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Migration Mysteries
Interesting Study
( |ty 11? 11rv I'. Oavla in Wildlife)
Washington, D (V, Dec. 6?Ceiilurles
ago Aristotle, Die naturalist and
philosopher of ancient Greoco, stroked
his square-out chin whiskers, spat reflectively?and
voiced his profound belief
that ceftalu birds hibernated, or
went to sleep, during cold vye^itb^ ?
Avtstntlo didn't know where the
birds went when the winter winds
started howling like a politician deprived
of his patronage. Today you
will still find people, as much at a
loss as was Aristotle, who still endorse
(lie theory of hibernation.
Aristotle ulsu was the originator of
another theory called transmutation.
lp was based on the fact that frequently
one species will arrive from
the North Just as another is departing
for a point even farther south.
Aristotle thought that both the arriving
and departing birds were one
and the same. He thought their plumage
changed to correspond with the
summer and winter seasons.
Knowing where, how and why migratory
birds go In winter and summer
Is important?Important to the
sportsman, Important to all those who
are interested In preserving and restoring
America's wildlife resources.
That Is why the United States Bureau (
Biological Survey Is still engaged in
the same subject that once Intrigued
Aristotle.
"We nro learning fundamental facts
about a resource that requires careful
administration," explains Fred C. Llnculn,
the Survey's bird migration expert.
"If we know the times of migration.
we can set the hunting seasons
more intelligently. If wo know the
routes of migration, we know the best
places to establish refuges. Our banding
work tells us many things about
** the abundance of birds Putting such
facts together provides a scientific
bawls for wildlife conservation and
restoration."
So It is that, to a large degree,
when the little birdies decide to go
south for the winter or come north
.or the summer becomes a factor that
directly interests the sportsman, as
well as the nature lover.
To get down to basic facts, migrating
birds? -a? every school child knows
?periodically fly from one region or
climate to another. Some of these
birds make remarkable flights. The
oft-publicized migration of the Artie
Tern, for example, Is from his breeding
grounds In the Artie Circle to the
Antartic Circle?a distance of 11.Out)
: mllea, iu a few month*. the tiny
humming bird migrates, crossing the
Gulf of Mexico, a distance of some 500
miles, in ft single flight.
Of course, the open season on gamei
birds are always fixed in the Fall,
after tin? birds have hatched their
eggs in tlie North. Thus they become
fair game while they aro returning
to the South to mate.
The great mystery of migration Is
not why the birds make the mass
movements, but how they ever got
started in their semi annual treks.
"The birds move about for feeding
or breeding." explains Lincoln "They
simply follow the seasons Most of
us humans who are fortunate enough
to be able follow the weather do.
the sane- thins- Generally speaking,
birds breed best in a territory bigj
enough to provide ,n..neh good rood.]
Hot for themselves, hilt ter the,
lust v appetites of their offspring If
all the birds stayed constantly in tropical.
<> tr:nperaie*regions, there would
!m overcrowding during the breeding
asou By leaving in the spring for
ret;ie:is iiu-y could not hav?> lived in
ear 1 i r ::i the >par. the migrants lind
ami1'..- -pace and food 1 he birds that
ilon" migrate are also benefited by
:he withdrawal of those that go iiw.ii
H--w the birds got started iu their
miti ation is generall> explained by
one of three throne* One explanst
ion know n to the gentry as the
Theory,
tells us that before glacial lco fields
advanced southward, the entire Northern
Hemisphere, which In climate then
resembled the Tropica, waa swarming
with birds. As the ice pushed
south. It pushed the birds ahead of It.
Ah the agea passed and the ice cap
^ gradually retreated, each Spring the
birds tried to return to their ancestral
homee in the North. Each year they
were driven back down south when
winter came. As t^e Northern lot
Gap grew smaller, their Jo urn eye be
reame longer, until eventually the hah
its of migration were Axed as they aW
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today. Thin theory, as you can see,
takes it for granted that migratory
birds today arc following a habit set
during tho ice age.
.Thu opposing theory is simpler in some
respects. It supposes that thousands
of years ago the ancestral home
of all birds was in the Tropics, which
finally became so overcrowded that
certain species flew north in search
of more favorable conditions. Those
who flew north were driven hack by
winter and these regular flights be|
came a habit. Both those theories assume
that migration is an Ingrained
[ habit, but neither is supported by positive
biological data and neither can
be accepted without qualification.
There is yet another theory, that of
photoperiodlsm. which attributes migration
to changes in the amount of
light during the seasons, but it has
sonic very obvious loopholes that pre\cli!
it being widely accepted
j Olle of the questions most often,
<4*ked about migrating birds i-1. How j
do they find their way around on these
lflights?"
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| The answer to that one is quite
> simple, at cording to Lincoln.
! We rail tho faculty that enables us'
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to find our way around a sense of di-i
illation,'" ho explains "Most men
don't have this fa?ulty. or if they do, |
|t!le> neglect it N e v ? r t h el ess. expo: 1-1
need guiibs and woodsmen freqimnbi
1\ ha ate tiny camps, or other points!
! in thick forests, e\en In the darkness
or fog Birds and men are not the
only things that have this faculty. We
find it in many mammals, such as the
j The migrations of the salmon and (he
eel are examples Birds, however,
'have this faculty to a remarkable degree."
Science has indeed come a long way
in the study of migration since the
, days when Aristotle was emitting false
, words of wisdom on the subject. It
I la largely to that scientific advance
ment, which has enabled Government
( authorities to place refuges and resti
lng places and breeding grounds at
. strategic points, that much of the
. credit must go for the new 45-day
i hunting season this year.
WORK STOCK PRICE8 WILL
REMAIN RELATIVELY HIGH
('loinson, Dec. 21 ? Prices of horses
and mules will remain relatively high'
for several years yet as a result of
the deelino in number which begun
ten'or twelve years ago and which will
probubly continue for several more
years according to O. M. Clark, ex(
tension farm management specialist,
The prices of horses and mules in
195P7' wore fife highest In seventeen
yqars. They have been about 12 par
cent lower In 1938; but us compared
with prices of agricultural products
as a whole, prices t>f horses and mules
were higher in 1938 than at any time
since 1916.
There has been within the last few
years an increase in the number of
colts raised, but the number is still
far short of the number necessary to
keep up the present horse and mule
population. The number of horse and
mule colts produced In 1937 was sufficient
to replace about two-tlilrds of
the animals over one year of ago
which had disappeared.
"With an increasing amount of
farm work being done by tractors the
number of horses and mules needed
on farms Is not as great as in former
years," says Mr. Clark. "In all likelihood
the shift to tractors will continue.
Whether or not tho number
of horses and mules being raised is
adequate to supply farm needs will depend
upon how rapidly the shift to
tractors takes place in the near future.
"It seems now that even with the
increasing use of tractors the number
of colts being produced Is inadequate
for replacing old animals which disappear.
The outlook, therefore, is that
prices of horses and mules will be
relatively high for several years yet."
Would Be Ashamed
An English clergyman asked a
Scotsman what he would be if he
were not a Scotsman.
"I would be an Englishman," replied
the Scotsman.
The clergyman then turned to an
Irishman and asked what ho would
be if he were not an Irishmen.
After reflecting for a while, the son
of Erin replied: "Sure, and begorra.
1 would be ashamed of meself entirely:"
More than 3.000 American electric
refrigerators were imported into South
Africa in a recent month.
n Large
Crowds At
Hunter Funeral
The death of Kx-Sherlff John 1\
Hunter nt Union on Monday night
brought sorrow to hundreds of his
friends In Lancaster county. While
he had been In poor health for sou^e
time and had been critically ill t;or
the past two weeks it was tjOt ?4n>
entlly known by hie many ?fleni!i
that tho end was near when he left
Lancaster a week ago last Sunday^
While suffering from a complication
of diseases ho developed pneumonia
and passed away rather suddenly.
On Wednesday morning a great
throng of people gathered at his
Llm street home here to pay tribute
to their beloved friend whose colorful
career had been spent in this
county and whose forty-one years as
sheriff of thlB county and whose fifty-two
years as a poace ofTlcer made
him widely known. People from all
of the county, and state were in attendance
at the last rites.
After brief services at the homo the
Interment was made at the west side
cemetery. Kev. P. L. Bauknight and
Ituv. Preston Peyton of Rock Hill officiated.
Floral tributes were varied
and beautiful.
Mr. Hunter was bom on a farm
about two and one-half miles south
of Lancaster on October 8, 1886, the
son of James R. and Louise West
Hunter and on last October 8 he celebrated
his 83rd birthday at which
time he received many congratulations
from his friends. He liven on
the farm until he was seventeen
years of age when his father was
elected as sheriff of the county and
the family moved to Igineaster where
ho has since resided.
When eighteen years of age he began
bis duties as an officer of the
law as deputy sheriff under his father
and served almost continuously
as an officer from that time, which
was 1874, until 1929 when he retired.
He was elected as sheriff of this
county in 1880 which office he held
continuously until 1894 when he resigned
to take charge of the United
States marshall's office in Charleston.
After holding this office for four
years and one month he returned to
Lancaster county and farmed for
two years. In 1900 he was again elected
sheriff of this county and served
for twenty-eight years, retiring in
1929 after serving a total of 41 years
as sheriff of the county.
During his long career as sheriff >
no prisoner ever escaped from htatf
and he succeeded In eventually oafS*.
luring every felon accused of a aurk;
ous crime for whom an arrest warrant
had been Issued. He gained a
reputation early in his career as a
fearless officer and this reputation
was well deserved. Ixmp handed he
arrested a number of murderers and
desperate men. On two occasions he
captured murderers who had him
covered for the moment of his approach
and who reiterated their determination
to shoot to kill. With his
hand on a small Smith and Wesson
pistol in his right hand coat pocket
Mr Hunter stared the murderers unflinchingly
in the -eye and under the
spell of that cold and penetrating^
stare advanced steadily. Had he!
shown Intimidation by haJtlng hi#
pace or dropping his gaze he wouVl,
probabL have met instant death. Ovf1
another occasion the sheriff entered,
a negro cabin in the Haile Gold Mine
section anil placed handcuffs on a
sleeping negro who was afterward
iaa>-u to Abot-xiiii; and hanged lor
murder
Ncwr in his long career was a man,
taken from the sheriff and lynched. |
" h.a point was brought out drama*
ticall) when Mr Hunter and Col R.
S Stew art w?-ut to Detroit to demand,
i he return of John Mrllwaine. cold
blood* il killer of T'.rnest Walk ins, oH
mill superintendent In fighting ?xtradition
the lawyer for the negro
appeared before the governor of
Michigan and said Mel 1 wain woulj
be lynched if returned to South Carolina.
Mr. Stewart turned towai1^
Mr Hunter and asked If a man had
ever born lyncher! after placed in hfft
custody and the reply was an empht*
tic negative.
While Mr. Hunter was serving a?
United States marshal a negro, Hardy
0111, was lynched and at the time
he was Rheriff John Morrison w*l
lynched at Kershaw. However, Mo^
rison was lynched before Mr. Huntef
could arrive upon the scene. The*4
facts were made known to the gOTertf
or of Michigan In tVe Mellwaln e*
i
... a
tradition case with the result that
the prisoner was returned to this
stute. '
During Sheriff Hunter's tenure in
office ho had the sad duty of hanging
four men. On August 1, 1890 he
hanged Roach Catoe and Will Clyburn
on an enclosed gallows behind
the present jail On December 20.
1911 it was his duty to hang Mack
Hood and Henry Kee for having!
murdered men of their color.
Some time ago in a communication
written to The I>ancaster News
Mr. Hunter said:
"Alas, many of these dear, good
friends of mine have long since gone
the road which I am now traveling,
wmmmmafmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtm
the end of which road is death. I now
feel that I am wearing the end of
this road and I am beginning to reach
the point where I cannot think quick'
ly of things which I would like to
say and cannot always say what I
think 1 would like to say. But knowing
the fact that I am in the hands
of a kind, just and merciful God who
knows my shortcomings, I feel perfectly
satisfied."?Lancaster News.
In Boliva, natives wear hats made
from tree bark, which is soaked in
water and then beaten until pliable.
Scientists are able to tell the age
of a fish by its scales. A herring, for
instance, adds a now ring to its scales
every year.
Additional Members Goodfellows
Following are those who contributed
to the Goodfellows Club but tbe
list came in too late for publication
in last week's issue of The Chronicle:
Previously reported .. $228.?f>
H. E. Beard 1.00
J. T. Laney .' 100
C. H. Zemp 1.00
T. L?. Merrill 1.00
A. T. Mitchell 1.00
Mrs. Dina Hirsch 1.00
Mrs. George Cook 1.00
Mrs. Hutchinson 1.00
Cash 1-M
Cash. I-00
Total *238.75
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