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Thursday, January 29, 1931 AI<:< )RM!ir;K MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER SEVEN « v v \ , . . : Seven Years Of Organized Safety (A. C. L. RaUway Bulletin.' Back in 1924 the railroads, through the Safety Section of the American Railway Association, announced an organized safety campaign which had for" its objec tive a reduction of 35 per cent in the number of accidents by the end of the year 1930. While there was at the time some scepticism about the ability of the roads to accomplish that goal, i‘ was speedily dispelled as the re sults of the organized and inten sive accident prevention work be came apparent. In the first year of the campaign accidents were re duced by 11 per cent. This reduc tion was increased to 16 per cent in 1925, and to 23 per cent in 1926. By the end of 1927 the original goal had been passed with a total re duction of 37 per cent. Continued efforts since that time have made the work far more successful than even its most optimistic supporters, dared hope at the outset, and all indications are that final figures for 1930 will show a total reduc tion, as compared with 1923, of 68 per cent, or almost twice the goal that was set at the beginning of the campaign. Few of the many accomplish ments of the railroads in the past decade can surpass this safety record. According to the Safety Section of the Airierican Railway Association in 1929 alone there were 10.312 fewer train accidents than in 1923, resulting in a saving of more than $5,000,000 for clearing wrecks and $8,000,000 damage to railroad property. These figures impressive as they are, give no in dication of the lives that have been saved, and the injuries and the suffering and the sorrow that have been avoided. Each one of those 10,312 accidents that didn’t happen might have been front page news. Each of them might have brought, in addition to heavy money loss, the death or disablement of rail road workers or passengers with dependent families. The fact that these and thou sands of other accidents in rail road shops and among mainten ance of way forces were avoided is due ti> the consistent and tireless campaign by the railroad safety organizations to educate all em ployees to think and work safely, and to the expenditure of millions of dollars to safeguard every de tail of railroad operation. The Atlantic Coast Line takes pride in the fact that its record of safety has shown a consistent and marked improvement. In 1923 it had 26.95 personal injuries per million man hours worked. By 1929 this was reduced to 7.38. For the first eleven months of 1930 the figure was 1.71 per million man hours or a reduction of more than 90 per cent. Having met with such marked success the railroads are not con tent to rest on their laurels. Plans for a new campaign, or for a con tinued campaign have been an nounced. This time the objective will be a reduction of 33 per cent in the next 3 years, thus rounding out a full decade of accident pre vention work. To attain this objective will re quire perhaps greater effort than the results thus far secured. But the work of the past seven years will continue to show results. Rail road employees have learned to de termine the safe way to perform any given task. They have learn ed also that skfety pays because it avoids injuries and suffering and doctors’ bills and time lost from work. Travel by rail has long been the safest of all methods. The organ ized safety effort has resulted in making the passenger on railroad trains less liable to accidents than in his own home. XX*— Because the 1930 drought has in many regions reduced food supplies for qual, grouse, pheasants, and other upland game birds, the Bu reau of Biological Survey, U. S. De partment of Agriculture, urges peo ple to feed the birds this winter. Methods of feeding include leaving standing and shocked com in the fields, providing grain in the sheaf, opening straw stacks regularly, spreading manure in the fields and scattering threshed grain with it, placing wheat and other grains in sheltered feeding places, and feed ing ear corn. txt A convenient arrangement of the kitchen with work centers in a log ical sequence reduces the time Spent in it. # *v WASHINGTON In February the nation will cele brate the birth, of George Wash ington—one whose memory is en shrined in the heart of every pat riot; whose vision, ideals and devo tion to a cause made possible the foundation of our country, and whose deeds, principles and advice live on, directing the nation in the way of progress and .achievement. The anniversary of his birth, the twenty-second of February, should be an occasion for every American citizen to re-devote himself to the r^ause of liberty and democracy. Though it is a far cry from the time when Washington led his small army in the successful struggle to attain those principles, yet, the passage of time has made them no less dear or no less worthy of sacrifice. Let not the ideals which the Father of Our Country sought to instill as its indelible characteristics be forgotten in, this modem age. * Masons especially have cause to revere the memory of this greatest of Americans for throughout his life he was devoted to the teach ings of the Fraternity. Despite his many public duties, he took time to serve as Master of Alexandria Lodge No. 22, Alexandria, Va., (now Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. 22, on many occasions he visited Masonic gatherings, and often re ferred to the Craft in his corres pondence. His life was an exem plification of the brotherly love, charity and tolerance for which the Fraternity stands. Next year, the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth will be cele brated. A nation-wide program is being prepared in which all organ izations are asked to participate. Some of the interesting national features of the bicentenary will be the restoration of Washington’s birthplace at Wakefield, Va.; the dedication of the twelve-mile high way to connect the National Cap itol with Washington’s home at Mount Vernon; the designation of the George Washington Memorial Highway of the Potomac and the dedication of the George Washing ton Masonic -National Memorial at Alexandria, Va. Lodges and other Masonic bodies throughout the country should begin preparations now for their share in this tribute to George Washington, Mason and first President of the United States, on his 200 anniversary, Feb ruary 22, 1932. X Chevrolet Company Will Run Big Ad- vertising Campaign A drop light is needed—a wire is connected with another by simply twisting the ends to gether, and the light is suspend ed by giving the wire a turn about a hot steam pipe. At once you create a serious fire hazard. * This agency is in a position to help you avoid such dangers and to offer you the soundest possible indemnity against loss by fire, ^ust telephone for a policy in the Hartford Fire In surance Company. Frank C. Robinson Insurance Agency PHONE 66 - . McCormick 1 1 . Meat Dishes For February Holiday Events With Valentine’s Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, and Washington’s Birth day, February is the best month in the whole year for parties. The recipes for meat dishes given be low are especially well adapted to these occasions. . They are sug- guested by the National Live Stock and Meat Board. For the Valentine bridge lunch eon, jellied veal is just the thing. Jellied Veal Melt one glass or currant jelly, add a bit of mint or a drop or two of mint flavoring. Soften one tab lespoon of gelatine in one-half cup co\d water and stir into the jelly. Liiie heart-shaped molds with this jelly. Fill with well-seasoned minced veal after the jelly has set, then pour in the rest of the jelly to cover the meat. When firm turn out on lettuce leaves. Cranberry jelly flavored with orange juice may be used in place of the cur Another aggresive advertising campaign, with, newspaper display columns carrying the brunt of the attack, is promised for this year by R. K. White, advertising manager of the Chevrolet Motor Company. Long one of the natioxTs leading advertisers, the Chevrolet organi zation lent its endorsement to the pulling power of the newspaper by using 6,700 dailies and weeklies to announce its new 1931 car in No vember, the largest newspaper schedule ever used by 'Chevrolet in one campaign since the incep tion of the company. This move was made despite sub-normal busi ness conditions and the generally slackened promotional activities of manufacturers in and qiit of the automobile industry. “We made.this move,’’ Mr. White explained, “because we are in di rect accord With the frequently ex pressed view that the only way to make bad business good and good business better is to put abnormal effort into your, activities when you face subnormal conditions. “Not only did we carry the larg est newspaper schedule we ever used, but we enlisted new forms of advertising to put our new car message across. Both the radio and the motion picture screen were added this year. Both are new media in our program, and both were added because a manufactur er with a national market inten sively cultivated cannot afford to overlook any new means of ap proach to that market. “We are continuing to use the radio and the screen to supplement and buttress our newspaper cam paigns just as we have always used national magazines, outdoor bo ards, direct mail and other media for the same purpose. “The newspaper, however, con tinues to form the backbone of our campaigns, and for the present will continue to do so. It, in the par lance of the gridiron, carries the ball and the rest run interference.’’ rant jelly. Individual mock venison pies are reminiscent of those times when meat must be procured by the hun ter and so these are appropriate for the Lincoln’s Birthday lunch eon. * / Individual Mock Venison Pies 3. pounds round steak 1 teaspoon salt Pepper. 3 tablespoons flour. 2 cups carrots, sliced. 3-4 cup turnips, sliced. 1 cup potatoes, cubed. . 6 small onions. Cut beef into one-inch cubes. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and flour. Fry in a little fat until brown. Cover with boiling water and cook one hour. Add carrots, onions, and turnips and cook fif teen minutes longer. Thicken gravy with a little flour smoothed in cold water. Add potatoes and pour into individual ramekins. Cover each with a crust of flaky pastry. Bake in a hot over (450 degrees Fahrenheit) for ten min utes, then reduce the heat to 325 degrees Fahrenheit, and cook for 40 minutes longer. Independence loaf is appropriate for the Washington’s Birthday luncheon. Independence Loaf 2 1-2 pounds veal. 1 pound fresh pork. 2 egg yolks. 1 1-2 cups milk. 2 teaspoons salt. Pepper to taste. 1 cup cracker crumbs. To the meat which has been put through the food chopper, add the cracker crumbs, rolled fine, the egg yolk and the seasoning. Shape into a loaf and place in a well- buttered loaf pan. Lay two or three slices of bacon across the top. Place in a 400 degree Fahrenheit oven for ten minutes then continue cooking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour. Serve with tomato sauce. % Conveyors Carry Ford Car Parts Trains unload in the plant. Bodies starting through the shop. Conveyors carry wheels with mounted tires over a line on which cars pass to completion. The highly Important part played by conveyor systems in ail Ford Motor Company manufacturing and assembly plants is graphically shown in the above three pictures taken in the recently opened Edgewater, N. J., plant. One of the pictures shows how parts may be unloaded from freight cars within the plant only a few feet from the various assembly lines. Another picture shows auto mobile bodies starting their trip on a conveyor while the third view is of the conveyor system used to bring wheels to the chasses which are also moving on a con veyor. As indicated in the picture, a constant flow of wheels on which the tires have already been mounted moves around and over the chassis assembly line.. As a chassis enters the section, workers, in groups of four* each take a wheel from the hooks and fasten it to tha chassis. Year’s Rainfall Short By Billions Of Tons The summer rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains in 1930 was ap proximately 500,000,000,Q00 tons short of normal, the Weather Bu reau of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture says. Six trillion five hundred billion tons is the approximate normal rainfall for the continental United States for one year. / If man had tried to irrigate the land with the old-fashioned well pump, to make up this summer's water deficiency, he would have been faced with the problem of providing about 7 1-2 gallons per minute throughout the summer season for each man, woman, and child in the United States. Each citizen would have had to import 22 helpers from abroad and keep them working the pump handles in 8-hour shifts throughout the season, each pumping a gallon a minute, to give the land a normal water supply. To express this more understandingly, it is pointed out that the deficiency in rainfall in the Ohio Valley this summer rep resents, on the average, a water shortage of more than 50,000 tons for each 100-acre farm, or some 600 tons per day for the entire summer season. Prof. C. F. Marvin, Chief of the Weather Bureau, says that insig nificant man tries less practical devices than even the hand pump to simulate the colossal processes of nature when he advocates arti ficial means for producing precip-t itation to break a drought. He thinks the would-be rainmaker may well ponder the enormity of forces that can give or withhold some 120,000,000,000,000 gallons of water in a summer season before attempting to compensate for na ture’s shortcomings. txt A study of deaths in Illinois showed than only four diseases took more lives than accidents. X Turkey red dye, which was once obtained from the roots of the madder, is now made artificially. The average per capita income of the 12,000,000 people of the Phil ippines is about $34 a year. New Grain Rusts Form By Natural Crossing The reason certain rust-resistant varieties of wheat and rye lose their resistance to stem rust is that new hybrid forms of rust con stantly arise. Dr. Moses N. Levine and Dr. Ralph U. Cotter, pathologists of the United States Department of Agri culture, suspected that new rust forms were originating by the in terbreeding of old forms and were overstepping the bounds of resist ance of certain so-called resistant varieties of grain. In the labora tory they grossed a strain of rust that attacks rye with one that at- acks wheat and produced a new rust which severely infects certain varieties of both wheat and rye not formerly damaged by either parent rust. The reaction of this hybrid was almost identical with that of a rust, described in 1911 and scientifically termed Puccinia graminis Hordei, which, the scient ists now assume, originated by a similar process of hybridization in nature. The discovery gives new import ance to barberry eradication throughout the wheat belt, for it is while the rust spores inhabit the barberry leaf that various strains interbreed and create new hybrids. For many years it has been com mon knowledge that stem rust sur vives in northern wheat-growing regions only by means of the stage produced on barberry bushes. In warmer regions rust can survive without barberry bushes. It now becomes evident that no plant breeder can be sure his new variety wheat or rye will remain resistant to rust in the presence of barberry bushes on which new hybrid forms of* rust may arise. txt Many farmers cut brush in sum mer or early fall because they think it is not likely to sprout again if cut at these times, but it is just as effective to cut it in win ter, says the U. S. Department of Agriculture. There will always be some second and even third growth regardless of when it is cut. X Jellied fruit is made by adding canned or fresh fruit to the stand ard recipe for lemon jelly. Ford Company Adds New Body Types _ * Twenty-three new body types, designed to meet the specialized needs of various classes of com mercial transportation, have been added to the standard line of Ford trucks and light delivery cars, the Ford Motor Company announced. Several of the new trucks and commercial cars already are in pro duction. The others will be placed on a production basis within the next two months. The addition of the score df new body types, ranging from a smart town car delivery for the use of ex clusive shops to police patrols and coal and coke trucks, was made in accordance with the Ford Motor Company’s policy of offering a .complete line of commercial ve hicles to meet all sorts of transpor tation requirements. There are now more than fifty Ford com mercial body types available on the Model A and Model AA chassis. Furthermore the truck chassis may be had in either 131.5 inch wheel base or 157 inch wheelbase, with or without dual rear wheels, and with a choice of gear ratios. Included in the new offerings mounted on the Model AA 131-inch truck chassis are four coal and coke bodies, two garbage bodies, ice body, standard police patrol, de luxe police patrol, panel body, am bulance, funeral coach, service car for garages, stock rack body, ex press truck with or without canopy top, de luxe delivery and heavy duty express. On the 157-inch Model AA wheelbase there are a stock rack body, panel body and express body with or without can opy top. Three of the new Fords are mounted on the Model A passenger car chassis. They are the town car delivery, drop floor panel and special delivery (natural wood.) — X Beavers have lungs large enough to hold an air supply for several minutes, which enables them to swim under ice. X Greed for gold never made any one happy. It just accumulates a lot of money for the heirs to quar rel about.