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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. VIRGIL THE OLD GAFFER By Gay Hunter BOUFORD X6tve UP! X COULD NMS UP KMC TUT EASIER THAN THAT SDUFORCt leave rr TO ME. m SET HIM UP! r MUTT AND JEFF By Bud Fisher JITTER 'WITH THOSE CHISELERS ALL LOOKIN'OVER THE fence, we Aren't selling MANY TICKETS/ By Arthur Pointer WYLDE AND WOOLY / MR. NOMBO; WE WOULDnY MIND WORKIN' ON YOUR RANCH IP YOU DIDN'T HAVE SO DERN MANY DAIRY COWS. By Bert Thomas / "Just go right imto this builo/mg AfSJD TELL THEM YOU'RE LOST- MOTHER WILL PICK YOU UP WHEM SHE GETS THROUGH SHOPPING." e g s s AND WILL yoU STILL LOVE ME ALVIN, WHEN MY HAIR HAS TURNED' BACK TO BRUNETTE AGAIN 7* BRIGHT INSECTS *pED HAD a week’s vacation and went to the country for the first time. It was the month for light ning bugs and mosquitoes. In two days Ted was home again. “What’s wrong?” he was asked. “Why are you back so soon?” “I’ll tell you,” replied Ted, “it’s bad enough to have to put up with ordinary mo squitoes, but when they start car rying lanterns to hunt you, then it’s time to get out.” PROFESSIONAL ADVICE Two friends met on the street after not having seen each other for some time. One.of them was using crutches. ^ “Hello!” said the other man. “What’s the matter with you?” “Street-car accident” said the man on' crutches. “When did it happen?” “Oh, about six weeks ago.” “And you still have to use crutches?” “Well, my doctor says I could get along without them, but my lawyer says I can’t.” Out of Danger Mr. Newlywed: “Darling, today I insured my life for $50,000 so you will always be provided for.” Mrs. Newlywed: “How clever of ytm, dear. Now you wop’t have to go to that old doctor anymore.” Short Cut Pastor: “Mr. Grump, I have come at the request of your neigh bors. They wish me to help you get the profanity out of your life.” Mr. Grump: “Well, sir, let me tell you that the quickest way to do that is to help me get rid of my wife.” Hard to Hit Myrt: “Did you try those moth balls I recommended?” Marge: “I sure did, but I think I need to take target practice. I spent the whole evening firing those things, and I didn’t down a solitary moth.” Painful Reminder Jealous Wife: “Every time you see a pretty girl you forget that you’re married.” Patient Husband: “On the con trary, my dear, there is nothing that makes me more aware of it.” All Right With Him Parent: “My boy, if you ever hope to marry my daughter you’d better stop taking her to night clubs.” Suitor: “I’m grateful to have you say so, sir. Perhaps you could per suade her to see it your way.” EAST TO PLEASE “We had quite a prominent actor as a guest at our house the other evening.” “Gracious! didn’t you find it hard to entertain him?” “Oh, no, we just handed him a bunch of photographs and a num ber of his own was among them. He amused himself for hours.” FIRST SERVED Hilda, the cook, was given a steak, with instructions to pre pare it for the evening meal. “Mmpf,” she sniffed, “this won’t go far in the family.” At dinner, when the steak was served, it seemed considerably shrunken, and there was not enough for everyone. “What happened to the steak?” Hilda was asked. “1 said there wasn’t enough,” she replied. “Why, as • matter of fact. I’m still hungry.” Fish Killer? Throughout the summer of 1949, instances of fish dying in ponds near cotton fields that had been dusted with the new organic cot ton insect poisons were reported to both the Alabama department of conservation and the agricultur al experiment station. The two org anic poisons reported to have caused the death of fish were toxa- phene and the BHC-DDT mixture. One report of toxaphene killing fish was from the Kilby prison farm near Montgomery. On this farm there was a small fish pond located in a pecan grove that was planted in cotton. When the boll weevil infection became heavy during the early summer, this cot ton field was dusted with 20 per cent toxaphene by airplane. Since the cotton was protected by the pecan trees, it was impost sible to get good dust coverage with an airplane. To overcome this difficulty, the pilot tried swooping down over the pond with the dusk er still working, thereby blowing dust under the trees onto the cot- ton., This dusting was done late one evening and the Warden reported that not only the dust released over the pond but the dust fog from the entire field seemed to settle over the pond after the plane left. The following morning there were large numbers of small * dead fish along the pdnd edge, and many more were in dis tress and diving in deeper waters. The fish continued to die for about 48 hours. When the fish stopped dying, the pond was drained and no live fish were recovered. Death of these fish was assumed to be caused by toxaphene, since it was known that very low concen trations of this material would kill fish. However, there was no infor mation on how toxic this 20-per cent dust form was to fish. To ob tain this much needed information, a number of tests were conducted by the Experiment Station during the summer of 1949. The more common pond fishes, bluegill bream and largemouth black bass, were used in the tests. Results of these experiments showed that six pounds of 20 per cent toxaphene dust (one-half of a normal field application) applied to an average one-acre pond would kill fish. Since this 20 per-cent toxaphene dust was found to be poisonous in f small amounts, it is believed that ■ the drift from dusting large , areas« may , be sufficient to kill fish in nearby bodies of water. It is pos sible that this drift of dust was responsible for the death of fish in most of the cases that were report ed during 1949. AAA Put 'Em Back! If care is exercised in release, most small fish that are “turned back” will live to grow and bite again, say biologists of the Tennes see state game and fish commis sion. Survival-of fish depends'entirely upon ’ the extent of injury. A fish snagged in a vital organ will cer tainly die but those with just mouth injuries can live. In fact, most fish that are hooked have at least a 50*50 chance for survival. Tests have proven that unless the handling is especially severe and prolonged, fish will survive treat ment with dry hands, flopping about on the bank or in a boat and the swift jerk out of the water. Tom Bingham, Tennessee chief of law enforcement, cuts off hooks hopelessly lodged in small fish for he is convinced they can live. The “Chief’ once fished Cumberland Springs Lake frequently and land ed h largemoutji bass weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces. Deeply imbedded in the fish was a hook and short section of line. He knew the fish had been previously snagged by a friend because the hook Was a 1 hand-forged specialty. There have, been other cases of fish living for long periods when attached to plugs, leaders and long lengths of loose line. • A A A Un-Posting Spreads Wisconsin is in with an encour aging report—one that should stim ulate sportsmen in other states to learn the why and wherefore. Wis consin reports that this year—for the first time in many years— land-owners are “un-posting” more streams than are being posted. This is attributed to the state con servation department’s rigidly en forced rule against planting trout within a half-mile of any part of a stream that is posted. 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