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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 6, 1967—PACE 7
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UNITED STATES SENATOR
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Ernest f. holungs
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TO SOUTH CAROLINA
A Little Country—A Big War
Knute Rockne used to tell hif
Notre Dame teams between
halves, “When the going gets
tough, the tough get going.”
When the going got tough for
Israel ten days ago, thank
heavens Israel got going. Nas
ser first pulled out the UN
peace keeping forces. He then
invaded by closing the inter
national waters of the Strait
of Tiran and while amassing
his divisions at the Gaza Strip,
he shouted to the skies that
Israel would be wiped from the
earth. King Hussein turned
over his armies to Nasser, and
Russia in support moved her
navy through the Dardanelles
into the Mediterranean. The
free world sat in fear.
President Johnson kept run
ning around with Arthur Gold
berg in the UN for a resolution
to open up the Strait. And at
a time of moral crisis, the
great United States said it was
“neutral in thought, word and
deed.” We had numerous brief
ings by the State Department
here in the Senate but the only
secret was the position of the
United States. The State De
partment never could tell us
this.
Now with the cease fire, the
following comes clear: There
is no question that the Middle
East war was Soviet instigat
ed. Russia was pressuring us
to back down in Vietnam. But
she overplayed her hand. Had
not Israel stood up, it seems
that Russian calculations could
have been right. I'd like to say
that we knew what we were
doing all the time. But the fact
is that the United States was
in limbo on this one. Divided
on Vietnam, our leadership was
saying we could not become
involved in two wars for free
dom. Aggression was prepared
to feed on our indecision and
weakness. But Israel had the
courage of our convictions.
The one-eyed general showed
what could be done when the
necessary military force is em
ployed. Dayan did not use an
atom bomb. But neither did he
palaver with rules of engage
ment, sanctuaries and fear that
civilians may be killed. Instead
of stop the bombing, he bombed
the Arab world to a stop. If
he had not adhered to the
cease fire, he could have been
in Cairo by now. And even the
Arabs realize this. A lot more
lives were saved. The war was
far more humane with a seven
lay victory than with a sev^n
•rear war. The attrition strat-
;gy in Vietnam of keeping the
battle at the level set by the
enemy has got to go. On Satur
day at the Jim Byrnes testi
monial, General Lucius Clay
said that we should have sent
uivisions instead of advisers
y<jars ago to Vietnam. The
Vietnam paddies are different
than the Sinai Desert. But if
let alone, the miltary could
save years and lives in the war
in Vietnam.
Israel must now remember
Hitler. Hitler thought military
force was everything. It gave
him Europe but it lost him the
war. Military power cannot
save Israel in the midst of a
vast and hostile Arab world.
Israel has won her recognition, '
Jerusalem, and a right to the
Canal and Gulf. But refugees,
famine and hate are on the
upsurge. Russia will do her
best to fan the fire of hate and
the temptation will be great
for both sides to develop the
bomb—the Israelis thinking
of tomorrow and a new Arab
army and the Arabs thinking
of their failure even with su
perior numbers and hardware.
We do not want a balance of
terror. Israel has intelligent
and responsible leadership and
the free world should cooper
ate with her to temper her vic
tory with tolerance.
Finally before building any
more bridges, the United States
should cross the bridge of com
mitment in Vietnam. Since •
January, we in the Senate have
been bombarded with the word
“detente.” It means you under
stand what the score is and I
don’t. What they understood
and I don’t is that “the Cold
War is over, troops are no
longer needed in Europe,”
“Russia wants peace, but in
Vietnam we keep escalating.”
To show that we could “de
tente,” the Senate approved
over my objection the Consular
Treaty, troop withdrawals
from Europe, and we were
preparing this week to launch
extensive East-West trade. But
last week something funny
happened on the way to a de
tente. The doves sprouted
hawks wings, and the charade
is over. Maybe now we can
close ranks—and fight with re
solve. Westmoreland says that’s
what’s needed. And little Israel
has shown what a nation re
solved can do.
Seacoast city
has attraction
BEAUFORT.—This historic
sea island city has added some
thing new and exciting to its
annual Beaufort Water Festi
val—“The World’s Richest
Fishing Contest.”
The festival will officially
kick off the $25,000 Beaufort
Outdoorama which will run
from July, 1967 to July, 1968.
Since March a preliminary con
test with $5,000 in cash and
prizes has been underway. And
on July 21 Miss America of
1966 will be on hand, to draw
for five grand prizes totaling
$1,250.
Festival activities will be
centered around the weekend
of July 21-22 with hydroplane
races, beauty pageants, fashion
shows, parades, an old fashion
ed shrimp boil and historic
tours.
Historically, Beaufort has
been one of the most fought-
over pieces of real estate in
America. In a little more than
400 years, flags of seven dif
ferent nations have flown from
Beaufort’s ramparts.
It is believed by many his
torians that Beaufort was the
site of the first Protestant set
tlement in the New World. In
1562, Jean Ribaut landed here
and set up his short-lived set
tlement, Charlesfort.
The romantic and violent
history of the area can be eas
ily relived by touring historic
early-American and ante-bell
um churches, ruins of forts and
churches, or just by strolling
under moss-draped live oaks
viewing beautiful ante-bellum
homes.
In Beaufort county two of
the islands—Hilton Head and
Fripp— have been turned into
beautiful semi-tropical lesorts.
Presently there are four cham
pionship golf courses located on
these two islands and more are
being built.
Time has wrought many
changes on Beaufort. Today,
the chain of islands that make
up this county are linked by a
system of modern highways and
bridges. .Yet, the serene beauty
of the area is still untouched.
Gullah natives in horse - drawn
carriages can still be seen
plodding along roads as if time
had never caught up with the
South Carolina Lowcountry.
SPORTS AFIELD
By Ttd Besting
The
County Agents
Column
DAIRY FIELD DAY
Dairy farmers will want to
attend the Statt Breeding Fed
eration Field Day to be held
in Orangeburg County on July
14. The morning program will
include cow judging contests
for both youth and adults plus
a study of the breeding pro
gram at the E. B. Mack and
Son Dairy Farm near Swansea.
That afternoon a tour will be
made of the “Brand New” 400-
cow facility of George Weath
ers and Sons Dairy at Bowman.
This new dairy set-up includes
automatic feeding of everything
the cows eat, also loose hous
ing, complete water and drain
age system and a partnership
calf raising plan.
A free barbecue luncheon will
highlight the program at noon.
Be sure to return reservation
cards to R. D. Steer, secretary
of the Federation, or let us
know at the County Agent’s
Office if you plan to attend.
GOOD CORN CROP
Waldo Halfacre of the local
ASCS Office travels over the
County quite a bit. Waldo says
he has never seen so much good
corn as we have this year in
Newbery county. And we ag
ree. Plenty of fertilizer and
good moisture have in recent
weeks really brought our corn
crop along. In spite of some
poor stands due to adverse wea
ther at planting, it now looks
promising for the making of a
good corn crop.
CORN SILAGE—DON’T CUT
TOO EARLY
This fact we want to sound
loud and clear. Most Newberry
farmers who make corn silage
have been cutting their corn
too soon for silage. During the
past several years we’ve seen
corn cut for silage in July when
the crop was in the milk to
soft dough stage. Such early-
cut silage is too high in mois
ture and usually makes a med
ium to low quality silage.
Both research and feed trials
have definitely proven that
hard dent of hard dough stage
is the best stage for cutting
to make high-quality silage.
Not only do you get better
quality by waiting until corn
reaches this stage, you also get
more pounds TDN per acre.
Feeding trials indicate as much
as three pounds more milk per
cow per day from late-cut sil
age as compared to early-cut
silage. This doesn’t sound like
much, but from a 100-cow
herd this could amount to over
$3000 for a six-months silage
feeding program.
Late-cut corn must be finely
chopped to make best quality
silage. This means frequent
sharpening of cutting knives in
the forage cutter during har
vesting.
LAST CALL FOR SOY
BEAN PLANTING
Early-planted soybeans are
up and growing well. Most far
mers are making haste trying
to finish their soybean plant
ing before the end of June.
While soybeans may be planted
on into July, such late-planted
beans are usually a few bush
els short of June-planted ones.
So get those beans planted
right away.
With good soil moisture and
hot weather they’ll come up
growing!
Already the soybean fields
have a weed and grass prob
lem. If this is your situation,
get those plows busy. Don’t let
the weeds take over. Weeds can
reduce yields and lower profit
more than any other single
thing.
FIGHT COTTON INSECTS
There’s not much cottn?) ’eft
Every boatman, of course,
must comply with the “rules of
the road” when he is on the
water. But there are also rules
of the road that apply when
you are trailering your boat
along the highway.
Taillights are required on a
trailer in all states but Wiscon
sin. Stoplights, directional sig
nals and license illumination are
required in all but a dozen or
so. Lights at the extreme rear
of the trailer are always re
quired. In 12 states, lights
mounted on the boat’s transom
are not permitted. The lens
should be of the reflector type.
A safety chain (usually a
double chain) is required in 27
states by law, always by good
sense. (Weigh the cost of the
chain against the possible con
sequences of hitch failure.)
At 1500 pounds gross weight
(that is, weight of boat and
;railer), you had better check
to see if your state requires
trailer bakes. In New York and
Pennsylvania, brakes are re
quired for rigs with a gross
weight of 1000 pounds or more.
Most other states require them
at 1500 pounds gross weight
and on up. (For calculating pur
poses, 1500 pounds is about
what an average 17-foot out
board with appropriate motor,
trailer and gear will weigh.)
Only nine states do not r. ooire
in Newberry county. BiA cot
ton insects are trying to take
over the crop that is left. If
you still have cotton, better
get the sprayer busy. Numer
ous boll weevils are being
found even in fields where the
cotton is not yet squaring. Bet
ter knock out these over-witit
ered weevils before they have
a chance to puncture squares
and lay eggs.
Our Cotton Insect man from
Clemson, “Mac” Sparks, warns
that bollworm is also present
in most cotton fields. This
means we have to include DDT
with all sprays except Savin
or Azodrin.
brakes at some weight.
Universally, the maximum
overall width permitted for
trailer and boat, without a spe
cial permit, is eight feet. All
states require a trailer license.
The Outboard Boating Club of
America, 307 North Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, lists
laws of all states in four re
gional booklets well worth their
$1 price.
Don’t forget, cautions Zack
Taylor, Boats Editor of Sports
Afield Magazine, your trailer
must comply with the laws of
the state in which you use it.
That it is legal in the state in
which it is registered makes no
difference.
But if it has a license plate,
illuminated at night, a spotlight
with reflector lens and direc
tional signals, all mounted at
the rear of the trailer; has a
double safety chain; is not over
eight feet wide and has brakes
if the gross weight exceeds
1000 pounds—you are probably
legal everywhere.
Leavell rites
Walter Roland Leavell, 78
of Chappells, died Monday at
Newberry County Memorial
hospital after a lingering ill
ness.
Mr. Leavell was born in this
county, a son of the late Eu
gene Lee and Susan E. Barre
Leavell. He was a retired farm
er.
He is survived by four sons,
Henry B. of Durham, N. C.;
Harold C, Wilson B. and John
W., all of Newberry; two bro
thers, Frank M. Leavell, of
Greenwood and Robert Leav
ell of Charlotte,. N. C.; one
sister, Mrs. Veda L. Wilson of
Chappells.
Funeral services were bold
Wednesday at Whitaker Funer
al Home with Rev. Wilkes
Skinner and Rev. C. B. Atkin
son. Interment was in Cross
Roads Baptist Church cemetery.
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