The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 16, 1944, Image 7
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-
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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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There he goes again — out to pour more
destruction on the Axis — once more to
face the death of enemy fighters and flak!
He won’t hesitate to go out on his fifty-
sixth or his hundred and fifty-
sixth mission. He knows he
might not come back, but he
keeps on going — giving more
and more until the Hitler and
Tojo crews are ready to "call it quits.”
This is only yrnir fifth mission — and a
mission which is mighty easy in compari
son with the ones he makes every week.
Stay in the fight by welcoming
the Victory Volunteers—at least
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"bombs away” for the Axis!
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