The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 31, 1951, Image 5
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1951
I still find people who are sur
prised to learn that camping is
more popular than ever before,
and appeals to a greater variety
of people today than in the past.
Some like to rough it on camp
ing trips, and some like all
the comforts of home. The real
object of camping, however, is
to be as comfortable as possible
with the equipment one can take
along. Only the very young or
the very inexperienced believe
that a person has to be wet, cold,
miserable, ^ hungry and sore to
have pleasure in camping out.
Now the amount of equipment
to insure the utmost comfort
depends upon how you’re going
—foot, canoe, pack train, auto
or plane. Obviously, equipment
must be picked with care be
cause the man who can carry
a 30-pound tent in a car can’t
carry it plus other gear on a
back-packing trip.
The tent is the most impor
tant item in camping equipment.
You will have to decide for
yourself the dimensions of your
tent and the uses to which it
will be put, but there are some
things that veteran outdoorsman
Bill Wolf recommends you look
for: Make sure the material is
well reinforced wherever there
will be strain—at the grommets
(eyelets), where stake loops or
web loops are attached, where-
ever parrels or D-strings are
fastened, and along the ridge. If
you need a ground cloth, a de
tachable one is better than a
sewed-in one.
Next most important single
item in camping is bedding. It
is no problem where cots, blan
kets or sleeping bags can be
carried in a car or plane. But
the ' hiker-camper-canoeist must
consider weight, bulk and warmth.
There’s great variety in sleeping
gear. Best suggestion is to write
to all the advertisers for their
catalogs, compare, and then buy
on this basis: Does it fit you, is
it warm enough, is it what you
need for your special purpose?
Packfr are next on the list.
There’s great variety here, too.
Just remember that a cheaply
made pack is a curse in the
woods. The fittings tear loose
from the canvas, ' the straps
break, the seams burst. A good
pack is an expensive item, but
it will last many, many years.
Look for strong reinforcement in
side and outside the bag, for
sturdy sewing, and for wide and
comfortable shoulder straps.
The thrills of capturing with
rod and reel the largest fresh
water fish on the North Ameri
can continent have been dis
covered by a group of hardy
sportsmen near Lewiston, Idaho,
and a few other places in the
Pacific northwest.
Equipped with salmon or surf-
casting* rods and 100 yards of
100-pound-test nylon lines, these
men have brought in as many
as a dozen sturgeon in a single
day, some ranging close to 150
pounds.
The armor-plated sturgeon can
only be described as hideous. It
is a living fossil, a direct descen-
dent of one of the oldest groups
of fishes. Particularly repulsive
is the long shovel-shaped snout.
The scales are covered with
ganoin, a shiny, thick and ex
tremely hard enamel.
Because the sturgeon is a
scavenger, fishermen are not in
agreement on the best bait, and
even the locations favored by the
fish for feeding are subject to
controversy. However, spiny
lamprey and night crawlers are
quite generally used.
Huge amounts of bait are need
ed to cover the hooks used in
sturgeon fishing. They measure
from one to three inches from
barb to shank. The hooks and
bait are attached to a six-foot
piano-wire leader, heavy sinkers
are attached to another piano
wire about 10 feet from the
hooks.
Any idea that the sturgeon
is a sluggish fish that won’t
fight a hook will be dispelled on
the first try/ according to Idaho
sports writer, Don Paris. Twist
ing and turning to take advantage
of the current, the sturgeon puts
up a real battle. His favorite
tricks include diving to the bot
tom to snarl the line on the
boulders, and using his snout as
a “pry” on the sandy shelves that
mark different water levels.
A tiring sturgeon will leap
from the water and shake his
head like a fighting bass. The
resulting splash hurls water for
yards in every direction. The
flesh is prized as superior in
quality to halibut.
Although a sturgeon’s mouth is
devoid of teeth, it doesn’t pay to
be careless when retrieving a
hook from its throat. One angler
found his wrist and forearm
locked in the viselike grip of a
sturgeon’s tongue against the roof
of its mouth. Unable to get his
other hand inside the mouth to
force the tongue down, he had
to yell for help. His companion
used the handle of an oar to
free him, and the arm was black
and blue for weeks from the
crushing presure.
BLAIR GETS CAPTIANCY
Robert Coleman Blair, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Blair of Blairs
recently received his commission
as Captain in the 8th Infantry
division at Fort Jackson, where
he is stationed.
We will be dosed all day
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd
LABOR DAY
NEWBERRY LUMBER CO.
The Undersigned Banks
will not be open for business
Monday, September 3rd.
Labor Day
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension kiformation Specialist
FREEZE FRE-ftH STUFF
It hasn’t been long since a?
frozen food was a curiosity. Now
they are commonplace.
Freezer - locker plants have
come to many a community. Elec-
tricty has gone to most homes,
and the home freezer is to be
found in many a pantry.
In the horticultural products
laboratory at Clemson Professor
Van Blaricom has worked out
many of the processes for main
taining high quality in frozen
foods.
A committee of authorities
from Clemson and Winthrop
have gotten together the latest
information on the subject of
“Freezing Food for Home Use”,
and it has been published in Ex
tension Bulletin 110, that’s avail
able at your county home demon
stration agent’s office.
Miss Margaret Martin, exten
sion food specialist, says: “Only
garden-fresh fruits and vegetables
and freshly killed meats of high
est quality should be frozen. Only
standard moisture - vapor - proof
packaging materials should be
used. All food must be handled
carefully and frozen quickly at 5
to 10 degrees below zero and
stored at zero degrees.”
GRAIN STORAGE i “
A fine wheat crop back in
June filled just about all of the
safe storage we have in the state.
That wheat will be sold and mill
ed along through the year. But
a good corn crop is now matur
ing in the field. It too will be
needing storage space soon.
Our district agent, J. T. Lazar,
tells me that farmers storing
corn in their new facility at Flor
ence last fall finally realized
twice what they could have got
ten for it at harvest time. That
100,000-bushel storage capacity
there is being doubled.
Estill, Anderson, and Easley are
other places where I saw large
grain storage elevators go up the
past year. And other progressive
centers are now figuring on the
same thing. '
Our grain acreage has doubled
in recent years. And the yield is
up over half. Corn occupies our
greatest acreage. The Clemson
it. And its yield has practically
— A.
doubled. We now grow lupine,
soybean, grass and clover seed in
Plan is being widely applied to
quantity. These often need dry
ing in addition to safe storage.
The drying facilities too are to
be found at these storage places.
All sorts of staple seeds and
grains thus stored safely against
weather and insect damage be
come as dependable and bankable
a security as cotton. And this
whole safe storage program be
comes the very handmaiden of
the diversification that’s growing
in our midst.
SMITHS AND JONSES
In the telephone directory in
Mexico City I found only four
Jones and 12 Smiths.
TURKISH TOBACCCO
Stringing has been the princi
pal bottleneck in the ^production
of aromatic Turkish tobacco. The
men of Clemson have been work
ing on that, along with the ex
perts from Duke and the tobacco
companies. Great progress was
made on this here at Clemson
during the season that is now
closing.
3y a lot of planning, and
mechanizing the process a bit,
the amount of small leaves of this
tobacco that a worker can string
has been increased about ten-fold,
according to J. A. Martin, who
heads up this experimental
work. Artificial •heat is also be
ing used some on cloudy days and
at nights during the curing pro
cess. And experimental work is
underway towards curing all the
way with artificial heat. But so
far the accepted way recommend
ed is mostly sun. curing. However,
Bob Mattison, extension tobacco
specialist in charge of the farm
demonstrations over the state
with this new tobacco, tells me
that at least a dozen growers are
also using artificial heat in cur
ing theirs.
STRANGE
On a hot, still Sunday I was
out in the yard. I heard a great
commotion down in the woods. A
large dead pine was falling. It
hit another dead tree and took
it down too. A weak before we
had a severe wind and rain
storm. Why it didn't go down
then, but did on a perfectly still
day, is a mystery to me.
Holiday
Notice
Monday, September 3rd
Being A
LEGAL HOLIDAY
Labor Day
NEWBERRY J
Federal Savings
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
OF NEWBERRY
Will not be open
For Business
TOWLE
STERLING
is your wisest
investment; its
increasing beauty
through the years
means increasing value
to you. That’s because all
Towle Sterling is solid silver.
Yet it is not expensive. A
Single teaspoon costs
as little as $3.35,
six-piece place
settings start
at $27.50.
AS LITTLE AS
$1 WEEKLY
W.E.
TURNER
JEWELER
UNDERGOES MAJOR
OPERATION
Mrs. C. L. Pless of Cleveland,
Ga., who has been on a visit
here with her mother, Mrs. L. W.
Wilson on Cline street, under
went a major operation in the
Newberry Memorial Hospital
Tuesday morning. She stood the
operation fine and is reported
to be resting comfortably. Mrs.
Pless is a sister of Deputy John
C. Wilson.
WANT ADS
WANTED TO BUY—Iron, Metal
Batteries, Radiators and Rags.
W. H. Sterling, 1708 Vincent
street Phone 731-W 28-th
FOR SALE — Recently painted
seven room house, two baths,
on lot fronting 150 feet on Sum
mer Street. C. E. Saint-Amand
4-TF.
PLUMBING — Noah’s Ark has
plenty of good used bathtubs,
sinks, lavatories, etc. Be thrifty
and get good plumbing too.
Noah’s Ark, Abbeville, S. C.
12-6tc
NOTICE TO CANDIDATES
CITY PRIMARY
Candidates for Mayor, and
Alderman in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
and 6 may now file their Pledges
and pay the entrance fee to
the undersigned secretary. The
dead line for qualifying for the
above offices is September 15,
1951 at 12 o’clock noon. The first
Primary will be held Tuesday,
September 25, Fee for Mayor is
180.00; for Alderman $40. Fee
will be doubled where there is no
opposition, and must be paid di
rectly after the dead line.
Q. F. Armfield, Secretary
City Demmocratic Executive Com
mittee
16-3tc.
WATCH AND
JEWELRY REPAIRS
BROADUS LIPSCOMB
WATCHMAKER
2309 Johnstone Street
WANTED
Reliable sawmill man who
owns complete mill and
logging equipment to
contract sawing’stand of
pine timber located in
Newberry County.
Address reply to:
P. O. BOX 429
Newberry, S. C.
For Expert Repair Bring
Your Radio and Television
—To—
GEO. N. MARTIN
Radio and Television
Service
SALES and SERVIC&
BOYCE STREET
Opposite County Library
24 HOUR SERVICE
Telephone 311
Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions
CARTER’S
Day Phone 719 — Night 6212
NOTICE TO ELECTORS
Your County Registration Certificate is all you
need to vote in the city Primary on September 25.
There will be no enrollment. If you do not have
a Registration certificate you may obtain one
September 3rd at the County Court House. This
be your last chance before the Primary.
.City Democratic Executive Committee
Henry T. Cannon, Chm.
O. F. Armfield, Secy.
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