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Farm Safety Week Observance in July Fifteen Simple Rules Of Safety Outlined National Farm Safety Week will be observed in the United States during the week of July 23-29. The annual losses represented by farm accidents and fires are esti mated around one billion. To re duce this enormous loss, 15 simple rules are outlined for Farm Safety Week: 1. Keep walkways and steps in good repair, unobstructed and well lighted; 2. Keep ladders in good re pair and easily accessible in case of emergency; 3. Always stop a machine before unclogging, oiling, NADONAiMRJM SAFETY WEEK JULY 23-29,1950 or adjusting. Keep all machine guards and safety devices in place; 4. Don’t wear loose and floppy clothes around machinery; 5. Start tractors smoothly and turn corners •lowly—avoid ditch banks and soft ground—always hitch to the draw bar; 6. Speak to animals when ap proaching them. Keep them calm by acting with calm self assurance yourself; 7. Always keep bulls in safe bull pens. Never handle bulls unless they are properly restrained; ft. Know and obey all traffic laws; ft. Keep your back straight and lift heavy loads with your leg muscles; 10. Use the right tools for the job- make sure they are in good condi- tion—keep them in a safe place; 11. Give prompt attention to even minor Injuries; 12. Keep guns unloaded except when actually using them; IS. Don’t use kerosene to start fires; 14. Don’t smoke around the barn; 15. Never swim alone. Never dive into water without first determining the depth. Boe Safer Than Spray For Gardens, Report The U. S. department of agricul ture advises against using a chem ical weed killer in the home garden to avoid more damage than gain to the vegetable crop. In a recent bulletin, the depart ment reported spraying with chem ical weed killers is effective and a work-saver if do\e with care to avoid injury to vegetables. In the home garden^ rows are close and several of the favorite garden crops—tomatoes and beans, for example—are highly sensitive to weed killing chemicals. In a family-sized garden the job of using a hoe or cultivator would probably take less time than to spray with a weed killer since the chemical must be precisely meas ured and mixed and the equipment thoroughly cleaned afterwards, the department pointed out Back-Saving Brush One of the hardest jobs of the housewife is scrubbing, as it necessitates her getting on her knees. Use a labor-saving helper and obviate that everlasting scrub bing floors on the knees, it is made at an ordinary 2% by 10-inch fibre brush by attaching a block of wood to Hie top. The block is inches thick and 2% inches wide and 0 indies long at the bottom and bev- eled to 7 inches at the top. The cor ners are rounded. After the block is planed it is attached to the brush at both ends. Learn, Obey Farm Safety Rules, NFSW Theme The background for National Farm Safety Week, to be observed July 23 to 29, is a picture blacker than it need be. It indudes an an nual 17,500 fatalities from accidents, and 1,500,000 disabling injuries. Al so about 35,000 buildings are de stroyed by fire. The annual loss, much of it preventable, is estimated at about one billion dollars. “Learn and Obey Farm Safety Rules’* is the theme. THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. 1 — — 8 — GOOD CITIZEN Jury Duty Chance for Front-Row View of U. S. Justice at Work ■1 QQlAl DR DII77IC lAS1 wreKS J JJVY nil r ullLl ANSw£,, # This Is the third of a series of 10 articles from the booklet “Good Citi zen” published by The American Her itage Foundation concerning the rights and dnties of an American. The second promise of a good cit izen: I will serve on a jury when asked. When you receive a notice of jury duty, your first reaction may be, “Brother, how can I get out of this?” It interferes with your work or leisure. It’s a lot of trouble. The pay is chicken feed. Yet anyone who dodges respon sibility or jury duty digs his little spadeful away from the foundation of one of our country’s broadest freedoms. The obligation to serve on a jury is the reverse side of the right of trial by jury. When you sit in a jury box and look at the accused on the stand, how can you fail to say, “There, but for the grace of God, go I?” Or, when listening to the two sides of a damage suit, how can you fail to say, “What if I were in the same fix?” A jury of 12 impartial, open- minded men and women, a little cross section of the community, under oath, is every man’s protec tion against injustice, individual prejudice, intolerance and perse cution. • • • JURY DUTY is a chance to have a front-row view of how our demo- By INEZ GERHARD I LONA MASSEY, has had exper ience in playing a beautiful spy; she did it in two movies, “Inter national Lady” and “Invisible Agent.” So her role in the new NBC Monday night series, “Top Secret,” is right up her alley. It is based on the actual experiences of a spy whom she knows, but who could not possibly be so beautiful as Dona. You’ve heard her sing in “Balalaika” and “Rosalie”; she has fun as a comedian in her latest picture, the Marx Brothers’ “Love Happy.” By the time you read this she may have publicly announced that the marvellous new ring she wears on her left hand means that marriage is in the of fing; as yet she hasn’t admitted it. Porter Hall, the character star, has a nice, meaty role in Para mount’s “Ace in the Hole,” starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling. Laid in Albuquerque, N. M., it is the story of a big-time newspaper reporter who hits the skids, then sees a chance for a comeback while covering the story of a man impris oned below ground. Hall plays the newspaper editov. Bandmaster Paul Lavalle and his “Band of America” will make a 15-minute recording of American marches for the State Department’s “Voice of America.” It will be re leased in Italy, with Lavalle doing the commentary, in Italian. cratic justice is administered. You may have wondered why jus tice moves so slowly and why so much expense is justified in some times minor cases. From your seat in the jury box you will gain a new and com forting real ization that the system of pleas, rules of evi dence, ob jections, ex ceptions and legal briefs and arguments, com plicated as it is, gives time and op portunity for the slightest ray of possible innocence to shine out— for the truth to prevail beyond the shadow of any reasonable doubt. Lack of familiarity may have given you a distorted view of court room procedure, and a fear or dis like of courts in generaL Jury duty gives you a new insight into the reasons for the many happen ings of the courtroom which can not fail to send you home a better citizen. There are three kinds of juries on which you might be called to serve: The grand jury’s function is to hear complaints of the commission of an offense and to inquire, by aid of testimony presented by the dis trict attorney, whether there are “prima facie,” that is, “at first view,” grounds for criminal pros ecution. It functions, therefore sole ly in criminal courts. • » • IN A FEW states the grand jury may be done away with, even in murder cases, and the charges may thus be brought by the prosecutor, to avoid delays incident to grand jury hearings. A trial jury, petit jury or com mon jury is used in all cases except when the accused elects to be tried by the court or is charged with only a “petty offense.” It functions only after the grand jury has returned an indictment against the accused. Witnesses are presented both by the prosecuting officer in the behalf of the state or commonwealth and by the attorney for the defendant. THE PETIT or common jury is employed in civil cases, except where the issue is one of such a nature that the case may be de cided by the court (judge) without a jury. The procedure is much the same as in a criminal case, except that the district or state’s attorney has no connection with it. Private citizens, and not the state or com monwealth, are the prosecutors in a civil suit, except where the state has a civil interest, as in a tax case, for example. A coroner’s jury is impaneled by the coroner to help decide facts surrounding death of one or more persons when there is cause to believe that death may have re sulted from a criminal act. The coroner acts as presiding judge, has the power to call witnesses and may place suspected persons under bond to await grand jury action. This article is Chapter S ef the boeklet “Good Citisen” produced by the American Heritage Foundation, sponsors of the freedom train. A complete book may be obtained by sending 25 ce-nts to the American Heritage Foundation, 17 East 45th Street, New York, N. Y. ACROSS 1. Mix 5. Edible rootstock 9. Game played on horseback 10. Greek poet 11. Lassies 12. Witchcraft 14. Any place of bliss 16. Author of “The Wand ering Jew” 17. Elevated train (shortened) 15. Shield 20. Personal pronoun 21. Stitches 24. Pile 26. Decree 28 A pan of a balance 31. Sailors 33. Recognize 34. Ahead 36. Bamboolike grass 38. Exist 39. June-bug 41. Run away 44. Movable barriers 46. Christmas songs 47 Turn about a fixed point 48 Monkey (So. Am.) 49. Shade trees 50. Girl’s name DOWN 1. Slopped over 2. Early Eng lish political party 3. Troubles 4. Girl’s nickname 5. British private soldiers 6. Topaz hum ming-bird 7. Equips 8. Hatred 11. Web-footed birds 13. Letter C 15 Exclama tion of disgust 19. Bag 22. Humor 23. Wound mark 25 KetUe 27. Long locks 29. Medicinal plant 30. Pitchers 32. Dry, as wine 34. Strange 35. Rope with running knot 37. 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But it gave him the idea nevertheless; it was either a matter of paying to have the thing repaired, or sell it, and as Si was a hard-shelled old New England Yankee of the first water, the idea of paying for any thing went against the grain. He waited a month and then dropped over to his neighbor, Asa Gardeners. “How’s that?” said Asa, regard ing Si in astonishment. “Sell the town that rickety old windmill? Sell it? Why, you blasted old highway robber! It’s a wonder we ain’t got out an injunction agin you long ago fer defacin’ the landscape. ’ SI reddened to his ears. “Rickety old windmill! Yon callin’ my windmill rickety? Dang yon, Ase, you’re plumb onromantic and onsentimeatal.’* “It’s time it was torn down and drug off then,” said Asa. “It’s clut tering up the scenery.” The next day Si went down town and tackled other prominent citi- BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Uncle Charlie, Delancey Street Machiavelli, Sets a Trap By BILLY ROSE My Uncle Charlie is a man like this: Do him a favor and you’ve got—or are stuck with—a friend for life. For instance . . . Forty years ago when Charlie married my Aunt Frieda and moved Into a flat on Allen street, things were so tough that they seldom knew where their next boiled potato was coming from, and the couple would have gone hungry many a night had it not been for a kindly baker on De lancey street named Schultz who occasionally slipped them a bag of stale bread. Later, when my uncle got a Job and began bringing home a fairish buck, he kept up his' friendship with Schultz, and to this day if my aunt so much as buys an onion roll from another bak er he’ll shout, “In- gratenik! You’re nipping the hand that once was feed ing us!" A couple of months ago, Charlie finally got a chance to square up his long-stand ing debt when a Viennese gentleman named Dunkel- meyer opened a bakeshop a few doors away from Schultz’s run down establishment. It was quite a layout—newly-fixtured, complete with chromium counters and, as if that weren’t enough, an hermetic ally-sealed display window out- Billy Rose lined with neon tubing. * » * SHORTLY AFTER ne opened, the Viennese began to spread it around that his competitor used unsanitary methods and that the raisins in his cupcakes sometimes had wings. This, of course, was hitting below the breadbasket, but It brought results and, as of s few weeks ago, the old baker’s shop was as deserted as • nightclub at noon. "What you’re needing to stop this Jakie-Come-Lately,” my Un cle Charlie told his friend one day, "is public relations.” "Won’t do no good,” said Schultz. "Even my private rela tions are buying from DunkeL meyer.” “Then advertise,” said Charlie. “I am recommending Battstein, Bartstein, Durstein and—pardon the expression—Osborn.” “Four fellas for one job?” said the old baker. “Who could afford it?" “Besides, you should fix up your window. For instance, lay out the bagels like an American flag.” “Waste of time,” said Schultz, “but I got another idea. This Dun- kelmeyer is using, machines to mix his dough and maybe your wife, Frieda, could talk it around that on his rolls he is sprinkling metal filings instead of poppy seeds.” “Too big a risk,” said my uncle. “Dunkelmeyer could answer back that there is fingernails in your pumpernickeL” “So what?” said Schultz. “Bet ter a fingernail than nuts and bolts.” • • • THE NEXT EVENING as the old man was closing the store. Charlie asked to borrow his keys. “Maybe with the cellar key,” he said, “1 could get into Dunkel- meyer’s basement?” “On this block,” said Schultz, “the locks are mostly the same. But what business you got in his basement?” “It came to me a thought,” said my uncle, “but don’t worry, I’U be delicate like a ladyfinger.” That night happened to be Saturday and Delancey street— the Champs Elysees of thi East Side—was a-hop with window- shoppers, and around 10 a crowd began to mob Dunkelmeyer’t window. And small wonder— two mice were mbbling at the groom on top of a seven-layer wedding cake, while a third peeped in shy ecstacy from be hind the bride’s wedding dress. When the gogglers were 10 deep, Charlie elbowed his way to the window. “Is on account Dunkel meyer has his mixing machines in the cellar,” he explained to the crowd. “In them the mice are building jnests.” Well, that did it, and a few days later when my uncle breezed into his friend’s shop, the Dutchman kissed him on both cheeks. “Dunkelmeyer is kaput,” he said. “It wasn’t ethics, but tt brought back the customers.” “Up-to-date public relations,” said Charley modestly. "How you drilled a hole from the cellar up to Dunfcelmeyer’s win dow I can understand,” said Schultz, “but where did you get the mice in such a hurry?” “Simple,” said my uncle. T -set a cage-trap in your pantry next to the cheese strudeL” “How’s that?” said Aaa, re garding Si in astonishment. “Sell the town that rickety old windmill?” zens. But he was too late. Asa Gardener had, apparently, thought Si’s idea about the best joke he’d heard in years, and had proceeded to let every one in on it. Worst of all, Mapleridge’s citizenry saw eye to eye with the selectman. They were easily amused. Si came home in a rage. He was seriou4 in his idea about erecting the windmill on the village green. Why, they were even talk ing about getting a court order to make him tear it down. H they succeeded it would cost him some money. The thought was griping. It is necessary to note that coincidence played a big part in the events that transpired during the next week. For it was coinci dence, most assuredly, that caused J. Allan Brown, philanthropist, public-spirited citizen of Boston, Mass., to pen the letter that set all Mapleridge agog. The letter was directed to S. Kent. He opened it in the postoffice, with half a dozen curious citizens standing idly by. Within an hoar every resi dent of Mapleridge knew that the great J. Allen Brown had spotted Si Kent’s windmill, and wanted to buy It for 51500 to add to a collection of American relics he was making. TT TOOK MAPLERIDGE about ^ half' day to grasp the signifi cance of all this, and then thing! began to happen. A special town meeting was held. Speeches were made to the effect that Si Kent’s windmill was certainly a landmark and it would be a shame to have it moved off to some museum. Why, Si himself had suggested erecting it on the village green. A committee was appointed to see Si the very next mofning. “What?” said Si. “Give yon My windmill? After the way yon talked? Dang yon, get off in my property! Git of fin it afore I have yon throwed off!” The committee withdrew to the sidewalk and consulted. Presently they returned. Bert Englewood, a lawyer who was con sidered quite an orator, made a speech. He wound up by offering $2000 cash for the windmill, and Si weakened. Triumphantly the committee with drew and Si went back into his house. He closed the door and be gan to laugh, which was almost a phenomenon. Sara, his wife, looked at him in astonishement, and Si said: “It’s nothing, Sara, nothin’. Only it’s a lucky thing fer me them folks didn’t insist on me showin* ’em that letter from J. Allen. Why, there wan’t nothin’ on it but a lot of serib- blin, I done mysef.” Carp A channel catfish bait that is be coming increasingly popular is the so-called cut, or chunk bait. It is made by filetting carp, cut ting the fillets into strips two to three inches long and about an inch wide. The carp strips are put into a jar and let stand two or three days in cool weather, or a few hours in hot weather. Channel catfish find this bait t» resistible. Simple Sundress Is Cooling as a Breeze 8593 *•14 yrj. |By JIM RHODY Tips to Anglers When you catch that big one this summer you probably will wonder what procedure you should follow to have it mounted A few simple precautions can be taken by you which will insure a perfect speci men hanging on the wall of your den or living room. First of all, most taxidermists prefer to receive a fish unskinned so they can make a cast of it. There are times, however, when this fe not v possible so the best thing to do is place your fish on a piece of paper after it’s caught and run a pencil around it carefully to obtain an accurate outline. Be sure to make note? on color. Next step is to cut open the side, not the belly. If you have made an outline the skin can be removed. Be very careful about this operation. A little patience will pay big divi dends. Fins should be separated at the base from the body with a sharp knife or other instrument. Grease should be scraped off and then the skin can be spread and rubbed down with salt on the inner side only. Let the skin lay until the next day then roll it up in a piece of paper and ship to tne taxidermist in a box or tin can with air holes. The specimen also will keep for several weeks in thi* manner. Remember to enclose your notes and sketch with the ship ment. AAA Hooking Earthworms ' There are several effective meth ods for hooking earthworms to entice trout, and it’? a matter of individual preference by the fish erman which he uses. All methods that take trout leave most of the worm free of the hook so that the bait has plenty of wriggle. One of the most effective methods is to hook the worm by passing the point and barb just beneath the skin of the unsegmented band (cli- tellum), which is located about a third of the length of the worm from the fa^ad end. This band is somewhat greater in diameter than the remainder of the worm, which makes hooking in this manner quite easy and the worm remains lively longer than when hooked deeply. v When a fisherman has small worms and the trout seem to pre fer a banquet, two worms can be hooked in the above manner, one from the head end and one from the tail end of the clitellum. Short shank hooks with a round or “model perfect” bend with straight point have been proven better than the rolled-in point style hooks so popular with bait fishermen. AAA Swimming Safety Lakes and streams furnish recre ation for thousands of fishermen, boatmen, and swimmers, but they are also the scene of almost daily drownings, mostly caused by care lessness. The American Red Cross sug gests the following hints on water safety: Wait an hour or two after eating before going in swimming. Don’t stay in water after becoming tired. Swim only in supervised swimming places. Don’t overesti mate the distance you are able to swim. River currents are danger ous; don’t try to buck them. Use the safest method possible to res cue a person in trouble in the water; use a boat or throw some floating object if possible. AAA Nightcrawler Care Nightcrawlers or “dew worms,” the granddaddy of all our angle- worms, are easy to catch but hard for some fishermen to keep for long periods. To do that, place a tight wooden box or tub in a cool place, pre ferably a basement. Fill the tub with dry, florist’s moss (inexpen sive and obtainable at most green houses), throw in a handful of dry commeal or oatmeal, dump in a gallon or two of nightcrawlers, and your worm problems will be solved for the entire summer. With this little care, the worms may be held in perfect condition for late sum- rper fishing. AAA New Atlantic Record Another new Atlantic record has been hung up. Askel Wichfield boated a 845- pound Mako shark at Bimini on a 3^)bread Cortland Supercutty linen. This same salt water angler and same line teamed up to bring in the new world’s record blue marlin last June, also at Bimini. AAA Chunks for Cats Delightfully Cool S IMPLE, cool-as-a-breeze sun dress to delight a miss gf six to 14. Narrow eyelet makes a pretty trim on waist top and pocket; brief bolero makes a nice cover-up. • • • Pattern No. 8593 la a sew-rite perfo rated pattern for.sixes 6, 8, 10, IS and 14 S ears. Size 8. dress, yards of 35 or 39- ich; bolero, % yard; eyelet trim, 1% yards. The spring and stunner FASHION Is filled with ideas for smart, easily made summer stgleiy special fabric news; free Him mild can a cigarette be? MORE PEOPLE SMOKE CAMELS than any oilier cigarette! attd among the n’fltoas mho do— Patricia! Musical - comedy ■tar: “Of all testa, the Camel 30-Day Test made sense to me! Smoking Camels regularly proved to me how mild a cigarette can be 1” pattern pri inside the book. 35 eents. x Lipstick When a man in Del Monte, Calif., found a small metal con tainer labeled ’’Dynamite,” ha called the sheriff’s office. A dep uty gingerly opened the tube, found—lipstick. “Dynamite,” it seems, is the name of the shade. Pi mm gig •rons yr—ur otf •ooooooooooooool >1 - ^ ! 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Frost with— » Add: 2 egg* ft squares i Vi cup mflk SINGER ICING: Combine 2 epp whites, Ift cups super, ft tea spoon salt, K teaspoon cream of tartar end % cup water in top of double boiler over boiling water. Beat with a rotary beater 7 min utes or until icing “peaks.” Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and M cup chopped crystallized ginper. Spread on cake and top with ad ditional i chopped ginger. SNOliVDRIFT