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FRIDAY, KfcJUKCJARY 9th, 1945,, THE NEWBERRY SU« ^IWILD LIFE SOUTH CAROLINA th PQOF FRANKLIN ^HERMAN c?ou.»ec Mn or zoouoov FAUNAL SURVEY The “audience” for these Wildlife talks may have noticed that we of ten refer to kinds of birds, or rep tiles, or mammals, or insects which may not be familiar to all readers. We “plead guilty” to trying to in terest you in the wealth and variety of our wildlife Would that there were a hundred or a thousand per sons in the state keenly and studi ously interested in our wildlife. The entire animal life of a region is known as its fauna, just as the entire plant life is known as the flora. We are interested in a “sur vey” of the entire animal life of South Carolina, and we wish that our readers were interested in helping with such survey. It would mean to be interested in finding out what our animal life is, the scarce spe cies as well as the common ones; where within the state each species is found; and when v/ithin the year the species may be found or is most in evidence. Along wtfth this we should surely learn much about the habits, food, and reproduction of the several species. It would mean the assembling of a mass of records and observations which would answer WAR BONDS many of the questions most often asked about our animal life. Inevitably we deal with numbers. The first thing some readers would ask; “How many species (or “kinds”) of animals are there in South Carolina?”; one interested in birds would ask how many species of birds? Some one who would like to know something about snakes would wish to know how many kinds of snakes? A common question is: "How many kinds of venomous snakes are known in this locality?” j A really comprehensive faunal sur- I vey could give enlightening answers to such questions. We at Clemson College are as sembling this sort of information have been at it fo r nearly twenty years, and the job is only well start ed; we of this generation will not finish the job, certainly not com pletely. Now and again we find that a species which we thought we knew about, has shifted its position, has spread to new areas, or has acquired habits which we did not know it to have. Thus the findings of such a survey must be continuously scruti nized, revised and improved. It will always be possible for an amateur working even in his own county or locality, to find animals which we did not know to occur there. We would not wish to claim that we are the only ones interested in this sort of study:—The Charleston museum has also been surveying our fauna for years, and several persons at several colleges have made con tributions to what we knew. MRS. W. B. CALDWELL Signal Corps Photo Pfc. Joseph L. Delaney operates a BD 71 telephone switchboard for Headquarters Company, 169th Infan try, in the Pacific theater of opera tions. War Bonds pay for these in struments so vital to efficient com munication at the front. U. S. 7 reasury D*partme*i AT FIRST SION OF A & OV*D “666 Cold Preparations as directed WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks or any kind of old rags, also scrap iron and other metals. See W. H. STERUNG. AUDITORS 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 beginn ing: JANUARY 1, 1945 After a lingering illness, Mrs. W. B. Qaldwfell, Sir. of Lodge, S. C. died last Thursday morning, Febru ary 1st and was laid to rest the fol lowing Friday afternoon in the Car ter’s Ford Cemetery of Lodge. She is survived by one son, Willie B. Caldwell, Jr. of Lodge and three sis ters: Mrs. B. H. McGraw and Mrs. John T. Cromer of this city and Mrs. T. H. Caldwell of Ruffin, S. C. She was born and reared in Newberry county and was the daughter of the late Thomas H. Hentz of the Broad River section. She has a number of relatives and friends in this county. Home Demonstration By ETHEL L. COUNTS Back in the early days in England when; the Mother Goose rhymes were composed, porridge was the word used for a thickened soup or broth, and a porringer was the soup dish. Apparently, thick soup made from peas was so popular in those days that people like it “hot . . . cold . . . or in the pot, nine days old.” Cookery experts today do not go all the way with Mother Gose on this subject, but they still recommend “peas porridge hot” as one of the delicious and hearty soups for cold weather meals. The U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture reports that dry peas are one of the foods now in plentiful supply in this country because of a succession of three ex tremely large crops, while dry beans in general are in shorter supply. Dry peas cost little compared to the food value they offer. They rank along with beans in protein—a value to consider now when more meat is ra tioned. On retail markets dry peas are usually sold packaged and as “split peas.” Just one cupful makes enough soup to serve a family of 5 or 6. THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 1945 All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1 poll tax; all persons between the ages of twenty- one and fifty outside of incorporated towns are liable to pay commutation tax of $1. All dogs are to be as sessed at $1 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your failure to make a return calls for penalty as prescribed by law. PINCKNEY N. ABIAMS, County Auditor TRESPASS NOTICE — Trespassing any form—hunting, hauling wood, fishing—is strictly forbidden, on the lands of the undersigned and any violation will be prosecuted. Signed: H. O. Long, B. O. Long, J. G. Long, A. P. Werts, T. Blair Boozer, Guy Boozer, J. H. Bow ers, S. L. Porter. tfc LOANS ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building Home Demonstration clubs have discussed short cuts in sewing. They found a work) box or basket with all equipment assembled a great help. These days when we have to conserve our strength it is well to consider the proper height of cutting surface, a well oiled machine, good scissors, full length mirror ,and a well tried easy fitting pattern. The members were interested in learning how to make bias binding without having to sew little strips together and an easy way to mite r *a corner. QUOTABLES FROM NOTABLES What Leaders Say About Agriculture and Rural Life "Lumber is more critical than steel today in the economy of war. It is needed'' for camps, boats, gliders, plane propellers, and for crating overseas shipments. ... It is appro priate to consider all practical means by which the needed timber can be produced with the minimum of per manent harm to the forest.”—R. N. Cunningham, Lakes States Forest Experiment Station. “The individuals who, as workers, produce goods and services are the same individuals who, as customers, buy goods and services. In other words, customers are workers and workers are customers. As custo mers (that is, when buying what they have produced) men limit the i amount they are willing to pay them selves as workers.”—Clark & Mim- anoozy, in How We Live. “The average farmer is no more prepared to solve all his own erosion problems alone than he is prepared to solvs all his own legal or medical problems alone. He needs specializ ed, scientific assistance, and the gov ernment is making that assistance available because the nation has an interest and a responsibility in pro tection of soil resources.”—-Secretry of Agriculture Claude Wickard. WILLIAM E. ‘PUSSYFOOT’ JOHN SON SUCCUMBS Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 2—Wil liam E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson, color ful Dry crusader who retired to his Smithville Flats, N. Y., home, con vinced that America “was nowhere near ready for another try at prohi bition,” died yesterday. He was 82. Johnson, who for 50 years waged battles against drink in every major country in the world except Alaska and South America, died in a Bing hamton hospital where he had been taken in January. He had been in ill health for the past sev eral months. Representing the American Anti- Saloon league abroad, Johnson be came an international figure. As a government agent he obtained more than 97 per cent convictions in near ly 6,000 bootlegging cases from 1906 to 1908. Eight of his deputies were killed during this period, one be cause he resembled "Pussyfoot.” In his later years, he expressed regret that the United States tried prohibition without the support of public opinion. “It will return some day,” John son said after repeal, “but not in our time. In England in 1919, he was mobbed and lost the sight of his right eye. He acquired the nickname “Pus syfoot” when he arrested a boot- j legging poolhall proprietor while enforcing dry laws in Oklahoma. An Oklahoma newspaper said, “The booze hunter strikes like lightning even if he is a pussyfoot.” Johnson, who retired in 1929 U. S. CASUALTIES REACH 737,342 Washington, Feb. 2 — American battle casualties have zoomed to 737,342 since Pearl Harbor, rapidly nearing the toll of the Civil war, heretofore the nation’s costilest con flict. The great bulk of dead, wound ed, missing or captured by the enemy was reported by the Army.. An nouncement also was made that 5,- 100,000 of the 8,100,000 in the Army now are abroad. Acting Secretary of War Patter son told his news conference that Army casualties, including those during most of the fighting in De cember, have reached 650,420. The Navy reported 86,922. The figure included an aggregate of 150,145 killed, some 13,000 short of the number of Confederate and Union soldiers who died in battle during the War Between the States Including deaths from disease and other cause, total casualties of both sides have been estimated at any where from 800,000 to 1,000,000 in that conflict. Disclosure that the Army troons remaining at home had dwindled to 3,000.000 came with Patterson’s report that the Army had reached the bottom of the barrel in draw ing urgently needed infantry re- «pent most of last years in read ing, writing occasional prohibition articles and compiling a Johnson family history. He was bom in Chendngo county, N. Y., March 25, 1862, and attended the University of Nebraska. placements from the divisions in the. United States. Patterson said that the domestic units had been tapped for 500,000 replacements and that 10,000 men overseas are being shifted evtery month from non-combatant units in the infantry. . . ■ ■ The 500,000 included, among oth ers, 50,000 culled’ from the Army specialized training program;. 80,- 000 shifted from the air and serv ice forces and 90,000 who had vol unteered to transfer into the infan try from other branches. Of the troops now in this coun try, the Army reported, 1,000,000 are being trained as infantry re- nlacements for overseas units; 1,- 000,000 are in training with tactical units which also will be sent over seas and 1,000,000 are in so-called housekeeping units composed of limited servicemen and those who have returned from overseas. The armed forces listed this breakdown of the casualties: Army-—Killed, 121,676; wounded, 37%,638; missing, 91,573; prisoners, 57 533. Navy—Killed, 32,889; wounded, 39.807; missing, 9,750; prisoners, 4,- 476. Paterson said 186,000 wounded men have recovered and been re turned to duty. MRS. ANNIE BURLEY ROBERTS The church dies with the death of tha topsoil. Spiritual life wanes and dries up with the withering of vege tation Soil erosion means human erosion, and saving soil means sav ing souls in many cases.”—Elmer Peterson, in Christian Advocate. Funex'al services for Mrs. Annie Burley Roberts, 57, who died early last Friday at her home in Monti- ' cello, : were held Saturday afternoon ;at 3 o’clock from the Methodist church in Monticello with the' Rev. J. P. Isenhower, the Rev. Mr. Hall, and the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson officiat ing. Interment was in Long Run cemetery near Monticello. Mrs. Roberts was the daughter of the late William J. and Mary Craw ford Burley, ex-pioneer of Fairfield county. She was a leader in her community and was active in church and civic organization until her last illness which extended over a period of several months. Surviving are her husband, E. E. Roberts, three brothers, Charles H. Burley, Sr., W. D. Burley, and L. T. Burley, all of Monticello; 41 nieces and nephews a nd 49 great nieces and great nephews. Two of her nieces, Mrs. Charles D. Timms of Winnsbqro, and Mrs. J. Alvin Kinard of Pomaria, were rear ed by her and lived with Mr. and Mrs. Roberts until they were mar ried. When planting seeds are good, they are very, very good; but when they are bad, they are horrid. \ T hink, fr>r a minute, about what's hap- pened '• most of us at home 'n the last th, . v-.r'- t ...ces are, you've had all the work you could handle at higher wages than ever before. In spite of higher taxes and somewhat higher prices, you’ve netted -'"'■e hard cash than ever before. You've made more pioa_. ; you’ve had less time to spena it—and, for a couple of years now, there’s been less and less stuff to spend it on. On top of that, you’ve had thrust at you at every turn the finest chance th's world has ever seen io . a and invest ih; . money You’ve been asked to invest in War Bonds which, when held to maturity, pay you back $4 for every $3 you put in. Through the Payroll Plan, it’s been made easy for you to buy those Bonds automatically—to save bigger amounts with greater regularity than most of us were eve’ - able to save before. In the last three years, in short.. . You’ve had the chance of a lifetime to accu mulate money! Money for your old age—money for emergencies—money to set ybu up in busi ness—money that can help make this a healthy, prosperous country for your boy when he comes home from war! Did you grab the chance? Have you been backing this war to the limit with your dol lars—have you been buying all the War Bonds you could and hanging onto them like grim death? If you have—fine If you haven’t—well, it’s not too late to start right now. But you ought to get in and pitch doubly hard, to make up for lost time —and money! Keep faith with our fighters Newberry Ins.’ & Realty Co. E. B. PURCELL Gilder &JjWeeks “The Right Drug Store” Newberry Creamery R. M. Lominack Hdwe Carolina Remnant Store Fennell’s Jewelry Store Farmers Ice & Fuel Co. Newberry Monument Co M. System Store Sears, Roebuck &. Co. W. E. Turner S. C. National Bank