The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 10, 1968, Image 2
PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, October 10, 1968
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We Americans are stupid people.
We won’t admit it openly, but when one
looks at the facts—just the facts—
there isn’t any other conclusion one
can come to. For we put our emphasis
on some minor thing and ignor com
pletely a major subject.
I have before me a news release.
The headlines are very small and the
whole story doesn’t cover more than
two column inches. I didn’t find it on
the front page of the paper, either. It
was way over in the middle of the
paper. The headlines read: “DRUNK
DRIVING TOLL”. The item went on
to say that drunken driving results in
25,000 traffic deaths each year accord
ing to the Department of Transporta
tion. The report went on to say that
alcohol is the largest single factor in
highway deaths. It also stated that
police records prove that drinking
figures in about 800,000 accidents an
nually.
After reading that I went back
through my files and found a couple of
other news items concerning the prob
lem. One was dated about a year ear
lier. It said that “excessive drinking
is involved in nearly half of the 53,000
highway deaths each year, according
to a government survey.” Dr. William
Haddon, Jr., director of the National
Highway Safety Agency, told UPI that
the “evidence is very clear that as far
as most fatal accidents are concerned,
the most common factor is excessive
drinking.” And, said Haddon, “Al
most a flat 700 of single car fatal
accidents in such places as California,
New York, and various other majo-’
cities, involve substantially elevated
blood alcohol levels and at least half
of them meet anybody’s liberal defi
nition of intoxication.”
Now, with that in mind, look at
where we put the emphasis. I turn
on my radio and the man says for me
“not to leave my keys in my car” so
that I won’t cause a “good boy to go
bad.” I pick up my paper and it tells
me the same thing. I change stations
on the radio and a girl sings that if
I’m out of a certain kind of beer then
I’m out of beer. I pick up my news
paper again and look at the ads and it
tells me that their whiskey is the kind
I should drink over the holiday week
end.
At least we have begun to tell peo
ple about what smoking can do to
them. How is it that we have so care
fully avoided telling them of the re
sults of alcohol? And why is it that
we tell a person to take his key with
him to keep a “good” boy from going
bad and fail to ask that man to keep
from putting his key in the ignition
after drinking.
Why bother wasting space of this
subject? Don’t I know r those who are
on the opposite side have more money
and power than I do? Well, I said I
found two news items in my files. The
other one was less than a column inch.
It said Johnny, his last name isn’t
too important, age 9, was struck and
killed by a car while riding his bike
home from school. It said the driver
was arrested for drunken driving. At
least we don’t have to worry about
Johnny going bad because we left our
key in the car.
We Americans are stupid people.
—FIVE STAR FEATURES
Letter To Editor
As stated in the Gallup Re
port which appeared in The
Greenville News, Sept. 22 of
this year, public support for
lowering the voting age to 18
has reached an all-time high.
Two adults in every three
(R6 percent) think persons 18,
19, and 20 years old should be
permitted to vote. In every
state but four—Georgia, Ken
tucky, Alaska and Hawaii—
citizens now must be at least
21-years of age to qualify to
vote.
The Constitution of the T T . S.
does not specify the qualifica
tions necessary for a person
to vote for members of Con
gress or Presidential electors.
Each state sets up its own qual
ifications for voters.
Recently both Mr. Parker,
Republican candidate for the
U. S. Senate, and also Mr.
Rollings, Democratic candidate
for the same office spoke in
favor of lowering the voting
age to 18 while being ques
tioned at Newberry College af
ter their appearances. How
ever, the two candidates did
not agree on how this move
might be accomplished.
Mr. Rollings was in favor of
proposing a National amend
ment to our United States Con
stitution which would natur
ally take this right from the
state to determine who would
vote within its boundaries.
On the other hand, Mr. Par
ker stated that he would main
tain the right of the state to
determine who would be able to
vote within its boundaries by
proposing an amendment low
ering the voting age to 18 to
the State Constitution. This to
me seems the more favorable
of the two varying implemen
tations since Mr. Parker's
stand guarantees local control
on this matter,
Sincerely,
W. HARLD KOON
Newberry, S. C.
The
County Agents
Column
Drought Causes Million
Dollar Loss
Once more, drought has rob-
bod Newberry county farmers
of their crop and livestock pro
fits. Our estimate is that New
berry fanners have thus far
lost a million dollars. And the
full effects of this year’s late
summer and early fall drought
are not yet known.
While an accurate dollar loss
is hard to determine, our esti
mate is based on total crop
damage and loss of livestock
products that won’t get to mar
ket.
Cotton and soybeans have
been hit hardest by drought.
Only half of normal yields are
now expected in these two
crops. Some fields of soybeans
have had to be cut for hay,
due to heavy insect damage
caused by dry weather. Farm
ers now combining milo re
port only half as good yields
as last year.
Pastures, grazing and hay
crops have also been hit hard.
This places a serious threat
both now and in the future
months for our important
dairy and livestock business.
A shortage of both pasture and
hay could drastically affect
dairy and livestock farmers
throughout the coming winter
months.
As we’ve often said before,
the farmer’s lot, at best, is
not an easy one. He plans and
plants in faith, but reaps ac
cording to the whims of na
ture. This year, nature has not
smiled kindly on our farmers.
Dry weather has hurt New
berry farmers this year.
Graded Feeder Sales Boost
Farmer Profits
Graded Feeder Pig Sales are
something fairly new in South
Carolina. A total of three such
sales have now been held at
Saluda, and all of them have
been good.
The most recent sale at Sa
luda on Sept. 9 was exception
ally good. A total of 733 pigs
averaging 55 pounds were sold
at an average price of $18.70
each. The average price per
pound was just a shade under
34 cents. That’s the same thing
as getting $13.50 for a 40
pound pig at weaning. Imagine
that! Looks like we ought to
be growing more feeder pigs
here in Newberry county.
The next Feeder Pig Sale at
Saluda is scheduled for early
December. Pigs bom about now
should be just right for this
sale.
The recent graded Feeder
Cattle Sale at Saluda was also
a good one. We’ve long lament
ed the farmer’s lack of ade
quate markets. Now we have
the market for livestock, both
cattle and hogs. Also for both
calves and pigs. Let’s supply
better management and more
available know-how to boost
livestock profits in Newberry
county.
New Wheats Outyield Old
Newberry farmers made great
yields this year from “Blue-
boy’’ along with another wheat
variety, Coker 55-20, nave
outyielded our old standard va
rieties by 22 percent.
After three years of testing,
these two varieties have aver-
aged 54 bushels per acre—ten
bushels more than our stand
ard varieties. Both varieties
art* soft wheat varieties, the
kind millers want for flour
making. If you’re planting
wheat this fall, maybe it ought
to be Blueboy or 55-20.
Plant More Small Grains
Now that we’ve got new var
ieties of barley, oats and wheat
perhaps small grain growing
will make a come-back. No
other crop can be used in so
many ways. And they grow in
winter time, when we can get
adequate rainfall.
For grazing, silage, hay or
grain, small grains are good
for all.
When planting small grains
on fields treated with herbi
cides this year for grass con
trol, prepare the land well. Bot
tom plowing or a good job with
a heavy disc harrow is needed
to thoroughly mix the soil and
lessen the possibility of harm
ful effects to the grain crop.
Herbicides injury is more like
ly to happen following a dry
growing season. That we’ve
surely had this year.
Dates To Remember
October 22-23—Dairy Judg
ing at State Fair.
November 5-7 — Southeast
Dairy Conference in Columbia.
November 13—T ra i n i n g
Meeting for Dairy Labor on
“Proper Milking Procedure.”
November 20—Training meet
ing for Dairy Labor on “San
itation."
November 26—Hay and Sil
age Show at Newberry Fair
grounds.
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contain large rabbit populations.
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