Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 8, ]#4A ss5 • *— — •saassHM^si HE NEWBERRY SUN Men Landed Before D DAY wSmm PAGE FIVE 3 Audacious Visits For Beach Samples It ii now posdbte to give some additional details of the audacious episode on the Nownand coast shortly WILD LIFE SOUTH CAROLINA with PBOF FBANKUN GHERMAN CAO-CLCMSON COUMt-MPT OP 2 OOLOGY MONARCH BUTTERFLY | flies. In early fall if you look across Butterflies are conspicuous, many a broad field which has much aster ; of them are handsome, therefore and goldenrod you may see dozens' in many amateurs are attracted to sight at one time and you may notice before D-Day when Britons with them; consequently entomologists that the drift of their flying is special instruments crawled along i have tried to find “common names” southward, for at that season Mon- the beaches gathering specimens of for most of them, and our topic this sand and mud. A subsequent detail ed examination of these by geologists yielded information as to the weight- bearing capacity of the beaches which in tt» rnttool, or perhaps he had read in nature-boks in the school library, but the point is that he was correctly informed. I wish we had a few thousand na tive South Oaironnia'ns who knew things about natttre, like that! was invaluable to those whose job h was to land heavy equipment on in vasion day. The men who carried out the ex ploit were a major and sergeant of a arch migrates southward much as time is the one known as the Mon- many birds do; then it is absent all arch; it is also quite appropriately winter, and when it appears in spring called milkweed butterfly, for its | the drift of flight is northward. It larva (caterpillar) feeds upon the winters entirely south of this state, leaves of the milkweed. | but in summer flies as far as to our It measures about 3 to 4 inches •northern states and into Canada. from tip to tip of its expanded wings; general color reddish-brown, veins and bonders of the wings black in- Ccmmando unit who had been given ! terspersed with white dots. It is a several weeks’ training in geological " “ ' “ matters and in the use of the instru ments they took with them. They had to complete the last part of the journey by swimming ashore their craft The females lay their eggs on leaves of milkweed, and the caterpil lar feeds, grows, and pupates on that ter fly, two or more generations dur- strong bold flier for a butterfly and ing the summer, then southward in will often sail for several rods with out flapping the wings—.perhaps this general air independence is the rea- f«wn , 9011 for the name Monarch In. South Carolina it is most com- the fall. At the Cherokee Indian reserva tion in western North Carolina sev eral years ago I was chatting with an intelligent young Indian man; sev eral of these butterflies were flitting Their first effort failed through no ‘ mon during late summer and early _ o fault of their own. The current sa V from mid-August to mid- about, and I remarked upon it, and swept them past their bearih abjetr- October, a few may be seen in spring, this Indian said: “Yes, that is the tivo, and they were unable to make .still fewer during the summer Monarch or Milkweed butterfly; it headway against it ] un til during August it becomes com- j flies southward for the winter ea)oh The second, too, was a failure, for ro 01 } agrain. Its abundance therefore ! year; it is the only one of our but- a German sentry spotted them and : var ies with the season, but we do j terflies which does this.” All in- a opened fire. ‘ I not find any at all in flight during few words and absolutely correct It The third attempt was success- j 0U I‘ actual winter. _ is not likely that he had ascertained ful. They came back with all neces-1 . Yes, it has a peculiarity which dis- |the whole truth by himself alone, sary specimens for examination by j tinguishes it from our other butter- perhaps he had received instruction Major F. W. Shottcn, R.E., geo logist to the Western Command, who did good work during the North African campaign finding water for our troops. From the samples so daringly gathered the re quired information was obtained as to which portions of the invasion beaches would stand up to the heavi est traffic H me Demunsfratlcn Column By ETHEL L. COUNTS September has been designated by the National Nutrition Committee as a time to think particularly about our food as one of the activities in the Food Fights for Freedom pro gram. It is all part of the plan to make America a nation of well fed and strong peepie. Attention is call ed to the need for more foods of high vitamin, protein, and mineral value in the diet. Special stress is laid on storing, preparing and cook ing food in a way that will preserve the value of the food, and also on preventing waste in preparing and serving. Nutrition has become a matter of national policy. It moved up to the front rank as a war expedient but it will command the same priority" in peace for the people of the U. S. will never be content to revert to a state of diminished alertness and vitality. The following excerpts from a popu lar magazine are very pertinent: ’ “A child of war, the U. S. nutri tion program may well be the parent of peace, the more so as millions of starving Europeans may look to us for food when Hitler is finally de- ‘ feated. Our national nutrition looks beyond victory and lays the founda tion for a better world in the future. Eventually we may scrap our arma ments but we shall never scrap our people. For the war emergency has merely predicted and dramatized a sweeping movement, whose ends far transcemdl the present conflict; health and strength for all the people all the time.” “Although poverty is the chief cause of inadequate diets, faulty food habits are common to all income groups. Action programs designed to achieve diets adequate for health within the means of every citizen should therefore be accompanied by educational campaigns to induce all roups to change their consumption habits to the extent necessary to reach this goal” “Malnutrition is like an iceberg, the larger and more dangerous part is submerged. Medical science is to day recognizing more and more the ill-effects of inadequate food upon the health of individuals, their re sistance to disease, their powers of | adaption to external physical condi tions and their mental alertness and physical and nervous stamina. The evidence of the effects of food 1 upon health is rapidly accumulating Enough is already known fully to justify the statement that liberal supplies of the right sorts of foods would do more to promote abundant ■health than any other social reform.” PRAYING MANTIS Among our thousands of insects, Playing Mantis is one of the oddest in appearance and manner, and one f the most interesting in habits. You may know Praying Mantis by the name of “Devil’s Rear-horse”. Nottee the spelling PRAYING. This I inselct catches and devours other in- : sects, and if it were named for this habit it would be spelled PREYING. Its name really comes from the de- i vout-looking manner in which it holds | its front legs, as if in supplication, hence PRAYING. But if it prays at all, it is for some weak and unwary : insect to come within reach of its clasping front legs. Praying Mantis’ triangular-shaped head is on a rather long “neck”, and 1 it can turn the head from side to side 1 more than most insects. Its eyes are prominent and bulging, and these characters enable it to keep sharp watch for victims Praying Mantis will walk slowly up to within reach of its prey, and then capture it with a swoop or stroke of those deadly ac curate front legs. It walks chiefly on tihe middle and hind legs, and like all true insects (when adult) it has six legs (three pair.) There appears to be regularly one generation per year. Eggs are laid in late summer and fall, a mass of 1 them on bark or twigs and covered with a pitch-like gum. The eggs overwinter and in spring hatch to young insects (nymphs) which re semble the parents, but are without wings. When these young become adults, they acquire wings in late summer, which is the season when | we see them flying about. Praying Mantis does not go through a “cater pillar” or “worm” stage of life. In South Carolina we have one common species of Praying Mantis which occurs throughout the state. A smaller species ocfcrurs in the eastern soction, and a long, slender, flightless species has been found in a few lo calities. Remarkable species several times as large as “our” Praying Mantids occur in tropical countries. The Praying Mantids (note plural spelling) are considered to be some what related to the grasshoppers, be longing in the same order (Orthop- tera) but in a family to themselves. LAW AS TO HUNTING LAST LAUGH From Camp Mackall, North Caro lina comes the story of the new lieu tenant of small stature and fragile appearance who had just been assign ed to a company of old-timers. On the occasion of his first appearance before the men a voice from the rear rank boomed out: “And a little child shall lead them.” On the bulletin board the next day appeared an announcement: The company will be formed at 4 a. m. tomorrow, each man with full pack— for a 35-mile hike—and the little child shall lead them. The hunting license covers foxc the same as any other kind of game. A perosn hunting foxes must have a hunting license if they are not hunting on their own lands. On the 3rd day of April, 1943, an Act, known as Act No. 118 of the Acts of 1943, was passed “To declar e an open season for the hunting an 1 killing of foxes in the State of South Carolina.” This Act also provide:! that “Section 3: Persons hunting foxes and nothing else may be al lowed to do so without hunting licenses of any kind.” Section 4 pro vides “This Act shall remain in full force and effect until September 1, 1943.” You will therefore see that the law allowing persons to hunt foxes without a license expired on September 1. 1943. The purpose of this law was simply to allow per sons to hunt foxes from April 3rd to September 1st, in order that foxe ■, that were going mad in some coun ties could be exterminated. It will be your duty to prosecute any persons hunting foxes without licenses on lands other than then- own. A. A. Richardson, Chief. BRAVE BOY Little boy (before tonsilectomy): “HI be brave, Mother, but I don’t want a crying baby like you got at the hospital last time. I want a PUP-” .. mm NOTICE OF ELECTION Petitions having been filed with the County Board of Education as required by a recent act of the Leg islature, asking for an election in the Silverstreet Consolidated School Dis trict for the purpose of voting a special levy for general school pur poses, said election is hereby grant ed and called in the above named school district, on Saturday, Septem ber 16, 1944, between the hours of 8:00 A. M. and 4:00 P. M. Trustees of the said district shall act as man agers of the election. Only persons returning real or personal property for taxation shall be eligible to vote and shall present a registration cer tificate and tax receipt for the pro ceeding year as required in general elections. For the convenience of the voters four -boxes will be set up as follows: A—Ernest Derrick home for Utopia. B—Trinity church. C—New High -School Building at Silverstreet. D—Dominick’s store. NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION You don't do It with hoy, brother! It costs 86,000 good hard American dollars to lay a smoke screen on a 20- mile beachhead for a single hour. Worth it? What would you think if you knew your life depended on reaching that beach without being spotted by the enemy? You’d be mighty glad that — in this war — everything is being done to give the American soldier the best possible War Ben chance to live and win ... money no object. You wouldn’t have it otherwise, would you? Then remember — you’ve got to do your part by buying and holding War Bonds. Your dollars are needed to help lay the smoke screen provide the “softening up” bombardment... flatten the deadly pill-boxes. That’s what your War Bond money does right now. And in the future it will do still more ...both for you and for your Country. War Bonds are your safest, and smart est, investment. In ten years, they’ll bring you back four dollars for every three you put in. And that money will mean purchasing power...for vou. It’ll mean jobs and a healthier economy in America. So buy more Bonds than you’ve been buying. Buy more than you think you can afford. They help toward a quicker Victory ... and a happier peacetime for you. have and to hold SPONSORED BY: | South Carolina National Bank | | R. M. Lominack Hardware | | Gilder & Weeks | Whitener Lumber Co. | | M SYSTEM Store | L Nichols* Studio | Chapman Lumber Co. j \ Newberry Monument Co. | Sept. 8-15.