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AGE SIX FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1944 THE NEWBERRY SUN ^tWILD LIFE SOUTH CAROLINA WITH PROF FBANKLIN SHERMAN HEAD CufcMSON COLLEGE -DEPT OP ZOOLOGY LIZARDS In South Carolina our native liz ards are erroneously called “scor pions”. True scorpions are entire ly different creatures. Lizzards are vertebrated (back boned) animals; they are cold-blood ed, and have bodies covered with scales (never with hair nor feath ers). Salamanders are lizard-like in general form but have smooth skin and live in moist places. Lizards live in epen, dry places, even preferring warm sunshine. Lizards are reptiles, and are more nearly related to the snakes than to any other group. But lizards (un like snakes) have eye-lids and have an ear-opening on the sides of the head, at the back. The presence or absence of legs is not one of the certain distinctions. One species of S. C. lizard has no legs, looks snake like; yet is a true lizard with eye lids and ear-openings. Lizard eggs are usually oval rath- et- than elongafled. / They have a tough, leathery, yet pliable skin, not a hard brittle shell. They may ac tually swell or stretch slightly from the growth of the embryo inside, I have found blue-tailed lizard under a stone with the body partly curled about the eggs as if to protect them. Our lizards feed mainly on such ground-living forms as ants, worms, larvae, crickets. In this they are somewhat beneficial to man’s inter ests. None of our native S. C. species are venomous, no poison in connec tion with their small teeth, no venon- “fangs” and none of them have “stingers’’ in the tail or elsewhere. The most they can do is bite weakly and harmlessly, though a large one may pinch enough to notice. S. C. has only six distinct native species of lizards: fence lizard 01 “scaly Mary’’; blue-tailed lizard (when it gets old, large and red headed it is called “red-head scor pion” and is erroneously feared)’; striped, slender, long-tailed, “swift” or “sand-sister;” another is green, changeable in color and climbs into bushes and low trees and is called “green lizard’ or “chameleon”; a small brown-backed species with very short legs is known as “ground liz ard”; the slender, snake-like, legless lizard which reaches over two feet long and is known as “glass-snake or “joint-snake”. We’ll discuss “glass-snake’’ separately later. Liz ards are easily preserved in weak formaldehyde solution and stored in jars. Finally Agree on G. I. Bill Senate and House Compromise Of fers Vets $20 Weekly L’nemploy ment Income Doctor (gazing at his patient’s eye)—You say you have trouble with it? But there's something more. On looking at it I see signs of liver trouble, of anemia, and I fear, of a chronic nervous affection. Patient—Look at the other eye this is my glass eye, you see. CARD OF THANKS I am very grateful to my fellow Democrats of Newberry county for returning me to the House of Representatives again wtihout opposition, and I want you to know that I appreciate this great honor. 1 have tried to merit your confidence in the past and shall continue to do so in the future. Respectfully, R. Aubrey Harley Washington, June 9—Senate and House conferees approached final agreement on a compromise G. I. “bill of rights’’ tonight by settling differences over unemployment com pensation provisions. Senator Clark, Democrat of Mis souri, said the compromise will pro vide a maximum of 52 weeks of un employment compensation at $20 a week, for jobless veterans of the present war for two years after their discharge. The Senate originally voted 52 weeks at a graduated scale, allow ing $15 for single men and women, $20 for husbands, and $25 for fath ers. Clark said the committee still was in disagreement on a provision for (placing veterans in jobs. Principal differences, he said, center around insistence of some House conferees on creation of a separate job placement service un der the U. S. Veterans’ bureau. Clark said Senate conferees unan imously favored a veterans’ em ployment board vVifliin the U. S. Employment service, but with the director of the Veterans’ bureau as chairman, to avoid a duplication of agencies. Chairman Rankin, Democrat of Mississippi, of the House conferees would rot discuss the conference other than to say the agreement on unemployment compensation was “tentative.” However, he agreed with Clark there was prospect of final action tomorrow that would permit the bill to be sped through both houses next week. A Good Creed Recently John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in a radio address gave his creed of life, and it might profitably be adopted by" everyone. It follows: 1. I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap piness. 2. I believe that every right im plies a responsibility; every oppor tunity, an obligation; every posses sion, a duty. 3. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master. 4. I believe in the dignity of la bor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an oppor tunity to make a living. 5. I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living and that eco nomy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in gov- r»T» TIOT’CrrnIfl I ftT — Tax Notice Unpaid county and state taxes for the last sever al years have been turned over to me for collection. These tax executions are first claim against any real or personal property by the County and State. Any one owing over due taxes is kindly requested to call at the tax collector’s office and make settlement. This office will be fully cooperative. TABOR L. HILL Tax Collector Notice Of Enrollment All persons eligible for enrollment for the Democratic primary for Newberry county are urged to enroll immediately. The time for enrollment expires June 27, 1944. NEAL W. WORKMAN, Chairman MRS. A. H. COUNTS, Secretary fairs. 6. I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring so cial order. 7. I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man’s word should he as good as his bond; that charac ter—not wealth or power or posi tion—is of supreme worth. 8. T believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that onlv in the purifv- incr fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the great ness of the human soul set free. 9. I believe in a n all-wise and all- loving God. named bv whatever name. *nd that the individuads fcivh- est fulfillment, ereatest hanpiness and widest usefulness are to he found in living in harmony with His will. 10. I believe that love is the great est thing in the world that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might. In Memrrhis. n worried negro walk ed into the office of the rent con trol adm oistrator and asked if any one could tell him who his landlord was: Cleric—Your landlord is the man you pay rent to. Nevro- -I don’t nay no rent. You see, ’bout nine years ago T found me a house vacant and moved in T been there ever since and I ain t nev«r naid no rent. Clerk—Well, then, what are you worrying about? You have no com- plaint. Negro—Yassuh. T knows that. Hut if somebody don’t fix dat roof I’m gonna move out. ERA OF GOOD FEELING In his admirable statement when notified of his victory in the race for Governor, Senator Gregg Cherrv called for “an era of good feeling.” That sentiment will find response from most people. The animosities engendered in the campa gn should be forgotten, harsh words forgiven, and all Democrats should unite. There are but two great goals ahead: 1. To win the war. 2. To win peace. These high appeals dwarf all else the public official and private citizen who does most to advance these aims are best serving their country. The large pluralities given the victors, in the gubnatoria), senatorial and other races show that each of the nominees is the choice of a large majority of his party. It now be hooves all Democrats to support the whole ticket loyally and to give to it in November a vote far in excess of that polled in Saturday’s primary for all candidates, when many Democrats for a wide variety of reasons did not vote at all. "That’s the way I like to see them,” MacArthur when he saw the rows of in the Admiralty Islands. In this costliest, cruelest war of all time— our boys must fight with savage fury. Kill or be killed! And on how well each plays his part depends the lives of many of his buddies. Here on the home front, too, just cheering the attack on isn't enough. said Gen. dead Japs war—the That’s why there’s a Fifth War Bond drive on now, a drive in which you’re needed to support the men on the fighting fronts who are facing the most treacherous forces Americans have ever met in combat. We on the home front can’t let them down—and we won’t. So resolve noi^ to at least double your Bond buying in the 5th War Loan drive. This is the time to do better than your best. 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