Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Turkey Steaks Open Daily Paying Market Surplus Birds Are Quick Frozen, Realizing Profit North Carolina is leading the way tn taking care of a surplus turkey crop. Near Burgaw, N. C., quick frozen turkeys are being processed Into steaks that bring excellent re- First operation is to trim tur key, leaving almost uniform mass of equally divided white meat, dark meat and gravy makin's. Four pounds of turkey stew and 20 pounds of turkey steaks, left and center, secured from 24- pound frozen turkey, right. Turkey steaks are individually wrapped and sealed in cello phane. Weight is placed on the steak package. Thawed out gradually to room temperature, they are ready to fry to cook as desired. turns every day of the year. The method of processing the steaks is demonstrated from photographs taken at Pender Cold Storage and Freezer Locker cooperative, where thousands of turkeys are being made into fast selling steaks. Hand Cultivator Now Self-Propelled Unit First discard the original steel wheel for a 26-inch bicycle wheel (A) complete with tire. Then at tach a V-pulley (B). Place heavy washers (C), 8 inches in diameter, over the hubs and align the holes Model of Hand Cultivator in the washers with the pulley holes, through which Vi-inch stove bolts are placed. The frame is fabricated of angle iron, welded at the points of con tact with heavily coated mild steel electrode. The motor is mounted on the frame (D) and balanced two ways to minimize weight on the tractor. The motor base is extend ed far enough ahead to allow for the attachment of a jack shaft and pulleys (E) which reduce unit speed. The unit is ready for operation with the attachment of belts (F). Bacteria as Plant Food Increases Grain Yield The use of bacteria as food for plants is the basis of a new prep- iration known as phosphorobacteria, developed at Leningrad institute. Each gram of the preparation con. tains up to 200 million specially cultivated bacteria, which on reach ing the soil transform complex or ganic matter containing phosphorua Into soluble salts from which the plant can draw nourishment. The pacteria increased crop yields. Morgan Horse Typically American Government Runs Unique Breeding Farm in Vermont By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON, D. C.—Some time ago the world was star tled to learn from Pravda, the official communist party news paper in Moscow, that it was a Russian who discovered “wire less” (as radio was called in its youth), and as if that weren’t enough, it was announced later by the same authority that the electric light, which poor Thomas Edison certainly thought he had something to do with, was likewise a Russian invention. If I ever read, as some day I fear I shall, that ice-cream sodas and hot-dogs were first discovered on a pleasant afternoon by some mysterious Muscovite as he sat dreaming on his back steppes, I shaU announce that bortsch and vodka are American products and that the Volga boatmen were simply a prodigal local of the CIO mariUme union. Meanwhile, however, X am re minded by the department of agri culture that one thing which is as A m e r i can as America and which no for eigner had bet ter try to appro- priate as a home - grown product, is the Morgan horse. Justin Morgan is immortalized in bronze and you can see him today standing on his pedestal before the main stable of the United States Morgan horse farm which covers about 1,000 acres of rolling, wooded coun try two miles north of Middlebury, Vt. The original farm of 400 acres was presented to the United States department of agricul ture by Joseph Battell. Colonel Battell had long been an ad mirer and breeder of Morgan horses, and had founded the American Morgan register. The farm was established in 1907. The area was increased by an additional gift of about 35 acres by Colonel Battell in 1908, and by purchase of about 550 acres from Middlebury College in 1917. The land, underlain with limestone, is well adapted to the production of horses. In the selection of foundation breeding stock, and in planning subsequent matings, emphasis was placed upon size and quality, and ability to perform the three gaits, walk, trot and canter. These points Baukhage Morgan brood mares, with their foals, run in one of the pastures of the department of agriculture's U. S. Morgan horse farm near Middlebury, Vt. continue to be emphasized. Also, every effort has been made to pre serve adequate muscling and depth of body and to preserve and en hance desirable temperament. The stocky stallion, original of the post-mortem effigy was named for its owner, a singing schoolmas ter, was foaled in 1793 and died in 1821. He (1 mean the stallion not the schoolmaster) had a romantic career and he is the progenitor of the breed, which as the department of agriculture says, is one of the few breeds of horses developed in the United States. Justin was a “small, active animal of great power and endurance, with the rep utation of being able to outwalk, outrun, and outpull any other horse in Vermont and the neighboring states." He had the power to transmit these qualities, says the depart ment, to his three known sons and the United States government is doing its share to perpetuate the characteristics for which his ilk is known: — “beauty, easy keeping, soundness, endurance, and spirit coupled with gentleness.” The first time I ever went to Ver mont I was attracted to these plucky little horses. Later I learned more about the Morgan horse. He weighs less than 1,000 pounds, he is not over 14 hands high, round-bar relled, with powerful chest and leg muscles, a proud head and a stout heart. He has done a lot to develop the state of Vermont and his ad ventures have carried him far afield. In a Actionized but remark ably accurate story of “Justin I," Marguerite Henry tells how the boy Joel, who “gentled" Justin as a colt, later lost track of him and finally found him again and how Joel, in his cavalry uniform with a iprig of evergreen in his helmet, sat proudly on his diminutive mount when President Monroe re viewed the Green Mountain boys when they came back from the War of 1812. The author has Joel say about Justin afterward: “He was just a little work horse that cleared the fields and helped Vermont grow np. Come to think of it, he’s like ns. He’s American ... that’s what he is, American.” The Morgan horse helped other states and territories grow up, too, for their equine brotherhood went West with the emigrating farmers, and more than one American sol dier was proudly mounted on a Morgan as he went into battle. Gen eral Custer rode off on a Morgan horse when he went out to fight the Indians, a whole regiment of cav alry had Morgan mounts in the Civil War. Breeding Program Is Under Way Now, “The Morgan horse breed ers” Dr. McFee of the animal hus bandry division of the department of agriculture told me, “have given more attention to the traits desir able in a riding horse." (Forty de scendants of Justin became famous as trotters. Some of you remember such names as Ethan Allen, Black Hawk and Dan Patch.) At the Morgan farm today usually about forty-five horses are under test. According to the official descrip tion, the breeding program there calls for “the measurement of each youngster at one year of age, at two years, and at three years. All are trained under saddle and in harness and are put through con trolled performance and endurance trials when about three years old. The data thus obtained form the permanent records of the individ uals. They are used also in studies of sire and dam inheritance and as criteria for formulation the sta tion’s breeding program. For the tests of three-year olds the depart ment’s horse specialists have de vised specific trials to measure the walking and trotting gaits and the horses’ endurance in harness and under the saddle.” Always versatile, the Morgan was as chipper when he went to the meeting house on Sunday pulling the surrey with the fringe on the top as it was weekdays when it could drag a log to the sawmill which often took a team of its big brothers to budge. And where buggies are still used, you’ll often find a Morgan between the shafts. He is used on the trail, too, for his forte these days seems to be under the saddle. The Morgan horses have found homes far from the shadow of their native Green Mountains and today the stock probably is increasing more rapidly in California than anywhere in tke East. I regret to say that on my last trip to Ver mont, this summer, though mighty Mount Mansfield looked up at the heavens with the same stern profile that it did when I first panted, pack-laden to its top, the maple- sugar tasted as good (though it cost too much), the mist still held the peak of Killingon as gently as ever in its graceful fingers. But I missed the quick tattoo of those small strong hooves on the hard high ways, and the silhouette of an arched neck against the sky above a mountain pasture. I’m glad that Uncle Sam is doing his part, in the shadow of Justin’s statue, to perpetuate the breed that is “just like us,” as Joel said:— American. HOW TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY . . . Triplets Maureen, Michael and Michele Yosco of Flushing, N. Y., got all dressed up to celebrate their first birthday. They also bad three lovely cakes. Put them all together—clean clothes, gooey cake and inquisitive one-year-olds— and they spell washday for mother. NEWS REVIEW Rioting Flares in India; British Get Stern Rule INDEPENDENCE: India Riots During the two days before fate ful India became a land of free men, more than 200 died in a bloody orgy of violence and rioting in the huge northern province of Punjab. Lahore, the capital, was the cen ter of the disturbance, but fierce fighting also took place throughout the west and east Punjab country side. Wide sections of Lahore were aflame. This took place on the eve of In dia’s independence day, just before the Indian constituent assembly sat down to function as a free govern ing body. Cause of the rioting, incited, as always, by terrorists, was the bit ter disagreement arising out of the partitioning of India into two sepa rate zones—one for Hindus, the other for Moslems. In New Delhi, the independence day ceremonial program began with two minutes of silence for those who died in the fight for free dom which was finally achieved through amicable negotiations with the British. IRON HAND: Britannia Ruled It well may be true that “Britons never, never, never shall be slaves,” as the anthem has it, but in view of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s new emergency action giv ing the government stern powers over British industry and labor, many in the islands are now har boring serious doubts about that. The emergency bill, which Win ston Churchill charged invoked such restraints as the government has never before imposed except in time of war, has been passed by both houses of parliament and now —for better or worse—is law of the land. Designed to bring Britain out of her deadly economic slump, the bill empowers the government to com mand labor and industry to do practically anything and every thing, if it is in the national in terest. Rallying cry of the British con servatives, led by Churchill, is “dictatorship.” Anthony Eden, for mer foreign secretary, got into the fight by asking that parliament cut short a planned va cation so the members can be on hand to exam ine the measures .which the government will or der. “The house cannot be an absent spectator while the govern ment does a split over the ever-wid ening abyss,” said Eden, also a member of the Conservative party. Eden CO-OP INQUIRY: Two Questions Although the public is not too well informed about it, one of the most important and fiercely waged do mestic post war battles is that being fought between private busi ness and cooperative enterprises. Crux of the feud is the fact that cooperatives are tax-exempt, while private business is not. From this evolve two basic questions: 1. What effect does tax-ex emption have upon growth of the cooperatives? 2. Is tax-exemption a factor of discrimination against pri vate business? A house small business subcom mittee has begun an attempt to find the answers with an investigation of the cooperative community en terprise at Greenbelt, Md. In the Greenbelt case, business groups have charged that the government has aided the cooperative in keep ing private business out of the de velopment area. This hearing, as well as others on the west coast, is being conducted by Rep. B. Walter Riehlman (Rep.. N. Y.) as acting chairman of the subcommittee. In view of the theory that taxes will remain high, compared with the past, for at least 50 years, ac cording to economists, the tax- exemption feature of co-ops’ exist ence will grow increasingly impor tant. RED SAUCERS: Soviets Curious Those flying disks were fun while they lasted, but by this time every body has practically forgotten them. Well, almost everybody. Latest report having to do with the aerial chinaware is that Soviet agents in the United States have been ordered to solve the mystery of the disks. Presupposing the re port to be true, it means, at least, that the saucers were not of Rus sian origin. Soviet espionage agents here are said to have been advised that the Kremlin believes the flying saucers might have some connection with army experiments on methods of knocking out enemy radar. Operating on the highly plausible theory that left-over land mines are not only unhealthy for wandering tourists but are also bad for busi ness, the French ministry of re construction is working hard to clear all possible danger spots in former fighting areas around France. While the French admit that erstwhile battle zones might attract heavy tourist trade, they are not taking any chances. NO THUMB ON SCALES Extend Prepackaging to Meat That old caricature of the butcher resting his thumb on the scales as he weighs out the meat soon will vanish completely from the Amer ican scene if the trend toward pre packaging of fresh cut meats con tinues at its present pace. Approximately 100 stores across the nation currently are operating their meat departments on that ba sis, and their cash registers are re cording ample proof that attractive ly cut meat wrapped in cellophane and placed in display cases sells it self as efficiently ai a butcher's sales talk could. With the popular cuts at meat In weights most in demand placed in open-top refrigerated cases, the housewife can shop at her leisure and not be compelled to wait her turn in line. From the retail stand point, prepackaging cuts down store overhead and increases turnover. Although so far, prepackaging largely has been confined to retail shops, large chains are becoming more interested in streamlined mer chandising plans. One has a meat self-service experiment in operation in about 10 Detroit stores, with the prepackaging done at a central dis tribution point. At least one local of the Amal gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen’s union has vetoed the idea of pre-cutting fresh meats, but general opinion among other union locals is that the practice would be a favorable one Insofar as it would allow butchers to concentrate on their skilled trade instead of spend ing time serving customers. Customer demand, which admit tedly takes peculiar turns at times, can, nevertheless, be anticipated by analyzing customer buying habits. For instance, steaks and chops would be cut in several thicknesses so that virtually every customer could pick up exactly the kind and cut of meat he had in mind. Experiments have almost wholly disproved the theory that loss of personal service in butcher shops would result in a decline of sales, principally because attractively packaged meat displays become an effective selling medium in them selves. COLORFUL FIESTA GARB . . . Descendants Spanish Con- quistadores and Pneblo Indians will stage a re-enactment of their final peace treaty as a highlight of the Santa Fe Fiesta. Colorful costumes, like those worn by the Pueblo Indians (above), will add a reminder of the past to fiesta time. Shure and Begorrah— She’s Welcome to It SPOKANE, WASH. — For 50 years an 82-year-old English woman resentfully carried the Irish name of O’Connor. She resented the name so much- in fact, she told Judge Carl Quackenbush, that she delayed marrying her late husband for two years because she did not like the name. Moreover, she tes tified, ever since her marriage she has bewailed the fact that she was mistaken for an Irish woman. The court did not hesitate giv ing her back her maiden name of Elizabeth Jane Cook. The de cision may have been prompted by the fact that she already had it engraved on her tombstone. IH THESE UNITED STATES Historic Fiesto Commemorates Reconqnest of Old Santa Fe WNU Features. SANTA FE, N. M.—“Hasta la Fiesta! ” That old Spanish greeting resounds through the streets of Old Santa Fe as preparations near completion for the 235th annual edition of the historic Santa Fe Fiesta. Descendants of Spanish Con- quistadores and Pueblo Indians once again will join together at the four-day Labor Day fiesta, opening August 29 and con tinuing through September 1, by^- staging a reenactment of their final peace treaty drawn up in 1692. America’s oldest community festi val, the Santa Fe Fiesta, commemo rates the reconquest of the south west territory and especially of San ta Fe. the former Spanish capital, by Gen. Don Diego de Vargas in the year 1692. The reconquest came 12 years after the Indian uprising in which all Spanish persons north of the border fled back into Mexico or were killed. Twenty years later, In 1712, Marquis de la Penuela, gover nor and captain general of the New Mexico territory, decreed that a fiesta should be held an nually “for all time to come” in honor of the retaking of the City of Santa Fe. This was in keep ing with a vow, made prior to the reconquest by General De Vargas, to hold a fiesta in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe. This annual celebration, prior to World War II, was one of the out standing festivals in the country, with thousands of tourists coming to join with local Spanish-Amer- icans, Mexicans, Indians and Anglos (Caucasians who have settled here from other states). The colorful pageantry of the re conquest of the city, the covered wagon days parades, Indian mar kets and dances, native musicians with their folk music and dancing, often including, as it will this year, the importation of a Mariachi band or orchestra from Old Mexico, Con- quistadores Baile or Ball, always have intrigued fiesta visitors. This year for the first time since 1941, all major features have been included in the program and from the burning of Zozobra (a giant 100- foot figure of the god of gloom) on Friday evening, until the last mu sical concert on Monday evening, hilarity and the spirit of fiesta will reign supreme. Sunday is given over largely to appropriate religious activities. Highlights include a procession to the church of high Catholic digni taries, a high pontifical mass and an evening candlelight procession in which thousands of pilgrims bearing lighted candles wend their way through the streets, with luminaries and pinon fires helping to light their way. Santa Fe, oldest capital city in the nation, will be decked out in gala holiday attire for fiesta time. Gay bunting and colorful banners will adorn city streets, and many residents will be be decked in colorful old costumes reminiscent of early Spanish and Indian days. Perched in mountainous country at an elevation of 7,000 feet, Santa Fe holds forth its cool, invigorating climate as an added lure for fiesta visitors. The city and the nearby area are replete with authentic his toric sights which beckon to many tourists who, like the freighters of old, make their last stop at the ter minus of the Santa Fe Trail. Shakes Rugged Hoof PORT TOWNSEND, WASH.—Reg ular attendant at all community dances is J. C. (“Jack”) Ryan, 90. “If I do say it myself I’m one of the liveliest men on the floor,” Ryan says. He had to quit work when he was 88 after he was injured seri ously in a bus wreck. Minister Renounces Salary To Take Job As Railroad Laborer LANARK, ILL.—^Renouncing his church salary because of a “steady decline in revenue,” the Rev. Har mon H. Bro, 27, pastor of the Chris tian church, has taken a job as a railroad section hand to support his family. The minister, a Harvard graduate and son of a college president, told his congregation he will continue to serve the church without salary, which was $200 a month, including parsonage rent. He is married and the father of a baby daughter. His job as a railroad section hand pays 85 cents an hour for a 48-hour week, a total of $177.66 a month. In announcing his decision to take the job, Mr. Bro told his congrega tion: “There are too many people in modern churches who think that the kingdom of God is just some thing you hire a preacher to worry about so the congregation can relax.” He explained that “only about 30’ of the church’s 100 members attend services regularly. Church income, he added, has been dropping regu larly. Fire Lookouts Watch For Careless Airmen SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.—Air plane pilots are supplanting careless motorists as the bane of U. S. for est service fire-fighters, according to Supervisor F. C. Koziol of Wasatch National forest. It used to be that motorists care lessly flipping cigarettes from their car windows or knocking out pipe ashes were blamed for the majority of man-set forest fires. Now, Ko ziol says, fire lookouts ha%’e been warned to keep their binoculars trained on pilots of aircraft. “It has been established in many instances that aircraft have flown over areas immediately before fire has broken out,” he reports. "With no other causes discovered, there’s a distinct possibility that burning material tossed from the planes caused the fires.” School Promotes ‘Taps’ for Farmers TULSA, OKLA.—It sounded all wet when the Chamber of Commerce listed a “Hot and Cold Running Water School” in its calendar of coming events. But all was clear after Farm Man ager C. A. Border offered his ex planation. His idea, it appears, is to replace the “old oaken bucket” with a newfangled faucet by install ing water systems in farm homes. Figures compiled by Border (how that 204,000 Oklahoma farm families have to tote their water in buckets from wells. Members of each farm family which must resort to well water for its drinking supply travel a total distance of 152 miles yearly lugging water, he reports. The one-day school here is de signed to bring state agricultural and Indian service leaders together with water system manufacturers to promote “taps” for farmers. Beauty and Health By Simple Exercise A RE large matronly hips keep ing you from enjoying slacks and other sportswear? Why put up with them any longer? You can literally melt away that flab by flesh through exercise. » • • Here’s one that helps: Sit on the floor, legs straight, hands on floor behind mps. 1. Pull knees up to chest, raising feet a few inches from floor. 2. Swmg knee* from side to side, first touching floor on right side, then left. Sixteen times alto gether. Other figure faults can also be cured by exercises given in our booklet No. 90. For the bust, hips, waist, neck, shoulders, etc. Send 25c In coin for "Beauty am* Health Through Simple Exercises” to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 West 17th St., New York 11. N. Y. Print name, ad dress with zone, booklet title and No. SO. Odd Eyelid The most peculiar eyelid known is that of a rare fish, the cuckoo ray (raia circularis). This lid is round, has a large fringe and is located inside the eyeball, direct ly under instead of over tha cornea. SAME LOW PJ?/CF...[g 10 Gramma SPEARIN'... SOMETHING you’ve heard never seems near so important as that which you’ve overheard.* Jkr* THE REASON a lot of women use Nu-Maid Margarine fer short enin’ is 'cuz they know that Nu- Maid is bound to make a pie or cake taste better ’cuz it tastes so good itself! JUo THEY SAY experience is the best teacher. And it sure looks as if some folks never git past the first grade.* Jto 1 SAKES ALIVE, when you see the words “Table-Grade” on a pack age of Margarine, ye’re sure it’s top quality. 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