Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I p • r-iVjC. civ-^HT THE NEWBERRY SUN Friaay, January .40, 1944 > WILD LIFE SOUTH CAROLINA WITH PBOF- PBAHKUH SHERMAN HtAD-CutMSOW COLLEGE • OCPl OE lOOLOGV WOODCHUCK OR CROUNDHOG February 2nd is traditionally “Groundhog Day” and while Mr. Groundhog may (or may not) make •his appearance on February second this year, he was very likely prowl ing around all during all other months of the year. The tradition says that he comes out at noon and that if he sees his shadow, he goes back to sleep through six more weeks of wintry weather. If he does not see his shadow, he is supposed to stay up and awake, sure that se vere cold is about over. (The same tradition is “vice-versa” in other sec tions.) , Certainly thousands of South Car olinians know Woodchuck or Ground hog and this weather tradition, but do they know that Woodchuck is a year-’round resident of upper South Carolina? He is fairly common in our mountains and foothills, down to about the mail line of Southern Rail way through Spartanburg, Greenville and Clemson; scarce east of the ap- porximate line. Wocdchuek is a mammal; is short legged, stout, and squat, and he bur rows in the ground. He is of the squirrel family. He is also some what of a climber, and may occasion ally be found 10 or 15 feet above the ground in trees. It is found over wide territory from Canada to north ern Georgia. In the colder part of its range it remains dormant (hi bernates) during the midwinter, but in the more southerly localities it roams around all winter. Woodchucks make rather long un derground burrows, often with en trance under a stump, base of tree, or rock. Frequently these holes are nusiances in cultivated land, or in pastures, and Woodchuck does some damage by feeding on green corn, or growing crops. He will often lie on a stump or a hillock or sit bolt up right near the mouth of his burrow, diving underground quickly when alarmed. While the Groundhog’s hide is not much valued as fur, his flesh (espe cially young animals) is liked by many as food. Woodchuck becomes quite fat in autumn. A specimen brought to us from Oconee county weighed twelve pounds. While Woodchuck is mainly con fined to the western edge of S. C., it has ben taken, apparently at home, wild, as far east as Fairfield county. When alarmed or interested it may make a whistling sound, and some persons call it “Whistle-pig.” See if you can make the acquaint ance .of Woodchuck, alias Ground hog, alias “Whistle-pig.” Mrs. J. Y. McFall Signally Honored PROMINENT MEMBER OF SOUTH CAROLINA D. A. R. ASKED TO RECEIVE AT CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. FVom Greenville Piedmont. Mrs. J. Y. McFall of this city, prominent member of the South Car olina Daughters of the American Revolution, has been invited to act as one of the hostesses at a recep tion to be held at the Commodore Hotel in New York during the an nual meeting of the Continental Congress. Mrs. Julius Talmadge, condidate for President General of the D.A.R., and her associate candidates will give the reception to which a large number of distinguished guests are being invited Mrs. McFall has been asked to assist in receiving at this brilliant social function. It is expected that many dele gates from the D. A. R. in this sec tion will attend Continental Con gress this year, sinct important busi ness sessions will be held as well as many delightful social affairs. WANT ADS SALESMEN WANTED—MEN OR WOMEN for Rawleigh Route which just became available in Newberry and Southeast Newber ry county. Good opportunity for willing workers. Apply Raw- leigh’s, Dept. SCB-102-140, Rich mond, Va. WANTED—Up to 1000 Cedar Poets, 72 inches long, not less than 3 inches at small end. Give price FOB your place. JOHN B. SCUR RY, Chappells, S. C. PECANS! PECANS! PECANS!— We are still buying pecans, and will be for some time. Shake your trees and bring any kind, any size—we buy every day in the week. Highest market cash prices. R. Derrill Smith, Wholesale Gro cer, Newberry, S. C. LOST—.Brown leather bill-fold con taining $28, birth certificate, social security card, tire record, gas stamps and 3 pictures, last Satur day afternoon. Finder please re turn to W. S. Alewine at the Post- office and receive reward. 3tp. WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks or any kind of old rags, also scrap iron and other metals. See W. H. STERLING. AM NOW PREPARED to assist you in filing 1943 Federal and State Income tax returns. If you are entitled to a refund the sooner the return is filed the sooner the re fund is made. Come in today. MRS. A. H. COUNTS, Sun office, Phones 1 or 414-M. Mrs. Cecil Williams is spending a few days in Columbia with her sis ter, Mrs. Clinton Brandon. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Zimmerman and Miss Mary Dominick, of Green ville, and Mrs. E. S. Dominick and family, of Chappells, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fradier. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ruff were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. Ruff's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ruff in Colum bia. WHAT THEY ARE THINKING. The following clipping was taken from another paper and was sent by Jim D. Wheeler, who is a member of the Seabees, stationed somewhere in the Hawiian Island. The letter was written by a young Englishman for his parents in case of his death. He was killed later in North Africa. The letter follows: “I should like you to know what it is I. died for, and for that reason I am going to try to express my feel ings and hopes. There is, I feel, both in England and America a tremendous surge of feeling, a feeling which for want of a better word I shall call “goodness”. It is not expressed by the politicians or the newspapers for it is too deep for them. It is the heartfelt long ing of all the “middling folk" for something better. A world more worthy in its beliefs, more worthy of their children, nearer to earth and to God. I have heard it so often among soldiers in England and Ame rica, in trains, in factories in Chica go, and in the clubs of London. Sometimes it is so poorly expressed that one can hardly recognize it; but underlying it all, there is that crav ing for a new life. The feeling is no less powerful or significant than was the Renaissance, and will, I hope and pray, surge over the whole world’ in a tidal wave,—that is the ideal for which we are fighting. Now let me try to express it in practical terms. First, there must be friendship be tween nations for on the maintain- ance of peace all other things de pend. This, I believe with fanatical zeal, depends entirely on the coop eration between the British Empire and the USA. This in indeed my personal inspiration, something worth living for, something worth dying for. From it may arise untold happiness; without it, I regard the war as lost regardless of the fate of Germany and Japan. I love the Am erican people a s I believe no other Englishman does for I truly under stand them; and it is my ambition to spread that understand ing. Secondly, we must try to improve the lot of the poor. No sacrifice is too great for the rich to make to ensure that the poor of England have decent houses, good education, social security and a chance to live a happy life. If we in England could conquer, not poverty, for that in some form is inevitable, but its attendant and unnecessary miseries just as we set out to beat Hitler in 1940, the dream world would soon come into our hands. Lastly and perhaps most import ant of all, let us return to God. These last 40 ears we have drifted away too far, led astray by “realism” and “practical living”. Let us return to the fold, and guide our lives by His principles and no others. To accomplish this task we have one great weapon—the inherent geedness of man. I love people in all but the freaks of nature and I am sure that the good far outweighs the bad. Simplicity is stronger than cynicism and kindness than cruelty. Let the power of the world be in the hands, not of the rich or the poor, the old nor the young, but the simple, the honest and the good . . . j they are to be found in all classes, all creeds and all ages; but, and so often their very goodness holds them back. That is what I am fighting for. If God asks me to die for that same cause, I shall do so with no regrets, but only the hope that 1 may die as bravely as they (Alan and Alistair.)” Prof, and Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey, Jr., of Florence, spent the weekend with Professor Leitzsey’s parents, Mi-, and •Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey in the Mt. Bethel- Garmany community. Mrs. Chalmers Brown, of Union, spent the weekend at her home in the Mt. Bethel-Garmany community. Mrs. W. O. Miller left last week end <o spend several weeks with her friend, Miss Mamie Payne in Mont- Ala. life-long gomery. We Have a Nice Line of Accessories in : Batteries for all makes of cars Fan Belts AUDITOR’S TAX NOTICE Returns of personal property, new buildings, transfer of real estate, poll and road tax, are to be made at the County Auditor’s Office be ginning: January 1, 1944 through February 29, 1944 All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1 {mil tax; ail persons between the ages of twenty- one and fift> outside of incorpor ated towns are liable to pay com mutation ta . of SI. .All dogs are To be assessed at $1 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your failure to make re turns calls for penalty as prescribed by law. Pinckney N. Abrams AI D TOR NEWBERRY COUNTY CONCRETE materials are widely available 4* for needed farm improvements Spark Plugs Light Bulbs Oil Filters Fuel Pumps Auto Polish and Wax Hot Patches Tube Repair Kits Sealed Beam Lamps Famous Pure Oil Lubricants C. D. Coleman Co. PURE OIL SERVICE STATION Concrete materials—Portland cement, sand and gravel or stone—are widely available to help farmers build for greater wartime food production. Set the stage now for producing more eggs, pork, beef and dairy products— by building clean, sanitary, feed-sari ;g, concrete floors in your poultry house, feedlot and barn; by building a manure pit, storage cellar, water tank or other modem improvements of economical, long-lasting concrete. If you need help, get in touch with your concrete contractor or building material dealer. We will help with free plan sketches. Just check list below and mail today. * a ±'± spjamx. ea&ijsf iisil * _ □ Dairy *am floors □ Manure pits O Poultry hauss floors Q Grain storaflas 1~1 Ponding floors Q Storago collars □ Milk houses O Tanks, troughs p Foundations Q Farm repair* College Street Phone 400 PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Hurt Bldg., Atlanta 3, Qa. CARD OF THANKS We wish through the Sun to thank our friends for kindness, sympathy and the beautiful floral designs, during the death of our husband and father. Mrs. Thomas F. Turner and children. WELLS Theatre THURSDAY "PASSPORT TO SUEZ” Warren William and Ann Savage Film Vodvil—Zeb Carver Matinee 9t-25c Night 9c-30c FRIDAY AND SATURDAY The East Side Kids in “MR. MUGGS STEPS OUT” Leo Gorcy & Huntz Hall added—DONALD DUCK Comedy and “The Masked Marvel” Admission 9c-25c all day MONDAY ANDfUESDAY Sensational! Dramatic! Memorable! HUMPHREY BOGART in SAHARA The dramatic story that can now be told! Tuesday Night, Big War Bond Auc tion for Free Prizes. Added—'Latest Pathe News Matinee 9c-25c Night 9c-30c WEDNESDAY & THURSDAyI “HEADIN’ FOR GOD’S COUNTRY” William Lundigan & Virginia Dale Added—Selected Shorts Matinee 9c-25c Night 9c-30c OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY BOB STEELE & TOM TYLER in “VALLEY OF HUNTED MEN” Added—THE PHANTOM And Comedy Admission—.9c-20c all day News for YOU about the WAC WANT TO KNOW how the new WAC recruiting policies apply to you? Want to know whether you’re qualified for a special kind of Army job—whether you’d serve with the Air, Ground, or Service Forces— whether you could be assign ed to the part of the country in which you enlist? TODAY—get full details at the nearest U. S. Army Re cruiting Station (your local post office will give you the address). Or writi to: The Adjutant General, Room 4415, Munitions Building, Washington, D. C. A handkerchief gem fo bring sparkle fo your winter ward robe . . . the smart woman's call to color and a brilliant prelude to Spring's colorful new fashions. ... 50c Costume Jewelry We have on display in two front show cases the “must” styles for this spring in Ear Bobs Pearl and Colorful Plastic Necklaces Novelty Sweater Pins for the College Girl Coat Lapel Pins Braclets and Dress Ornaments Brooches Prices range from $1, $1.98 to $7-95 Carpenter’s 9 Productioniand delivery difficulties make it impossible to mail Sears new Spring Catalog to our customers’ homes for several weeks. How ever, a few advanced “press” copies have arriv ed at our store. Come in now and be the first to'select from the new fresh stock - see the new Spring fashions in wearing apparel and for the home. Shop at Sears One-Stop > Shopping" Ser vice Catalog Sales Desk and see Sears new Spring Catalog. SexM CATALOG SALES DEPT. 1210 Caldwell St. yin Alt IntifeJ Phone 430 \