Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features. r)ELAWARE is that BIG little state in the heart of the East coast, where so many riches are confined to a small area. It is rich in soil and climate as well as in material things — industries, banks and corporations. It is also rich in traditions and history, in military and naval heroes, in ven erable homes, churches and public buildings. It is called “Tne Dia mond State.” “After having seen . . . the banks of the Brandywine a scene of bloody fighting, I am happy now to find upon them the seat of industy, beauty and mutual friendship,” said Lafay ette when he visited Delaware in 1824. For more than 300 years the citi zens of Delaware have played a significant part in the development of the nation. It was one of the original 13 colonies and in 1787 it became the first state in the Union, ahead of all others in adopting the Constitution. In 1638 the Swedes established a permanent settlement at Fort Chris tina, now a part of Wilmington. This colony superseded the ill-fated one by the Dutch in 1631 at Zwaan- endael, now Lewes. Through the co lonial period the Delaware counties were ruled successively by the Swedes, the Dutch and the English, under the duke of York and William Penn. In 1776 they declared their independence, emerging as the State of Delaware. Industry, trade and commerce flourished. The inventions of Oliver Evans of Newport made the state one of the great flour-milling cen ters of the world. In 1802 the Du Pont powder mills were established. The Delaware and Chesapeake ca nal was completed in 1829. Rail roads, modern highways and air planes came- later, attracted by the progressive spirit of Delaware. This little state and its people have stood the test of time. Most of the early settlers—Swed ish, Finnish, Dutch, Scotch, Irish and English—were accustomed to till ing the soil. Situated within 250 miles of one-third of the population PIN-NnrLVA-NlA are taken. Delaware bay yields oysters, clams, crabs and lobsters. Fruit canning and evaporating in dustries have large plants in Do ver, Milford, Middletown and Smyr na. Delaware has a clear-cut recre ation area—the shore line north and south of Cape Henlopen where the Delaware bay meets the Atlantic ocean. There is excellent salt wa ter fishing there as well as swim ming and bathing. Fresh water streams provide good fishing for bass, crappie, pike, yellow perch and catfish. The lower part of Del aware offers excellent gunning for small game. Some neighborhood clubs sponsor fox hunting. There are 50 fresh water lakes in the state. Everywhere in Delaware is a landscape worth painting. With farms and orchards along the Dela ware river and bay, the state is capped by hills in the north and WALTER W. BACON Governor of Delaware Now in his second term in the State House, Governor Bacon was born in New Castle and has spent almost his entire time in that state. After a business career, he became mayor of Wilmington in 1935 and served three successive terms. He took office as governor in 1941 for a four-year term, and was re-elected in 1944 for another four years. Brandywine creek, into wooded highlands on the north and undu lating lowlands on the south. It was first named Willingtown, the name being changed about 1740 in honor of the earl of Wilmington. Dover, the capital, is near the center of the state. It ig the mar ket and shipping point for fruit, vegetables and other products grown in the low, fertile orchard and farm lands that surround it. In 1694 about 200 acres was bought for the town and a courthouse and prison were built come time before 1697. Nothing was done about laying out Dover, however, until 1717. It be came the capital of the state in 1777, the seat of government being trans ferred from New Castle. The University of Delaware is at Newark in the northwestern corner of the state. Lewes, at the mouth of Delaware bay, is the saltiest town in the state and known to every ship captain who has ever rounded Cape Henlopen in a gale. Milford was early noted as a shipping and ship building town. New Castle, six miles south of Wilmington on the Delaware, is the oldest town in the Delaware valley and has many his torical attractions. Rehoboth is the largest summer resort in Delaware, due to its excellent beach. Apple orchard near Dover, the state capital. Delaware’s Statehouse of the United States, Delaware farmers are close to a ready mar ket and the state still has great agricultural importance. Wheat, corn, hay and other field crops are grown with ease and the sandy coastal area grows practically all agricultural crops, including fruits and vegetables, known in the Tem perate zone. In the northern part of the state, the staple field crops predominate, but to the south the farmers rely upon peaches, apples, truck crops, small fruits, poultry and dairying. Industry in Delaware began with grist mills, sawmills, boat and ship building, and other small manu facturers. Wilmington and vicinity is the chief manufacturing center of the state. Its products are varied and include leather goods, ships, machinery and hardware. Wilming ton is also the headquarters of E. I. duPont de Nemours and company, the nation’s largest manufacturer of diversified chemical products. Like wise, Wilmington, the state’s larg est city, is its chief port, with ship traffic passing up the Delaware riv er. About 20 years ago the Dela ware and Chesapeake canal was converted into a sea-level route. Paper-making plants in the valley of the Brandywine employ thou sands of workers. Kaolin clay is an important quarry industry. Along the coastline, fishing fleets follow the migrations of fish and much shad, herring, rock and sturgeon ocean dunes in the south. It has trees of unusual height—pine, oak, walnut, hickory and yellow poplar predominating. The entire main land was wooded when the colonists landed there. Even along the beaches the air is often pine-scent ed and health-giving. Every square foot in Delaware is historic ground. Every town has its markers and monuments to re call its glorious past, such as the statue in Wilmington to Caesar Rod ney who cast the deciding vote to assure the Declaration of Independ ence. There are many old colonial homes in Dover and Lewes is known as the birthplace of the first state. Every road in Delaware leads to more markers, more re minders of three centuries of cul ture and tradition. The flags of four nations have flown over Delaware—the Nether lands, Sweden, Great Britain and \ the United States. The state was named when Captain Samuel Argali of the English colony in Virginia came to the entrance of the bay and named it Cape La Warre, for Lord de la Warre, Sir Thomas West, then governor of Virginia. The state has long boasted of a balanced bud get and low taxes. Delaware is little geographically,- but it is big in every other way! The main .part of Wilmington crowds closely about tiny, open Rod ney Square. From The Rocks, the city extends fanlike between two streams, the Christina river and A Delaware tradition brought about the adoption in 1939 pf a “Blue Hen Chicken” as the state bird. It was during the early days of the Revolutionary war that the men of Capt. Jonathan Caldwell’s company, recruited in Kent county, took with them game chickens noted for their fighting ability, said to be of the brood of a famous blue hen. Captain Caldwell’s company was attached to a regiment that fought Of historical interest is the old State House of Delaware at Dover, built on the site of the Kent county courthouse erected in 1722. By 1787 the facilities of the old court house were no longer adequate for the needs of both county govern ment and the state legislature. It was decided to “pull down the old courthouse and use the hard bricks for the foundation of the new build ing” as there was not enough money for a stone foundation. Funds were raised by a state lot tery and construction of the new building started in 1792. Three years later the general assembly author ized the completion of the battle ments, covered the roof with cop per, erected stone steps, paved in front of the building and placed seats in both houses of the legislature. Old Town Hall, Wilmington at Long Island, White Plains, Tren ton and Princeton. When not fight ing the enemy, the soldiers amused themselves by pitting these Blue Hen Chickens. When in battle, the Delaware men fought as valorously as these fighting cocks and became known as “Blue Hen’s Chickens.” During the Civil war a company of militia organized in Kent county and adopted for themselves the name “Blue Hen’s Chickens.” Released by Western Newspaper Union. RADICAL GROUP SMALL BUT VERY DANGEROUS THE EXTREME RADICAL ele ment, those who would change our American way of life; who would replace free enterprise as our eco nomic system with some form of state capitalism and a planned economy, to be administered by a bureaucracy; who would replace our government by the people with totalitarianism, are a minority of minorities. They do not speak for a majority, but are found in all po litical parties; in organized labor and in farm groups. Among them are educators, ministers and many other professions. Comparatively the numbers of these extreme radicals is small. If they were operating in the open, under a radical banner, they would not constitute a serious threat to our free institutions. They are a pirate crew, flying at the mast head of their pirate ship the banner of Americanism as a decoy. It is that decoy that makes them danger ous. It fools many people. The radicals give Up service to constitutional government, to our tried and proven economic system, but behind that mask they are preparing to take over and substitute some form of Marxism for our Americanism. With control of the two houses of congress obtained by contributing such weight as they may have to a normal party vote, they can con tinue deficit financing until the na tion is bankrupt which would be their opportunity. By legislation they can turn the country to print ing press money and the certain inflation such a course would bring. Such are but two of numerous ways, other than violent revolution, to achieve their purpose. , Before any of the congressional primaries were held a member of the house of representatives said to' me: “The next six months will de termine the future of the nation. 1 We may continue as a constitution al republic, with a government by the people as it has been through-; out our history, but there is all too great a chance that those seeking a change to state capitalism, with a totalitarian government admin istered through a bureaucracy, may succeed in their purpose." That rep resentative has demonstrated by his 1 votes in the house his refusal to be influenced by a minority of mi norities. If that change should come, as it may, it will be because the great majority of the American people have let themselves be fooled by wolves in sheep's clothing. They have failed to investigate the background of and ascertain the purposes of those constituting that small radical element that is working through underhand methods to accomplish what it could not do if sailing under its true colors. At the coming election the true American will wish to vote for America more than for party. It is a time to examine carefully the men who wish to represent us at Washington, and those responsi ble for placing the names of can didates on a party ticket. Regard less of party, we want men at Washington whose Americanism cannot be questioned. We must maintain the freedom and opportu nity of the individual we have known in the past, the things Amer ican men fought for during four years of war. * • • HUGE PUBLIC DEBT IS AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE SUM IN THE REVOLUTIONARY war period our forefathers thought in hundreds and thousands. That ap plied to population, to men in the armed forces and to dollars. Up to the time of the Civil war we had hardly encompassed the one theu- sand thousands that make a mil lion. At that time an army of one hundred thousand was a big army, and the company of 100 men was considered of importance. In dol lars we were getting into the mil lions, but few individuals could con ceive of a sum of a million dollars. Before the close of the century we had a few millionaires. Men with a million dollars of their own could almost be counted on the fingers of two hands. Today we spend bil lions, one thousand millions, but none of us can visualize such a sum. We, as a nation, owe 275 billion dol lars. That is 275 thousand mil lions, and it is still meaningless. • • * IT IS OUR 54 million workers who must pay, directly or indirect ly, our 280 billions of government debt. There is, on the average, charged up against each one of them $4,777. * • • NO ONE can really know America who has not an inti mate acquaintance with its Main streets and its farms. They, not the Broadways, con stitute the portion of America that counts most. • • • THOSE WHO WORK at the job of executive management are, as a rule, not overpaid for their abil ity. It is the bonus and pension fig ures that are, quite frequently, ex cessively high, and are questioned by the general public. The Blue Hen Chicken' Dark Breads Save White Flour (See Recipes Below) Bread Substitute.; Our recently developed shortage of bread and wheat products is calling for great er ingenuity than any shortage we faced during the war. With plan ning and fore sight, this short age may be met satisfactorily. If you have decided to make your own bread, for example, use only part white flour and make up the rest with plentiful oatmeal, pota toes, or some of the rye and wheat flours. Corn meal, too, is gaining great popularity in many parts of the country. Should there be a shortage of left over bread for stuffings and the like, use potatoes, for they, too, are plen tiful. In fact, you might also like to use part potatoes for bread, rolls and muffins. These take little fat and sugar and are perfectly deli cious. If you like hot rolls for dinner, here is a wonderfully easy recipe for you. You can make up the whole batch and then remove only what you need from the refrigera tor as needed. Oatmeal Refrigerator Rolls. H cup shortening 3 tablespoons sugar lli teaspoons salt Vi cup boiling water 1 cup rolled oats 1 cake yeast Vi cup lukewarm water 1 egg, beaten 294 cups sifted flour Add boiling water to sugar, salt, shortening and rolled oats. Stir well. Cool to lukewarm. Soften yeast in lukewarm water. Add with beaten egg to oatmeal mixture. Stir in half the flour, beat well and add remaining flour. Place in greased bowl. Cover with waxed paper and store in refrigerator. When need ed, remove from refrigerator, form into cloverleaf rolls in greased muf fin pans. Cover and let rise until almost doubled. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in a fair'y hot (425-degree) oven. If desired, the above rolls may also be made with bran. Use Vi cup bran in place of the oatmeal, and 3 Ms cups of flour. Partial Whole Wheat Bread (Makes 4 loaves) 3 cups milk 1 cup lukewarm water 4 teaspoons salt Vi cup molasses 4 tablespoons shortening About 6 cups flour About 6 cups whole wheat flour 2 cakes quick-acting yeast Dissolve yeast in lukewarm wa ter and add to it 1 teaspoon sugar. Allow to stand for 10 minutes. Scald milk and add to it the mo lasses and salt. When milk has cooled, add yeast mixture. Mix the two flours together and add all but 1 cupful. Some flours Lynn Says: Flavor Tips: Next time you make your own white bread add some crushed cardamon seeds for an unusual flavor. A special dressing for the sal ad? Coming right up. Make a simple oil dressing and add an chovy paste to the regular ingre dients. Special hamburgers? Mix blue cheese with a bit of dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce and creamed butter and spread over the ’burgers while they broil. Pancakes for Sunday break fast? Fry apple rings in sausage drippings, then pour maple fla vored syrup over them, let sim mer and spoon over pancakes while still hot. Lynn Chambers’ Menus Shrimp Salad in Tomato Potato Chips Fried Eggplant Rye Bread and Butter Blueberry Cobbler Top Milk or Cream Beverage do not require as much liquid as others, so it is not advisable to add all of the flour until it is known that all of it is needed. Then, add softened shortening, mix well and turn out on floured board. Knead un til the dough be- comes elastic and does not stick to t h^e board. Place in a greased bowl, cover and allow to rise until double in bulk. Remove from bowl and make into loaves. Place in greased tins which should be large enough to be % full when the bread is molded into them. Let loaves rise to the top of the pans or until about double in size. Bake in a pre-heated, moder ate (350-degree) oven. There’s nothing better than home made dark rye bread for those sa lami and ham sandwiches on pic nics and outings. Here is a recipe that makes two 1%-pound loaves that will be ideal for the week-end: Dark Rye Bread. (Makes 2 114-pound loaves) 2 cups scalded milk 94 cup shortening 4 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 packages yeast 2 cups lukewarm water 12 cups rye flour Combine scalded milk, shorten ing, sugar and salt. Stir to mix well, then cool to lukewarm. Add yeast, crumbled in lukewarm wa ter. Blend in rye flour, mixing un til dough is well blended. Knead on a well-floured board for 10 min utes. Let rise in a warm place, in a covered, greased bowl until dou ble in bulk (about 1% hours). Divide dough and form into two loaves. Place in greased, round 9-inch pans and let rise again un til doubled in bulk in a warm place, (about 20 minutes). Bake in a mod erately hot oven (400-degree) for 1 hour. Do not store until cold. Sausage Spoon Bread. 1 pound sausage meat 2 cups canned tomatoes 2 teaspoons minced onions 2 teaspoons salt 94 cup corn meal 3 eggs 1 cup milk Cook tomatoes, onions and salt to boiling in saucepan. Slowly add about 45 minutes. corn meal, stir ring constantly. Cook until thick. Brown the sau sage, drain off fat and add Va cup of the fat to the com meal. Beat eggs, add milk and com bine with ttrst mixture. Bake uncovered in a greased 8 - inch square pan, in a moderate (375- degree) oven for Serve hot. Irish Potato Pancakes. (Makes 1 dozen) 1 cup mashed potato 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons baking powder 2 beaten eggs 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons light corn syrup 1 teaspoon nutmeg Mix to a bp tier in order given. Beat thoroughly. Bake on a greased griddle until well browned on both sides. Released by Western Newspaper Union Flower Motifs Make Gay Bedroom Linen Pattern No. 807 B RIGHT or pastel flower borders in pairs may be embroidered two ways. 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