Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FRIDAY. AUGUST 9, 1946 THE NEWBERRY SUN Home Demonstration DANGEROUS ROOM The kitchen is the busiest room in the Ameriqan home, especially during summer canning season— and also the most dangerous room, according to safety advisors, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. When National Farm Week is ob served, housewives may well give earnest consideration to kitchen ac cident figures and ways to make their kitchens safer. Almost one out of every five home accidents, causing injuries serious enough to require hospital care, occurs in the kitchen, ac cording to National Safety Coun cil estimates. Those accidents in clude falls, burns and scalds, col lisions and bumps, cuts, bruises, and poisoning. More than a fourth of those kitchen accidents are burns and scalds, with burns by steam and not liquids grequent. Careless ness more often is the cause of these burns than poor kitchen equipment. Simple precautions that will prevent many burns are: lifting the lid of kettles so that the steam escapes away from rather than toward the worker; turning pot handles so that the/ do not extend over the edge of the stove; using pot holders that are thick and dry. Children as well as housewives are among the chief sufferers from kitchen scalds and bums. Safety advisors agree that the kitchen is not a safe place for young children to play unless a far corner, away from the stove is fenced off for them. About one in ten of the falls causing death or injury takes place in the kitchen. Hazards causing falls are highly polished linoleum or floors made slippery- by spilled grease, water or fruit peeings; also the use of chairs, stools or tables instead of kitchen ladders for reaching high shelves. Avoid much waxing of kitchen floors, however attractive it may be, say safety ad visors, and wipe up anything spill ed on the floor immediately. Ar range adequate and orderly stor age places so that no articles are left on the floor as tripping haz ards. Keep knives and matches stored out of the way of children. TUMBLER TOWELS Dish towels no longer are dish towels in efficiently managed kit chens because dishes no longer are wiped dry but instead are scalded thoroughly and left to drain and dry. Towels are used chifely for glass and silver. Glass wiping takes the most time—aconsidera- tion for the housewife who is buy ing or making kitchen towels. The best towel for giving glas* shine in record time is soft and ab sorbent yet leaves little lint, say home economists of the U. S. De- A Late Summer Farming Guide Some of the many phases of farm work important for attention in late summer are listed below by Coun ty Agent P. B. Ezell. AGRONOMY t Plan now for abundant winter le gumes and legume and small grain mixtures for soil improvement. Do not pull fodder; it is extremely dis agreeable and expensive and it re duces ths yield of corn. Save farm seed of all kinds for 1947 plantings. We must have more grain for livestock; so plan for the biggest small grain crop ever planted. Order lime materials now. Plan to save every available pound of hay. Plan now to obtain good clean wheat and other small grain seed. HORTICULTURE Plant the fall victory garden for better farm living. Be sure to plant large patches of turnips and other greens, enough for the entire farm. Plant more beans. A late August planting often brings a good price. After peach harvest cut out all broken limbs as a preventative for shot-hole borers. Clean up ground where vegetables have matured to partment of Agriculture. Special glass toweling is made for this purpose and usually appears in colored checks. All-linen towels or those with a high percentage of linen absorb water more quickly than cotton and usually stay softer than cotton towels after washing. Linen towels are expensive but do a good job of drying and general ly leave little lint. For drying tumblers the towel should be long enough to wipe both the inside and outside at the same time and to cover the hands so that no finger prints are left on the glass. A towel 28 inches long after shrinking fu’fills this re quirement, even for the tall lem onade or iced tea glasses used so much in summer. INCREASER ENTRIES IN COTTON CONTEST Clemson, Aug. 3.—Preliminary reports indicate that 678 farmers have entered, the State Five-acre Cotton Contest this year, says H. G. Boylston, extension cotton im provement specialist. 1 Every county has 10 or more farmers who have entered, except a few counties along the cost which grow very little cotton. Interest in the contest is better than in any recent year, Mr. Boylston declares. Last year the final report showed 513 completed entries, a substan tial increase over the year b fore. Reports of county agents inaicate that there will be some very good cotton yields again in 1946 if weaher conditions do not become bad and cause further serious da mage by the boll weevils. lessen inset and disase damage next season. INSECTS St DISEASES Plan now to make next year’s wheat, oats, and barley crop as di sease-free as possible. Plow un- dler old crop rerdnants soon af ter harvest to destroy insects. Con trol bean beetles witn rotenone or cryolite dust or spray. Begin cleaning up the orchard and destroy all fallen fruit. Clean up all fly breeding places and use formalde hyde poison and traps. Clean up corn cribs of all weevil-infested refuse. Examine wheat and bar ley for “weevil” damage and fum igate if necessary. Requeen bees. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING Get the mower and rake in good running condition for hay harvest. Check over and repair all types of farm machinery. Make needed re pairs to corn cribs and other stor age buildings. Make grain stor age buildings rat-proof. Investi gate the possibilities of installing running water in the house by us ing a hand pump, a hydraulic ram, or other low-cost system. Also in vestigate possibilities of garden ir rigation from small streams. Fender & Body Work Have your Fenders and Body straighten ed by Expert Body Men. Complete Re upholstery service and Painting. Davis Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street For Veterans Only! THAT’S National Service Life Insurance Vie Vet says you can REVIVE your lapsed government IN5UP.ANCE IN A JIFFY. - NO PHYSICAL EXAM. IS REQUIRED DURING 1946. If You’re A Veteran And If You Have Your NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE Or If You’ve Dropped A Policy Or Government Insurance— THEN CONSIDER CAREFULLY THIS MESSAGE i. 2. National Service Life Insurance is no w down South: You may settle all problems by going to the local office at 1113 Boyce Street. Payments may be mailed in to Veterans Administration Branch Office No. 5, Atlanta, 3, Georgia. National Service Life Insurance may now be reinstated without red tape or trouble. Just make two payments and sig:n a statement of good health. Inquire at the Reg ional Office located at the Belle Isle Building in Atlanta. But do it now! This priv ilege ends January 1, 1947. , SPONSORED BY Farmers Ice & Fuel Company Phone 155 Newberry, S. C. Highway Safety Talked By Rotarians ‘Highway Safety,” was the theme of the program of the New berry Rotary club’s regularly scheduled luncheon meeting, held in the Civic Room of the Newber ry hotel, Friday, August second. Lt. Hutto of the South Carolina Highway Patrol spoke and urged local Rotarians to give their whole hearted support to the current, na tion-wide campaign for safety on the highways. Another feature of last week’s Rotary program were two solos by Miss Betty Rice, assistant regis trar of Newberry College. ‘ Miss Rise was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Marvin Rucker. Guest of Rotarian Tom Hicks was Bruce Baker, assistant super intendent of the Newberry Textile mills. TALE OF CAT'S TAIL THAT WENT TO LAUNDRY Cumberland, Md.—The fire de partment is willing to handle the traditional business of rescuing kittens from the lofty tree branches. But the firemen decided to let po lice extricate a cat that got its tail wrapped in the shaft of a washing machine. A police sergeant loosen ed several washers, reversed the motor shaft and unwound the cat’s tail. The cat was uninjured, but the rescuers displayed painful srcatches as thanks from the an gry cat. KEEP WATCH ON THE BOLL WEEVIL Clemson, Aug. 3.—Some cotton fields in a few of the Coastal coun ties are approaching a stage of ma turity where fruiting is over, says M. B. Stevenson, Jr., assistant ex tension entomologist, pointing out that a good crp has been set on this cotton. The boll weevil is already dam aging these bolls, and if showery weather continues, there may be a greater wevil damage to the bolls than has occurred to the squares. Boll weevils may be fought quite effectively ever this late . Do not give weevils a chance to ruin all the bolls by puncturing them. Cotton is still fruiting rapidly in the Piedmont and severe damage from the boll weevil is quite evi dent. Those farmers who have ap plied control measures are realizing results. The cotton plant is too large for effective use of liquid or sweetened poison; so calcium arse nate dust must be applied by rec ommended methods. LOST—Wallet containing reason able sum of money, somewhere in Newberry. Finder, please contact E. W. SHEELY, Care Thomas and Howard, and receive reward. Itp RE-ELECT J. Roy Jones COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE “A public servant who has been faithful in his trust.” Increased efficiency of in spection laws on weights, measures, oils, gasoline and foods thus assuring honest weights, measures, pure foods and feeds. Made the Marget Bulletin a strong Marketing medium for S. C. farmers. Stopped S. C. from being a "dumping ground ’ for poor seed. He was responsible for “lo cation differential” on cotton that gained millions of extra dollars for the cotton farmer. He has cooperated with every agency in S. C. to give the people the best service. He helped to organize the Tobacco Growers — called closing of markets that re sulted in 4 1-2c per pound in crease in price— $10,000,000 extra to the tobacco farmers. “During hi* entire admin istration he has turned into the State Treasury over $3,600,- 000 above the entire cost of operating the department.” VOTE FOR J. Roy Jones Think Seriously, Veteran... Who’s In Your FUTURE? Vic Vet says you can revive your LAPSED GOVERNMENT INSURANCE IN A JIFFY. - NO PHYSICAL EXAM. 1$ REQUIRED DURING 1946. Life Insurance protects your loved ones. And NATIONAL SERVICE LIFE INSURANCE, for veterans only, is the finest you can buy. It’s a Government Program- It’s covered by a special law- It’s non-profit- AND IT’S YOURS 1. It’s right around the corner: The National Service Life Insurance program has been decentralized—split up from one big office in New York, to give each locality its share of the work and authority. You may now take up problems or bring in pay* ments at the Regional Office or you may mail in payments to the Veterans Admini stration Branch Office No. 5, Atlanta, 3, Georgia. You can pick it up again: If you have dropped your National Service Life Insur ance policy, a new regulation permits you to reinstate easily—by paying only two monthly premiums and signing a statement of good health. But do it now I This privilege ends January 1, 1947. GIVE YOUR N-NUMBER In all matters concerning insurance, be sure to state your “N-Number” and your army serial number. If you don't have your "N-Number", ask for it. SPONSORED BY SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK 2. 3. TEN - SHUN!! Mister Civilian So you’re a civilian now? Well, that makes you a VETERAN, too . . . And only a veteran can take part in the world’s largest insurance program: Seventy BILLION dollars is the face value of all Nat ional Service Life Insurance ... and YOU own the company! So you want more facts?? Vic Vet says YOU CAN REVIVE YOUR LAPSED GOVERNMENT INSURANCE IN A JIFFY. - NO PHYSICAL EXAM. IS REQUIRED DURING 1946. 1. 2. O. K.! Here goes . . . You may take all insurance problems to your local VA office located at 1113 Boyce Street, or you may mail your payments to the VA Branch Office, Atlanta, Georgia. If you’ve dropped your insurance, you may now pick it up again on a new easy plan. Go to the Regional Office located at 1113 Boyce Street—but go now I The new plan stops on January 1, 1947. No other insurance can duplicate National Service Life Insurance: Your insurance agents and their cooperative associations all advise that you hold as much NSLI as possible. If you are in doubt, inquire at the local Veterans Administration office without delay. SPONSORED BY 'V Newberry Monument Co. J. B. COWARD, Prop.