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PAGE FOUR , County Agents See springtime WEATHERMAN PAYS HIS DEBTS Old-folks say, “The weather man always pays his debts.” And didn’t he pay off in full last week ? Following a fall and up to the middle of January winter of fairly mild weather, we were totally unprepared for the quick plunge to near-zero temperatures. Our farmers tell us last week end’s severe freeze was the most troublesome they can ever re member. Milking cows and lay ing hens can’t wait too long for water or production will suf fer for weeks or months to come. Water and electric power are the two most essential items to keep farm operations going on a day-to-day basis. Factories and machines can stand and wait, but farm animals must be cared for regardless of the weather. Fortunately, these times don’t come ’round too often. But they do come occasionally. Thus, there looms a need for every farm to have needed facilities for meeting such emergencies. Again has been demonstrat ed—farming’s still a risky busi ness. Mother nature with her power of flood, drought, ice, wind disease and insects, still holds the farmer’s fate in her hands. BIG CROP MEETING All Newberry County Farm- etrs are urged to hold open the date of February 24. This date has been set for holding our crop production meeting. There will be a morning and afternoon session with a barbecue dinner in between. Our Clemson people will be on hand to discuss latest crop production recommendations for cotton, corn, soybeans and for age crops. “Higher profit per acre” through use of proper va rieties, adequate fertilization, and chemical weed and grass control will be the theme of this meeting. There’ll be opportun ity for questions regarding any practice on any crop you need to know. Proper application of scien tific know-how can push crop production profits to new heights in Newberry County. Time and place of this meeting will be announced soon. Hold this date open and plan to at tend. Can spring be far behind ? Now the fields are cold, wet, and lifeless. But already one de tects the stirring of growth about to be renewed. Within a few short weeks the- test of suc cess or failure in getting an other crop year underway must be met. Seed supplies must be ready. What kind, how much to buy? Should I use my own seed or buy new seed? What fields to plant to which crop? How much fertilizer to buy? What new chemicals will be needed ? Is my equipment adequate and in shape to go when the time is right? These and many other decisions will require action shortly. Your success for 1966 will depend to a great extent on the decisions you make dur ing the next 60 days. Thus, planning and management of this year’s farm operation needs your immediate attention. WALTER COUSINS COTTON CONTEST WINNER Our congratulations to Wal ter Cousins for being the New- berry County winner in last year’s State 5-Acre Cotton Con test. Walter’s production was 5,420 pounds of lint cotton on 5 acres, or 1,084 pounds per acre. This yield of over two bales per acre is still a signi ficant achievement, we think. A total of 12 Newberry farm ers took part in the contest. Their average yield was 735 pounds of lint cotton per acre. Newberry contestants, in ad dition to Cousins, were Beden- baugh ‘Brothers, Floyd Cald well, Cromer Brothers, W. D. Cromer, Jesse Dominick, Asa Eigner, Harold F. Long, Wilbur Salters, C. M. Satterwhite, Wil liam Satterwhite, and Palmer Shealy. Marriages... Charles A. Hollis, Jr. of Clin ton and Carolyn W. Price, of Newberry, were married Jan uary 24 at Clinjton. Lewis F. Brown, Jr. and Vir ginia A. Hester of Laurens, were married in Newberry on February 3 by Probate Judge Frank H. Ward. Stephen Ernest Bass and Kaye Cox of Newberry, were married on February third at ^impsonville. BUILDING PERMITS Ernest Oxnerj repairs to dwelling, 1211 Chapman St. J. P. Hickson, alterations and addition to crwelling, 1134 Hunt street. Income Tax Information Q. What are the filing re quirements for those 65 years old and older? Last year I re ceived Social Security benefits of just over $900. Some stocks I own brought me slightly less. A. Persons 65 and older by the last day of their tax year, are not required to file a re turn unless their gross income is $1,200 or more. Since Social Security benefits are not in cluded in gross income, you will not be required to file a return unless* your other gross income exceeded $1,200. Q. I paid too much into So cial Security last year since I worked for two companies. How can I get a refund on this? A. If the total amount with held by the two employers was over $174.00, anything over that amount can be credited against your income tax liability. On your tax return, Form 1040, enter the excess Social Security tax withheld on Line 17, showing the amount separ ately, and write “F.I.C.A.” to the left of the entry. This ex cess is used to reduce your bal ance due, if there is one, or added to your refund. Q. Would it ever pay a mar ried couple to file separate re turns ? A. Generally, joint returns will result in the lower amount of tax. Separate returns may produce a lower tax if both hus band and wife have income and they earn less than $5,000. Sometimes separate returns re sult in less tax if only one spouse has very large medical expenses or if each spouse has capital losses in excess of $500. Q. How do you figure inter est on U. S. Series E savings bonds? I cashed some in last year to pay some college bills for my kids. *, ' -./ A. Subtract .amount you paid for the bonds,; '^he issue price, from the amoiinjt-you re ceived when you ty^ped them in. The difference is the inter est you miist report on your re turn, assuming you hadn’t re ported it ahnually as it was ac- crumg. tA * Q. Does last yeai's excise tax cut save me; anything on my in come tax? .!:■ ; A. No*., Federal excise taxes paid on things, fq* personal or family uas.have never been de ductible for. ( individual income tax purposes-sa tiie excise tax cut will have no direct effect. Q. I have "tc pay"* baby-sit ter for my little girl while I’m working since she isn’t old en ough for sofopol yet. ’40k) I get any deduction for whit I have to pay for this purpose? A. Possibly.7You may deduct up to $60ffSas 'a child care de duction, ifryou quality. This de duction ia^explained in the in struction booklet accompanying the 1040 tax forms. The deduction is limited to what you spent, but not more than $600 for one child or dis abled dependent, and $900 for two or more children or disab led dependents. Generally, the maximum combined: income limit for married couples claim ing this deduction as $6,000. For every dollar earned over that amount, the deduction must be reduced $1. However, there are certain exceptions to this rule. Q. How can you tell a fly-by- night tax return secialist from one who is reliable and honest? A. Here are a few things to look for: 1. Avoid the man who “guar antees” you a refund.- 2. Be on guard if he suggests that the refund be sent to his address. 3. Never sign a blank tax form. 4. Don’t sign a farm that has been prepared in pencil, the fi gures could be easily changed. 5. Ask the advisor to sign the return he has prepared. Remember that when you ask someone to help you prepare a return, you are still legally re sponsible for every item on the return. Q. How does the $100 floor on casualty and theft losses work? I had several small loss es that cost me nearly $400 in total last year. Can I combine them and just subtract the $100 from the total loss to me? A. No. Casualty and theft losses or property used for per sonal purposes must exceed $100 for each casualty or theft, and only the unreimbursed ex cess over $100 per loss may be deducted on federal tax returns. The exception to this is when a husband and wife both exper ience losses in the same cas ualty or theft all unreimbursed losses ove$ $100 are ductible on a joint return if properly sub stantiated. Remember a theft loss should ordinarily be reported to the police. Also, you must be able to prove that you actually suf fered a loss, and to establish the value of the articles involved. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FERUARY 10, 1966 DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Richard L. Baker to Sydney E. Carter, M.D., and Elizabeth Baker Carter, one lot on Cren shaw street, $10. Madalene B. Bowers to Reva B. Bouknight, one lot and one building on Glenn street, $5.00 love and affection. » J. D. Butler to Robert D. But ler, one lot and one building, 1318 Silas street $5 and assum ption of mortgage. Mary Hill Dowton to Ruth C. Hill, one lot and one build ing, known as 1506 Main St., $5.00. Louise R. Kirkland to Abel Mclver Fraser and Emily Cain Fraser, one lot and one build ing on Johnstone and Bowman streets $5. Clara O. Stewart to Edward E. Eurey, one lot $10. Newberry No. 1 Outside Ernest H. Layton to Pauline Gary Summers, one lot and one building in Helena $5. Guy V. Whitener Sr. to New berry County, four streets. Oak, Hill Circle, Timber Lane and Pond streets, all 40’ wide in Pine Hill Estates $5. Silverstreet No. 2 Hugh Pitts, et al, to John L. Pitts and Ruby Pitts, 50 acres $5000. Bush River No. 3 Wright’s Pulpwood Agency, Inc. to West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co., 2.65 acres for and exchange of property. Whitmire No. 4 The Whitmire Presbyterian Church to Rounette G. Brock, one lot and one building, 403 Grant street $3000. Harry S. Young and Sara J. Young to Wallace Hunter, Jr., and Fannie Mae Hunter, one lot, $10 and purpose of cor recting a description to real property. Whitmire No. 4 Outside Elizabeth M. Suber, F. L., W. D. Suber and Evelyn S. Je ter, Bess Walker, T. W. Su ber, Z. H. Suber, Jr. and Henry W. Suber to David B. Miller, one lot $5. Little Mountain No. 6 Gertrude E. Ross and Sarah M. Ross to Steven A. Ross, two lots, $5 love and affection. Mrs. Bessie K. Lominack to Mrs. Marcia Parks Coggans, two lots $5. Prosperity No. 7 Von A. Long, et ad to Elmer W. Long, 55 acres, $5 love and affection. ... Elmer W. Long, et al to Sara L. Youmans, 56 acres, $5 love and affection. Elmer W. Long to Annette L. Brooks, 44 acres, $5 love and affection. Elmer W. Long, et al to L. O. Long, 67 acres, $5.00 love and affection. Elmer W. Long, et al to Von A. Long, 55 acres, $5.00 love and affection. Elmer W. Long, et al to Mae L. Addy, 55 acres, $5.00 love and affection. John Alonzo Kinard, et al to Mrs. Ester Belle Kinard, 14 and 20 acres, $5 love an daff- ection. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Mrs. Brenda Black, Eates- burg Walter Bowers, Prosperity Miss Cordelia Bowers, Pros perity Miss Esabelle Brooks, New berry Mrs. Hubert Brown, Newber- l ry Dairy farmers at convention A number of Newberry Coun- :y dairy farmers are attending he State Dairy Association 21st innual meeting in Charleston, vhieh will be concluded today. The state’s current milk price var and its consequences was me of the top topics of private liscussion, and although no dis cussion periods were earmark ed specifically for the price var problem, the dairymen used jortions of general and commit- ;ee meetings to collect views of he members. Today (Thursday) is to be he convention’s busiest day, vhen three guest speakers will iddress the delegates. They are Javid M. Molthrop, community education consultant of the Na- ;ional Small Business Associa- ;ion in Washington; Dr. Tenny son Guyer, director of public •elations for the Cooper Tire ind Rubber Company of Find- ay, Ohio, and the luncheon speaker, Dr. Pierce Harris, pas- ;or of the F'irst Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. 3. Do you need to have ree ls of your medical bills, con- butions and other items when a take the minimum standard luction ? No you don’t. The mini- im standard deduction, like i 10 percent standard deduc- n, makes it unnecessary for :payers to itemize or substan- te deductions. Where should I mail my urn? Instructions for mailing re us are given in the 1040 ind uction booklet. You will find s nroner address listed there. Miss Annie Bynum, Newber ry Mrs. Ida Clamp, Newberry Mrs. Rosa Campbell, New berry Marshall Clinton, Newberry Mrs. Crystal Courtney, Pros perity Mrs. Lois Cromer, Newberry Mrs. Carrie Cureton, New berry Mrs. Betty Jean Dawkins, Newberry Mrs. Jim Denny, Newberry Wade Askin, Whitmire Mrs. Nellie Evans, Whitmire Miss Betty Jo Farrow, New- biirry Mrs. Lula Mae Gentry, Sa luda Harold Gilliam, Whitmire Jesse Guin, Newberry Mrs. Alice Guise, Newberry Luke Henderson, Whitmire Mrs. Elizabeth Harmon, New berry Jerome Havird, Silverstreet Dewey Hazel, Saluda Miss Willie Lee Holman, Prosperity Mrs. Mamie Hornsby, New- berry ^ John B. Harp, Whitmire Miss Gloria Johnson, Whit mire Robert Johnson, Newberry James Kinard, Whitmire Mrs. Lizzie Kinard, Prosper ity Mrs. Geraldine Lucas and baby boy, Newberry Mrs. Estelle Livingston, New berry Mrs. Lillie Bell Livingston, Pomaria Mrs. Faye Long, Newberry Mrs. Gussie Longshore, New berry Mrs. Narvice Longshore, Newberry Master Kevin McCall, Clin ton Peter McGee, Newberry Robert O’Dell, Newberry Miss Elaine Pinson, Newber ry Jesse W, Proctor, Saluda Ralph Putnam, Chapin Mrs. Rosa Roddey, Newberry Jimmy Sease, Newberry Glendora Sligh, Newberry Lee Smallwood, Newberry William R. Smith, Whitmire Mrs. Ethel Stone, Newberry Mrs. Rosa Marie Stoudemire, Silverstreet Mrs. Ruth Swygert, Newber ry Mrs. Viola Thomas, Newber ry Rusty Wilson, Newberry Harvey Wise, Newberry Mrs. Anna Walker, Newberry James M. Weaks, Pomaria Mrs. Minnie Weaks, Pomaria INQUEST JURY . I (Continued from page 1) get her in the bed, Artie stated, and his father was in no condi tion to help him so she re mained on the floor until Mike ; returned from work and put j her in the bed. j Both boys said they had not heard any quarrel or seen any fight between the parents. Mrs. Joe Taylor of near Prosperity was called to the sta^nd and testified that Mr. and Mrs. Driggers had visited them on Saturday night. She said it was evident that the Driggers had been drinking when the arrived; after they arrived, they had another drink. She said that during the even ing, Mrs. Driggers fell three times and once, when she tried to pick her up, Mrs. Driggers pulled her (Mrs. Taylor) down on top of her. Because of trou ble with a car generator and having no lights on the car, the Driggers remained at the Tay lor home until about 3:45 a.m. then decided to try to make it home without the lights. When asked whether she heard any quarrel or fight be tween Driggers, Mrs. Taylor testified that she did hot. She said Mrs. Driggers had told her that Carl wanted her to marry him again and that she was considering doing it. The following afternoon, Mrs. Taylor said, she went by the Driggers home. During that visit, she said, Mrs. Driggers pulled open her blouse and showed bruises she said she got when she fell at the Taylor home Saturday night. Mrs. Tay lor testified that she had been worried about Mrs. Driggers’ drinking and had asked her to stop. She called Mrs. Driggers Tuesday, she said, to find out how she was. Mrs. Driggers told her “I’m drunk, come help me.” She said she couldn’t go at that time because she had to go to work. When she returned from work Tuesday night she called and was told by one of Mrs. Driggers' sons that his mother was sleeping, and that her hus band got the same report when they called early Wednesday. She said she thought that was good, that the sleep would help her. Andy Thomas, a friend of Driggers’, testified that he was at the house on Tuesday. He said Mr. and Mrs. Driggers did not drink in his presence but that they apparently had been drinking. He said that Mrs. Driggers was in her bedroom "Wheti he arrived; that she later got up and ate some breakfast then sat in the living room and |alked for It while! ’ When she got up to go to her bedroom, he said, she made the remark “I NURSING HOME PATENTS Frank Anderson, Clinton Mrs. John G. Aull, Pomaria. Mrs. Hannie Blair, Blair. Winson C. Boyd, Newberry. Mrs. Minnie Bridges, New berry. Mrs. Frances Bundrick, Whit mire. Mrs. Minnie Butler, Silver- street. James C. Butler, Silverstreet. Mrs. Rosa Campbell, Whit mire. Miss Fannie Mae Carwile, Newberry. James Cheatham, Whitmire. Mrs. Ella Christy, Whitmire. James Richard Clary, Sr., Newberry. , Mrs. Florence D. Crump, Ne wherry. Walter Dickert, Newberry. Miss Lucy R. Epps, Newberry Edwin F. Fuller, Newberry. Miss Lavania Harmon, Kin- ards. Mrs. Bessie D. Horton, Clin ton. Mrs. Florence Jordan, New berry. Mrs. Elizabeth McGill, New berry. Miss Mary Elizabeth Maw, Newberry. Miss Minnie Lee Nash, Clin ton. Mrs. Florence Nobles, New berry. Mrs. Pawnee Penn Quattle- baum, Greenwood. H. Holland Ruff, Newberry. Mrs. Marie H. Rushton, New berry. Mrs. Hassie Sligh, Newberry. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Shealy^ Little Mountain. R. A. Steer, Clinton. Mrs. Daisy Stone, Pomaria. Claude P. Summer, Union. , Mrs. Alma Taylor, Prosperity Mrs. Mattie Turner, Arling ton, Va. Mrs. Janie Wages, Newberry. Mrs. Nancy Weeks, Newberry Alias Julia Wicker, Newberry Mrs. Eugenia Summer Wise, Newberry. Malcolm Luther Baker, Whit mire. feel like going down the road and not looking back, and I might do it today.” He said he later heard a shot and Artie went in the bedroom and cale back and said “Mama fired a shot.” At that time, he left, Thomas said. Andrew Shealy, Deputy Sher iff, said that he was given a warrant for Carl Driggers’ ar rest by the magistrate. He found him at the Driggers’ home, and When he read the warrant to him, he said Driggeffe’ denied harming his wife and said the only thing he knew about her illness was what Artie had told him. After calling six witnesses, Coroner Summer asked anyone in the audience who might have facts about the case to come forward and testify. Only one person responded, Lewis Moore. Mr. Moore stated that on January 8, he had seen Mrs. Driggers at Wick's place danc ing. He said she was kicked while dancing and that by the time he helped her from the dance floor to the booth, about three feet away, a bruise was already showing where she had been kicked. The purpose of his testimony, he said, was to es tablish the fact that she did bruise easily. The largest crowd seen at Newberry Courthouse in many years—an estimated 400—was on hand for the inquest. BY THE WAY Reception will follow lecture The Department of Modern Languages will be host at a re ception in Smeltzer Hall follow ing a lecture at Newberry Col lege Thursday night. Dr. Lionel Stevenson, profes sor of English at Duke Univer sity, is to speak on the subject, “Dickens Inside and Out,” at 8 p.m. in Holland Hall auditor ium. The public is invited to at tend the lecture and reception. The lecture is being sponsor ed by the Newberry College Arts and Lecture Program. President and Mrs. A. G. D. Wiles, Dr. Alexander Stoesen, and Dr. Russell D. DeMent, 'head of the Department of Mod ern Languages, will greet guests at the reception. Circu lating hosts will be members of the Department of Modern Lan guages—Adolfo Francisco Leon, instructor in Spanish; Floyd G. Shelton, assistant professor of French; and Dr. Nelson Van de Luyster, professor of modern languages. Mrs. Rebekah B. Wade, assistant professor of French, and Miss Cullene Mor gan, director of public rela tions, will serve punch. (Continued frrom page 1) democratic society to distort the issues and betray the public. However, millions of Ameri cans, who know from exper ience that freedom and rights also mean duties and responsi bilities, are becoming alarmed over the anarchistic and sedi tious ring of these campus dis turbances. They know liberty and justice are not possible without law and order. The Communist Party, U.S. A., as well as other subversive groups, is jubilant over these new rebellious activities. The unvarnished truth is that the communist conspiracy is seiz ing this insurrectionary climate to captivate the thinking of re bellious-minded youth and coax them into the communist move ment itself or at least agitate them into serving the commun ist cause. This is being accom plished primarily by a two pronged offensive—-a mucL pub licized college speaking pro gram and the campus oriented communist W. E. B. DuBois Clubs of America. Therefore, the communist influence is clev erly injected into civil disobed ience and reprisals against our economic, political, and social system. There are those who scoff at the significance of these stu dent flareups, but let us make no mistake: the Communist Party does not consider, them insignificant. The participants of the New Left are part of the 100,000 “state of mind” mem bers Gus Hall, the Party’s Gen eral Secretary, refers to when he talks of Party strength. He, recently stated the Party is experiencing the greatest up surge in its history with a “one to two thousand” increase in membership in the last year. For the first time since 1959, the Party plans a national con vention this spring. ,We can be sure that high on the agenda will be strategy and plans to win the New Left and other new members. A communist student, writing in an official Party organ, recently stated, “There is no question but that the New Left will be won/’ Thus, the communists’ inten tions are abundantly dear. We have already seen the effects of some of their stepped-up activi ties, and I firmly believe a vast majority of the American pub lic is disgusted and sickened by such social orgies. Dim recourse is to support and encourage the millions of youth who refuse to swallow the communist : bait* Another is to let it be kiiowii far and wide that we do potin-. tend to stand idly by and let demogogues make a mockery of our laws and demolish the foun dation of our Republic. .. .. ... LCW helpshops are scheduled “Winter Helpshops” for Lu theran . Church . Women have been rescheduled for February 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the base ment of Wessel-s Library at Newberry College. Officers, circle chairmen, committee chairmen and com mittee members are urged to take advantage of this oppor tunity for discussion with lead ers of the synodical unit. Those attending will meet for brief devotions then go into groups of their choice as follows: Administrative, Mrs. Murray Counts; Membership, Mrs. J. H. Long; Offering, Mrs. Carl Shea ly; Missionary Education, Mrs. Paul McCullough; Monthly Pro grams, Mrs. Francis Fesper- man; Spiritual Enrichment and Magazine, Mrs. Robert Addy; and Social Ministry, Mrs. Ro-* bert Frick. COUNTY BUILDING PERS W. J. Suber, Jr., Route two, Pomaria, one five room brick veneer dwelling $10,000. Elizabeth R. Dehart, 711 McSwain street, one 6 room brieje veneer dwelling $8000. NOTICE OF REPUBLICAN PRECINCT MEETINGS Legal notice is hereby given to all persons interested in or ganizing a Republican Precinct Club in Newberry County. Precjnct Club meetings will be held at the following time and places: 3:00 P. M., Satur day, February 26, 1966. . Ward 1—934 Cline St. Ward 2—1227 Walnut St. Ward 3, No. 1—918 Glenn St. Ward 4, No. 2—922 Jessies Ave. Ward 6—1212 Calhoun St. Oakland—3265 College St. Whitmire No. 1—110 Moore St. Prosperity No. 2—Earl Bed- enbaugh’s Home. Johnstone—Dominick’s Stu dio. All other precincts in the county will meet at polling places which may be recessed to any place or home in the pre cinct. * Officers will be elected &t all precinct meetings. - Legal notice is also given of the Republican County Conven tion to be held at 10 A.M., March 7th, in the Court Room of the Newberry County Court House. * A. M. 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