ the ' Rev. Wyman^Dowd. Interment was in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Eu gene Wicker, Owens Eargle, Har old Richardson, Robert Living ston, Junior Kinard, and Jimmie Livingston. Flower attendants were the granddaughters. Last Week For Coffee Parties Mrs. Steve Griffith, Newberry County Coffee Party Chairman, reminds Newberrians that this is the last week set for coffees for Polio. “If anyone has had a party and hasn’t reported it, please do so this week,” she urges. • Latest names to the coffee party chain include: The Men’s Coffee Club, Mrs. Leroy Ander son, Vrs. W. Roy Anderson, Mrs. James P. Fulp, Mrs. R. Aubrey Harley, Mrs. J. D. French, Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Mrs. E, M. An derson, Mrs. S. C. Altman, Mrs. R. R. Bruner, Mrs. A. E. More- head, Mrs. James N. Parr, Mrs. Jim Wiseman Jr., Mrs. Bobby Hawkins of Newberry; Mrs. H. W. Lominkk, Mrs. J. A. Kinard, Mrs. Gurnie Stuck, Mrs. S. T. Bo land and Mrs. J. C. Berley of the Pomaria area. BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. A1 Fischer of Orangeburg announce the birth of a daughter, Lisa Ann, in the Orangeburg Regional Hospital January 7th. The Fischers have two other children, Bert, 8, and Lila, 5. Mrs. Fischer is the for mer Miss Anne Carpenter, daugh ter of Mrs. E. A. Carpenter of Newberry. Income Tax Questions Q. Does the Internal Revenue Service have any available re ference material which I can use in preparing my 1960 income tax return ? A. A booklet entitled “Your Federal Income Tax — 1961” may be obtained from the Int r- nal Revenue Service for 40 cents. This booklet covers in detail the Federal Income tax laws relating to individual tax payers. It is written in non technical language and con tains many examples to illus trate the application of the tax laws to r$al situations. Also available at the same price is a booklet, “Tax Guido* for Small Business,” which explains the Federal tax laws applicable to businessmen. “Farmers* Tax Guide,” a booklet written es pecially for farmers may be ob tained free of charge from the county agent or local Interna 1 Revenue office. In addition. In ternal Revenue has available short pamphlets relating to particular subjects such as Sale of Residence, Sick Pay Ex clusion, Contributions, Travel ing and Transportation. All of these are also available at the local Internal Revenue offices. Q. The amount of tax with held from my wages iruing 1960 is less than my tax liability for the year, even though tax was withheld in accordance with the table provided. What can I do to avoid having a balance of tax at the end of the year? A. Generally tax withheld ac cording to the tables furnished employers results in approxi mately the correct amount be ing withheld, but in some in stances, it is not sufficient to offset the tax liability for the taxable year. You may increase the amount being withheld by eliminating an exemption from your withholding exemption cer tificate filed with your employ er. It is also permissible to en ter into a written agreement with your employer authori zing him to withhold more tax than is required by the tables. Either of these methods r<- jits in an increase in the withhold ing so that you will probably receive a refund. • Q. My wages for 1960 were $8,- 000. My wife earned wages of $3,- 000 as a waitress and also receiv ed $600 in tips; Which tax form should we use? A. A joint Form 1040W may be filed by you and your wife. There is no limitation as to the , amount of salary, wages, or si milar compensation yon may re port on this form. Such compen sation might not be shown on Form W-2. However, in case you have interest and dividend in come of' more than $200 or re ceive income from any other source, you may not use Form 1040W. Form 1040W is more simple to fill out than Form 1040 in case you decide to item ize your deductions. It also al lows you to deduct unreimbors- ed expenses which you incurred in your employment, claim an exclusion for sick pay included in wages shown on your W-2, and take a dividends received and a credit for estimated tax payments. ns New Semester Newberry College will begin the second semester of its 104th ses sion with the opening of its dor mitories on Monday, January 30. Registration of students who are entering Newberry College for the first thne will be held on Tuesday January 31 > 1961. Regular classes will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 1, ^961. Students curentlg enrolled in Newberry College registered for the second semester on January 8-14. The first semester will con clude with the final examina tions to be given Jan. 23-28. Recruiter To Be At College , A representative of Lmory Un iversity’s School of Nursing is on recruitment tour and will be at Newberry College at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday, February 15. Miss Mallory is an assistant professor of medical surgical nur sing at Emory. She received her R. N. fi^rai Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, her A. B. degree'' from Scarritt College and her masters from Teachers’ College of Colum bia University in 1957. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^ Qounty of NEWBERRY By E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge. Whereas, Evelyn Cowan Wright hath made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of Furman D. Wright, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Furman D. Wright deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry ,S. C., on Tuesday, January 31 next, after publica tion hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Adminis tration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 16thl day of January Anno Domini 19- 61. E. MAXCY STONE, Thompson Pitts of Douglas, Ga. attended the funeral services for his unde. Fred Pitts, last Friday. While here, he spent the weekend with his sister, Mrs. R. L. Long shore and Mrs. Mazie Abrams, and His brother, Colie Pitts. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Davis of Chattanooga, Tenn. spent the weekend with Mrs. Davis’ uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Mac- Lean on Hunt Street, and with her mother, Mrs. James R. I Sav eli, who is a patient in the local hospital. Mrs. Leavell will accom pany her daughter and son-in-law back to Chattanooga for a visit.. Mrs. W. H. Davis and her son, John Davis, returned to Newber ry Tuesday after spending 10 days in Orlando, Fla. with Mrs. Davis’ daughter, Mrs. Travis L. Grier, Mf.j Offer'ind family. _— RITZ Theatre THURS., FRI. & SAT. Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Har vey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill BUTTERFIELD 8 Children 15c; Adults 60c MON., TUBS. & WED. Sonya Wilde, James Franciscus, Isabelle Gooley I Passed For White ONE DAY ONLY THURSDAY, FEB. 2 The life, loves and music of the fabulous Franz Liszt Song Without End Dirk Bogarde, Genevieve Page, Capucine CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN Theatre FRIDAY & SATURDAY Up In Smoke Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements Added Color Cartoon—Kiddie League SUNDAY CoUege Confidential Mamie Van Doren, Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows Added Color Cartoon—Billion Dollar Bonus Probate Judge, Newberry Cn’ty : 39-2tp -j- WANTED—Man or woman with car for McNESS Route in New berry. Average $3.00 per hour, full or spare time. Write: Mc NESS, Box 343, Union, S. C. 39-dtp MAN WANTED—Serve consum ers in Newberry Coun-jy with Rawleigh Products. Steady, good earnings year around. No capital required. See (or call) I. R. Jeff coat, 512 6th St., W. Columbia, S. C. Phone AL 34798 or SW 41243, or write Raw- leigh’s, Dept. SCA-361-11, Rich mond, Va. 37-4tp f| January Starts Friday, January 27th njj In order to make room for new Spring & Sum- mer merchandise, we must move out all of our winter stock at reductions up to 50%. Don’t miss certain discontinued styles of Flor- sheim Shoes that are to be closed out at $10.00. Also one rack of suits and sportcoats rduced to $15.95. These are but a few of the many val ues awaiting you at... jSununer, ^9nc. The Young Man's Shop SORRY—Due to our drastic reductions we cannot alter at sale prices. These are cash and carry prices only.