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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963 ARE YOU LISTENING? “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Rev. 2:10. A woman went to her pastor in tears. Between the sobs he heard her say, “Preacher, I don’t think my husband loves me any more ” In trying to console the woman the pastor asked, “Why do you think you husband doesn’t love you any more?’ Her answer was, “He’s been gone five years, and I haven’t heard a word from him.” This is a funny story and we doubt the truth of its ever hap pening, but I do know of a place where it occurs often. Our Lord could easily say this about many who profess to be followers be cause they have been away from church for years and he has not heard a word from them. I must admit that I find it difficult to understand why people want to belong to an organization that they will not attend. They will attend the lodge or the club faithfully be cause they know if they do not they will be expelled. They will belong to the church and never at tend, knowing that the church will not even consider taking their names from the rolls. Is it time that our churches return to the practice of disciplining its delin quent members? I think so. Our text shows us a great promise from God, but before we can receive that reward we must be faithful even to death. The greatest sin of today is the sin that is causing men to believe that God will not keep his promises. We expect God to keep the prom ises that say that he will reward us, but we just can’t conceive of God punishing anyone. The Lord who said, “The gift of God is eter nal life,” also said, “The wages of sin is death.” The person who has ' m BIRTHS* * • Ik GAFFNEY Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Harmon Gaffney of 1906 Harper street, announce the birth of a seven pound, seven ounce daughter, Lisa Ann, on October 11 at Newberry County Memorial hospital. Mrs. Gaffney is the former Judy Ann Whitaker. NICHOLS Mr. and Mrs. George Rufus Nichols of Route 1, Saluda, an nounce the birth of a four pound, 13 ounce daughter, Mary Alice, on October 12 at the Newberry County Memorial hospital. Mrs. | Nichols is the former Alice Vir-1 ginia Herling. CAAPMAN Mr. and Mrs. James Alvis Chapman of Routel, Little Moun tain, announce ths birth of a five pound, 13 ounce son, Alvis LeGrande, on October 12 at the Newberry County Memorial hos pital. Mrs. Chapman is the for mer Frances Dean Carson. CONNELL Mr. and Mrs| Earl Connell, of 423 Pickens street, Joanna, an nounce the birth of a six pound, seven ounce son, Timothy Scott, on October 13 at the Newberry County Memorial hospital. Mrs. Connell is the former Lydia Mac Burnett. NOTICE FOR BIDS Office of Newberry County Board of Commissioners, New berry, South Carolina, will receive sealed bids by 10:00 o’clock A. M., October 29, 1963, for the follow ing: Two (2) new automobiles to be used by the County Sheriff’s Department. Cars to be traded for two cars now owned by the County. Specifications may be se- cuied at the Supervisor’s office. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 26-2tc. deserted the church needs to ex amine his relationship with the head of the church. Are you listening? ALWAYS CHECK [vr©@0 SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK for AUTO LOANS . UP TO 36 MONTHS IN SOUTH CAROLINA BEER IS A NATURAL Brewed elowly, by a centuries-old natural process, beer is South Carolina’s traditional beverage of moderation — light, sparkling, delicious. And naturally, the Brewing Industry is proud of the busi ness it generates in South Carolina among the people and Industries who serve as suppliers, such as pulpwood growers and the manufacturers of paper-board, cartons and containers, and many others. In South Carolina, beer be longs — enjoy it. UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION He Died In a Display of Chivalry Memory of Calvin Crozier Treasured (By Doris A. Sanders) A young soldier from Texas passed through Newberry one night 98 years ago. As a result of protecting a lady from the insults of Negro troops, he was murdered. His murderers put his body into a hastily dug grave and left town before an enraged citizenry could mobilize for revenge. Later in the morning of Septem ber 8, 1865, after the pre-dawn murder of Calvin Crozier, citizens of Newberry took his body from the grave in which it was left, tvashed and prepared it for decent burial. According to an account in The Newberry Herald, immediate ly following the tragedy: “During the morning of Friday, our citizens had the body taken from the hole where it had been partially covered and placed in a neat coffin preparatory to final interment which was done in the afternoon, a very large, respecta ble and sympathizing procession of ladies and gentlemen following it to its final resting place in the graveyard.” This is the old graveyard adja cent to Boundary Street school. This was not, however, to be Calvin Crozier’s final resting place.. According to the late Robt. Y. Leavell, “In 1890 and 1891, the question of moving the body to Rosemont cemetery and placing a neat monument over it was agita ted. Capt. R. H. Wright, T. J. McCrary and W. W. Riser were the committee. The contract for moving the body and placing the monument was given to Leavell and Spears.” In a speech in September 1913 at the dedication of the monument on the spot where Calvin Crozier was murdered, Mr. Leavell said, as reported by The Newberry Observ er: “I am told that Mr. Martin Har ris made a coffin in which the body was placed and, no doubt, he was present. Mr. John W. Mil ler, a son of Mr. Matthias Miller, was the moving spirit in removing the remains to the old village bur ial grounds. He was quite a young man, but had served his four years in Co. E, 3rd South Carolina Regiment, so it was natural that he should have been interested in giving his • comrade-in-arms a de cent burial. Some of the others that were present and assisted in the removal and burial were: Mr. Sol Kinard and his two sons, John and James; Mr. Tom Chambers and his son, Jack; and Mrs. Lath- rop who lived near to this place; and it was. comforting to know that a woman’s hand had some thing to do with placing the body in its resting place. “It is stated that these brutal Negro soldiers shot Confederate Crozier about daylight ... After they left these friends I have mentioned took up the dead body of the protector of women in such trying times as September 1865 and buried it under a large oak East and West vulnerable. South deals. NORTH 4 AQ10S V Q10 5 3 ♦ 4KQ1083 WEST EAST 482 47$ VJ7 4 A0 84 498752 4 KQ1042 4 J 0 7 6 452 SOUTH 4 K J964 4K62 4 A J6 4 A4 The Bidding: South West North East 14 pass 24 pass 34 pass 64 pass pass pass Opening lead: Six of clubs. The opening lead was taken with ace in closed hand and South cleared trumps in two rounds, ending in dummy. South then led three rounds of clubs, sluffing a small heart on the queen of clubs and ruffing the third round to es tablish the 10 in the dummy. A small diamond was then trumped on the board and another heart sluffed on the ten of clubs. A small heart failed to entice East, who held up on the ace and the trick fell to the king. South then led the ace of diamonds and trumped the last small diamond on the board to make one over contract. COMMENT: North decided the slam depended on location of the ace of hearts; therefore she took the chance and jumped to the slam bid after her partner’s jump bid.-East should have taken the heart trick, although South al ready Dad the bid made. tree in the old burying ground. Mr. John Miller printed the in scription on the wooden head- board and placed it at the head of the grave. I read this inscrip tion many times before it decayed and the exact spot was lost to most of us.” In 1890, the editor of The New berry Observer began a “Crozier Fund” campaign to properly mark Crozier’s grave. Sufficient funds were received to erect a neat monument and it was decided to move Crozier’s body to Rosemont cemetery and place the monument there. Mr. Leavell continued his story: “When they were ready to move the body (to Rosemont) I had some men who were at the burial to 3how me the grave; but when I had opened up the grave it was not the grave of Comrade Crozier, but the grave of a woman. I knew that Mrs. Lathrop was at the bur ial ,so I went to see her and ask ed her if she knew where Crozier was buried. She said yes, for she had leaned against a large oak tree while his body was being covered with earth. I took her there in my buggy; she leaned a- gainst the tree and pointed to the spot—there was no sign of a grave. I dug down and found all that re mained of the body after 28 years. The coffin had decayed so I put the remains in a box and conveyed them to Rosemont cemetery and re-buried them where they rest under the monument which was erected there by the kind and pat riotic friends. The monument was erected April 1891.” The monument was a fitting tribute to a brave soldier—but it was not the last honor to be giv en by Newberrians to Calvin Cro zier. On January 22, 1909, a group of ladies assembled and with the assistance and inspiration of Mrs. Eloise Welch Wright, formed a chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy which, at Mrs. Wright’s suggestion, they named the “Calvin Crozier Chapter, U. D.C.” Mrs. Wright was then State president of the S. C. Division, U. D.C. and was later to become U. D.C. President-General. Calvin Crozier chapter was chartered on March 20, 1909, with charter members listed as follows: Ethyl Bowers, Florence Bowman, Mary C. Burton, Camille Evans, Bess Gilder, Adeline Johnstone, Martha Johnstone, Maude Lang ford, Carrie J. Pool, Sara Pope, Lalla Rook Simmons and CPara L. Wright. Mrs. Clara Wright served as first president of the chapter. Others who have served in that capacity since 1909 are Mrs. Bess Gilder Johnson, Miss Julia Kibler, Miss Elizabeth Dominick, Miss Pauline Gilder, Mrs. Jesse Mayes, Mrs. A. M. Summer, Mrs. James M. Smith, Mrs. F. R. Fellers, Mrs. D. L. Nance, Mrs. J. L. Feagle, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Mrs. A. T. Neely and Mrs. W. H. Tedford. In October 1909, Mrs. Eloise Wright, who has been an honorary member of Calvin Crozier since it was chartered, in giving her State President’s report at the 16th U. D.C. Convention in Houston, Tex., our chapter is peculiarly associat ed with Newberry county. Most of the South Carolina Daughters know of the valiant deed of this noble young man who so bravely gave his life in the protection of a young woman, when our govern ment was in such a state of tur moil. “The care of his monument and the perpetuation of his memory is one of the chief aims of our chap ter, and each week a floral wreath is placed upon his grave by one of our members.” This was the first report made by Calvin Crozier Chapter, U.D.C. to a State Convention. There fol lowed many other glowing reports, one with the story of the placing of a stone marker by the chapter at the point where Calvin Crozier was murdered. Throughout the years, the name of Calvin Crozier has been kept before the public by this U.D.C. Chapter, which now includes more than 50 members. Through its ed ucation programs and its com munity service, the chapter has maintained itself on a plane which does justice to the young man it honors. And the sentiments in the hearts of those who know the story of Calvin Crozier are expressed in a poem written by Mrs. Mary Pinckney Ouzts of Greenwood: Calvin Crozier—In Memoriam There’s a dear loved here sleeping, Where the grieving Southern tree, Bent above as though weeping, Waft a requiem on the breeze. Softly sighing, gently breathing, Catch the story that they tell, For above his grave they are wreathing, Memory’s flowers for one who fell. Whispering, that when Carolina, Crushed and bleeding, prostrate lay, And her daughters close beside her, Lived in dread of every day. When the faith of life was shaken, And the heart was sore with grief. Sudden, sharp, the sounds awaken Souls to action, for a life is taken. Foulest murder! Is the story, Told with many a tearful eye, But his name is crowned with glory As the fleeting years go by. For our children listen, breathless. To this deed of valor old. And the hero’s name is deathless Living in the stories told. Oft they cull from beauteous bowers. Rose and lily, freshest seen, And with wreath of sweetest flowers Crozier’s name keep ever green. FARM NOTES said: “My report would be incomplete did I not deliver to the Texas Division especially a message I bear them. In my home town of Newberry, in the beautiful “City of the Dead” there lies all that was mortal of one of the bravest boys who ever wore the Confed erate uniform, one of your boys, a native of Texas—Calvin Crozier. Above the mound stands a marble shaft, taller than any other in the cemetery, beautiful in its simplic ity, bearing on the front, the one word “Crozier.” Inscriptions on the sides and rear tell of how this 19 year old boy, when returning from four years of strife in Vir ginia, to his far distant home, showed his Southern chivalry, in protecting some ladies from the insults of Negro soldiers stationed at Newberry. In the confusion that followed, when Crozier learn ed that a citizen of the town had been arrested, he boldly came for ward and declared that he was the man. As a result, he was shot without a formal trial. “And now, after these 40 years, 16 young women have banded themselves into a chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, taking the name of this heroic boy, determined that as the years go by, the bravery of Calvin Cro zier shall never be unsung.” In November 1909, at the State U.D.C. Convention held in New berry, Mrs. Clara Wright, chapter President, reported: “Calvin Crozier, the ‘Baby Chapter’ of South Carolina, bids you a most hearty welcome. “As a chapter, we are too young to have accomplished much, as our organization only dates from 1909, beginning with 12 charter mem bers and the State President as our Foster Mother and honorary member . . . “Calvin Crozier, the name STEVE LOVELACE WINS AWARD Last week Steve Lovelace, out standing Newberry county 4-H Calf club member, exhibited his Guernsey cow “Miss Lucky” to Grand Champion honors at our Newberry-Saluda Fair. Now “Miss Lucky” and Steve have captured even higher honors. At the Pied mont Interstate Fair in Spartan burg last week, in competition with 4-H and FFA members from 10 counties in North and South Carolina, Steve and his cow won the big Fitting and Showmanship contest. The award for this honor? A $1,000 college scholarship! Yes sir! we’re real proud of Steve for capturing this award for himself and for Newberry county. Also ,our congratulations to all our 4-H Calf club members who participated in this event at Spar tanburg. Judge Moss commented that our Newberry group of dairy cattle was the best fitted county group of the entire show. Fitting and training cattle to show is a lot of hard work. It means missing school on show days, too. But the experience gained and awards won can be meaningful to these young people, too. That’s why we stress their participation in such events and are indeed proud along with them when they do so well at the out- of-county shows. Next week we’ll tell you more about this group and their achi evements at Spartanburg. SOIL SAMPLES The fall months offer farmers an excellent opportunity for tak ing soil samples. There are a num ber of reasons why this is so. For one thing, farmers can get a prompt report on their soil if they get their samples in to the Clem- son Soil Testing Laboratory be fore the big spring rush. Also, an of early report gives farmers time to decide on the grades and am ounts of fertilizer they’ll need for the next season’s crops. Also fall weather conditions are more favorable. It’s easier to get over the fields and the soil is in good condition for sampling. Trouble spots in the fields are still fresh and offer the farmer a better opportunity to check them carefully. Many times farmers fail to have their soil tested because they wait until winter or early spring to take samples. Then the days are short and so often the soil is wet, or the weather is unfavorable, and the job keeps getting put off until it is too late. For soil sampling supplies and instructions on collecting samples, stop by the County Agent’s office. SWEET POTATOES The warm, sunny days of middle October are ideal for harvesting sweet potatoes. H. A. Bokers, Clemson extension truck crop specialist, says “sweet potatoes harvested about the middle of October usually show less shrink age in storage than those harvest ed in November.” Dig potatoes when most of the crop has reached No. 1 size, but before a heavy frost kills the vines. Frost generally follows rain. If potatoes are allowed to remain in the ground until the soil becomes dry enough to dig, they are likely to be injured by the cold. Cold injury may not be noticeable at digging time. However, it often shows up after the potatoes have been put in storage. The sweet potato is covered by a thin delicate skin that is very easily bruised. Therefore, when harvesting the crop, the potatoes should be hauled like eggs—not J bricks. Cotton gloves worn b y | harvest hands will reduce the fingernail cuts. Bruised potatoes not only will show dark, sunken spots giving an unattractive ap pearance, but these bruises often cause decay. Follow these tips on harvesting: Use a rotary cutter to remove the vines and a Clemson digger, or tractor middle buster to dig the potatoes. Plow up every other row, running the plow as deep as possi ble to avoid cutting potatoes. Place potatoes on shoulders of beds for several hours to allow drying and to help toughen the skin. Never throw or pile in heap rows. Pick up No. 1’s first, then No. 2’s, and finally the jumbos and culls keeping each grade separate. Place potatoes carefully in bask ets. Avoid hitting them together to remove dirt and don’t break off ends. Fill baskets completely to prevent potatoes from shifting and bruising during movement to the market or storage. Store different grades and seed stock separately, LEAVES Don’t burn those auutmn leaves —they’re just the thing for a com post pile. Henry Clay, Clemson ex tension ornamental horticulturist, says that many home-owners throw away valuable materials Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER WOULD OF MAXF-BEUEVE 'C'ROM the time of the earliest A drama to the present, men have had great regard for the world of make-believe. The doings of imaginary characters or the fanciful doings of historical char acters as in some of the plays of Shakespeare have a great effect upon mankind. And some men of genius have made animals of the lower order to entertain and fascinate men. JUST A THOUGHT: Sometimes it happens that those who complain most about the “shape the world’s in” do little or nothing to improve the part of it in which they live. Walt Disney is perhaps as well known throughout the world as any American and his influence is felt afar because of his funny characters and his real life ad ventures. Mickey Mouse long de lighted children and even adults and was followed by Donald Duck. His real life pictures are au thentically gathered by men and v/omen sent throughout the world to learn and reports how the crea ture live and act. The whole would be a Noah’s-Ark Creature explo sion. And all his achievements in fact and fiction, reality and fancy are found in Disneyland, from Tom Sawyer’s Island to the castle of Sleeping Beauty. Altogether, the world of make-believe proves with Shakespeare that “all the world’s a stage.” that could be saved for use in im proving their soil. Leaves, grass clippings, old tomato plants, bean vines, even weeds can be turned into fertilizer for next summer’s gardens. Such materials, after they have wintered in compost, make excel lent organic matter. Compost, spread around trees and shrubs and worked into the soil in flower and vegetable gardens, makes the earth rich and porous. It loosens the ground so that roots can de velop naturally, and air, moisture, and plant food can penetrate eas ily. Here’s how you go about mak ing a compost pile. Select a spot at the back of your lot, yet within reach of your garden hose. (That’s because the pile should be kept moist.) Use ordinary wire fencing or boards to enclose an area 3 to 8 feet high and 3to 5 feet square. Dump leaves, lawn clippings and garden trash into the bin in layers 6 to 12 inches thick. To each layer add some commericai fertilizer (whatever you use on your lawn) and 1-2 layer of soil. Moisten the leaves as they are added. Keep building up the pile aa you accumulate material. Top with 1 to 2 inches of garden soil. Remember to keep the compost pile damp. If the pile is kept reasonably moist and has a cap of garden soil, it should have no odor. And by May or June, last year’s left overs will be ready to perform springtime magic in your yard and garden. John: “Have any of your boy hood hopes been realized?” Tom: “Yes, one, for sure. When my mother used to comb my hair, I would wish I didn’t have any.” |PotLuck W BY HELEN HALE » I I /^REAMED eggs and ham with ^ mushrooms and pimiento make a wonderful main dish when served on hot biscuits bro ken gently apart. Serve with wedges of cranberry sauce which has been jellied. Tint your meringues with food coloring if you want them to wear a special party air. Making sandwiches with ham or sardines or liver sausage? Cream the butter with mustard first to Helen’s Favorite: Stuffed Tomatoes (Serves 6) 6 medium tomatoes Tomato palp 1 l-pound can corned beef hash 14 teaspoon salt 14 cup grated American cheese Cot 14 inch piece from stem end of tomato and scoop out pulp, leaving tomato shell In tact. Combine hash, tomato palp and salt; stuff tomato. Arrange in baking dish and top each tomato with cheese. Bake in a moderate (3M*F.) oven for 35 minutes. use for spreading the bread. Use cinnamon candies with sugar and water to make a syrup in which to cook small whole pears or pear halves. These make an at tractive garnish for meat IKflNnrFJUBLY BfliOYP PAP MAC* A TRSiUS FROM THE BROOM HAHPLE&... CUT HANDLES TO P6SfcB>tfN«H PIECES curio. DESIRED HEI6HT WINDOW BOX PRILL HOLES RSt ©