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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1951
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1218 ColJege Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
By ARMFIELD BROTHERS
Entered as second-class matter December 6. 1937,
at the Fostoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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Scientists'Learning Things
About Effects Of Lighting
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Dr. H. L. F. Shuler
Homer Shuler was one of the
most attractive lads I ever knew.
J3ome years ago I visited the
Shuler home and for nearly two
week I was closely associated
with alt the members of the Godly
household. From that atmosphere
of consecreation came sons and
daughters who have rendered fine
service to the State and the
world, for not only have homes
of true religion been founded by
them but one has carried the
Gospel to Africa.
Homer lives in my fondest
recollection as a bright, clean, re
spectful lad, a boy of promise,
but a modest, industrious young
fellow.
As th§ years passed, Homer
Shuler entered the Methodist min
istry and was honored by Wofford
with the doctorate, signifying the
appreciation of the highest author
ities in Methodism.
I met Dr. Shuler only twice, but
he had not changed except that
he had grown into devoted and
fruitful manhood. As he came
up behind me on both occasions
he greeted me as he did when a
boy. Once when I had talked to
the Rotary Club of Charleston 1
heard the familar greeting.
Here was a man of great pro
mise, yet he was a man of both
attainments and solid achieve
ment. I know little of Dr.
Shuler’s work as superintendent,
preacher and pastor, but I know
that the State has lost a sweet
and gentle spirit, a lover of hu
manity, a Christian gentleman
whose service honored his Lord;
a man whom all could love and
trust. The world is better be
cause Homer Shuler poured out
his heart for his feilowmen.
You’ve heard of the use of
artificial light to stimulate the
production of eggs? Do you sup
pose there is a Question of ethics
involved? Is it exactly the right
thing to make a hen think it is
broad day when the darkness is-. are applying electric light to
so great, so thick so all-envelop
ing, that the whole world out-
of-doors resembles the Stygian
blackness which made the anci
ents of classical renown quake
with fear? Is' it cricket, now?
As our British brethren ask, when
they are in doubt as to fine points
of conduct. Well, not only have
we been grossly deceiving the
hens, but now we practice de
ception on the plants. Of course
you know people who dissolve
aspirin in water for a plant in
order to revive the plant. We
are becoming in the fields of
science as deceptive as we some
times are in selling to one
another.
All this is now attracting at
tention everywhere; so much
so that The Wall Street Journal
devotes a full column to it under
the heading “Let There be Light
and Crop Output Will Soar.” I
quo.te that interesting article:
“Agriculture Department scient
ists ofer this way to boost pro
duction of farm ^products and
animals—just flip on an electric
switch and let them bask in the
light.
The scientists have been study
ing the science of light’s effect on
plant and animals. They’ve come
up with a variety of practical ap
plications for dickering with the
day-night cycle. Here are a few
examples: By turning on lights at
the proper time and place, the
iarm scientists claim, chrysan
themums can be made to bloom
at will; onions can be grown
where they wouldn’t grow before;
goats give more milk.
The most popular example is
the use of lights to boost egg
production during the winter
months, when chickens are con
fined indoors. Some say the light
ing makes the cacklers eat more,
but the Agriculture Department
men disagree. They claim the
higher production—usually rang
ing between 10% and 19%—comes
about due to some sort of chemi
cal stimulant which the hens
absorb from under the bright
lights. Studies on the question
are just getting under way.
The department recently open
ed a new underground room at
Beltsville which is lighted by
more than 100 fluorescent lamps
and regular type bulbs. Here,
the effects of light on growth of
soybeans and barley are being
watched closely.
The work on soybeans already
has had an effect on sugar output
in Hawaii, where some producers
their crops for a week to 10
days between seasons. This pre
vents flowering, so the plants
continue producing new leaves
for sugar manufacture and new
joints of cane for its storage.
Not all plants profit by addition
al light. Some such as tobacco
and coffee, do better when cover
ed with cloth canopies or slatted
sun shields. Some . crops, such
as cotton and tomatoes, hardly
respond to special light treat
ment at all.
The study of light effects on
animals has draggeu behind that
on plants, but enough is known
to convince scientists that ab
sorption of light radiation is im
portant to them. With certain
animals, alteration of the hours
of daylight decidedly affected
molting and fur growth. Indi
cations are that the pelts of foxes
and mink, for instance, could be
brought into prime condition
earlier than normal.
Several department experiment
stations are working on using
lamps and electrical traps to
possibly control crop insects.
While this work has not prhgress-
ed far enough to recommend its
use yet to farmers, scientists
hope eventually to stop such
scourges as the cotton boll worm
and corn borer by attracting them
to light and catching them.
New discoveries will be put to
work when nailed down, officials
say, for example, will be lighted
up, though wheat, oats and barley
all profit by long days. Light is
still used ip experiments on
wheat, because it causes various
types to bloom simultaneously
and also produces three crops a
year.
For some special crops, electric
light is considered practical to
use over large areas.
The use of electric light is ex
pected to be of value to many
food and chemical industries in
experiments, partly because they
may be controlled better than in
ordinary daylight.
Plants are expected to be used
more for interior decoration—
offices and schools, as well as
homes—as soon as more is known
about what controlled light could
do for them.”
That seems a bit queer, doesn’t
it? Cotton thrives in the sun;
cotton absorbs a lot of heat;
and cotton rejoices especially dur
ing hot nights, nights so hot that
neither man nor 'beast can sleep.
So we who live in the land of
cotton and tobacco may wonder.
The South Carolina tobacco, com
monly known as flue-cured, is not
covered; it absorbs the heat; as
suredly cotton does so; the more
heat and the dryer the weather
the more likelihood of a bumper
crop.
Scotty’s Castle! I had heard
about it; four years ago, perhap^,
I read quite an article about the
fabulous castle in the Death
Valley of California, but I thought
very little of it and certainly
never expected to see it. I quote
a dispatch from Las Vegas, Nev.
that The News & Courier carried
some days ago. “Old friends didn’t
forget Death Valley Scotty on his
76th birthday. They rallied round
the old desert rat in his room
at Southern Nevada Memorial
Hospital for a milk celebration
topped by the unveiling of three
cakes yesterday. One was pre
sented by Walter Webb of the
Gospel Foundation of California.
The gospel .foundation was set up
by the late finanqier Albert John
son, who also was Scotty’s back
er and the man who Jmilt the $2,-
000,000 castle for him in Death
Valley. Scotty — he was born
Walter Scott in Cynthiana, Kas.,
in 1875—also received a roomful
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of flowers from admirers. TT1
be up soon,’ Scotty told his well-
wishers. Dr. E. Basse Wallace
reserved comment. Scotty is suf
fering from a type of arthritis—
circulatory trouble that causes
pain and swelling in his feet.
It was while on the trip to
California with my friend and
buddy, George Brutsch of Sumter
sometimes known as “The
Admiral,” because of his associa
tion with the Navy, that I saw the
Castle.
George “purposed in his heart,”
as Daniel did, to see the Grand
Canyon, the ghost town of Tomb
stone, Arizona, Scotty’s Castle,
and the revivalist Minister of
Hollywood. And friend George,
like Abraham of old, when he
set out for the land of Canaan,
into the land of Canaan he came.
So, with George: he landed at
all the places he set out “for to
see,” save only Reno,—which he
missed considerable margin.
Missing places was quite charact
eristic of us on that trip: I was
acting as pilot when we entered
New Orleans, but could not locate
Canal Street. Mr. Brutsh wander
ed all over the plains and cow
trails of Texas, trying to find the
glamorous City of Houston.
* It was a pleasant day when we
fared forth in brave and adven
turesome spirit to beard old Scot
ty in his den. We traveled miles
and miles and miles through
the desert, though on a paved
road. We saw mirages, too, rip
pling rivers where no water was,
just the deceptive play of light
on a desert feet below sea-level.
(250 ft. above sea level)
Scotty’s Castle is today a show
place, a museum of the fancy of
a dreamer, for Scotty doesn’t live
there; he lives a short distance
beyond, coming- to the Castle at
night, from time to time.
A considerable part of the two
millions spent there was due to
the enormous cost of transporting
materials to such a remote site.
Scotty’s dream did not impress
me more than the dream of a
friend in Anderson County who
built his home with a golden
dome, in fulfillment of a dream
of his youth.
PENGUIN PALS!
These two seem to have a lot In
common. Like the little penguin,
this pert model goes “formal” for
swimming. Her trim cotton swim
suit by Juniorite in stark black and
white pique has straight princess
lines and a full-dress tucked white
bib front with black tie. The Na
tional Cotton Council reports that
pique is a favorite fabric for sports
outfits this summer.
Leadership Training
School Plans Made;
Rev. Rice Is Dean
The Rev. C. J. Rice dean of the
Little Mountain Leadership Train
ing School announces final plans
for the school to be held October
29 through November 9. The
school is sponsored by the New
berry Conference and the Upper
Dutch Fork section of the Central
Conference.
Selected to preside over the
overall program are the Rev.
Paul G. McCullough, chairman;
Mr. Rice, dean; the Rev. John D.
Zeigler, registrar; W. A. Ballen-
tine, treasurer, and Mrs. Burke M.
Wise, pianist.
The following will serve as de
votional leaders.
No Permits Available
To Solicitors During
Red Feather Drive
Cliff Graham, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, declared
that no solicitation permits will
be issued by the chamber from
October eighth v to October 20th.
This decision was made' by the
solicitation control committee of
the chamber in order that canvas
sers for the Community Chest
drive would not be hampered in
their efforts during this period.
The Rev. Horace J. C. Ldndler,
the Rev. J. L. Mayer, the Rev.
Voigt K. Kleckley, the Re^. L. L.
Swygert, the Rev. J. L. Drafts and
the Rev. Ernest K. Counts.
Americans love a King; we are
keenly interested in Britain’s
King George the Sixth who has
undergone a serious operation.
While we are thinking pf the
King we are hoping that the
psesenc Socialist government of
Britain will be defeated in the
election soon to be held.
Britain is a land of traditions,
but the great tradition of indiv
idual work and worth has had a
rude shock by the introduction
of Socialism. The Government
of Britain controls and operates
the Coal mines, the Rail Roads,
the Electric Power Companies,
the Steel works, etc. The record
proves that a Nation’s business
requires not only special know
ledge and special capability, but
it requires the urge and push of
individual responsibility. That
comes from individual ownership
and the hope of reward for ex
ceptional work and achievement.
Socialism is a blight and a
calamitous perversion. Many ex
cellent people are Socialists and
there are probably some ex
cellent people who are Commu
nists. They are misguided and
on the wrong road, however sin
cerely some may believe in the
now “isms”.
Socialism and Communism are
not new “isms;” they have been
tried throughout the ages; and
they have failed to develop en
during civilizations.
Singularly enough, while the
King of Great Britain is conserva
tive, he is head of a Socialist
government. And every order
taking ever Rail Roads or mines,
or anything else, is done in his
name and by his signature, there
fore with his consent. That
springs from the peculiarity of
Britain’s government. The King
reigns but he doesn’t rule. In
this country our President has
vast powers %,nd by misusing the
position can become virtually a
dictator. In Great Britain the
actual government, the real
authority, the full executive power,
is exercised by the Cabinet. The
Cabinet is not composed of fav
orites of the King; he can’t ap
point any buddies of skill at
poker, or men who ' tell good
stories: the King must appoint a
Cabinet that represents the Politi
cal Party in power. If the Cabi
net does not enjoy the support of
Parliament the Cabinet must re
sign. The King is above all that;
he exercises no authority, so he
can do no wrong. Anything wrong
is always chargeable to the Min
ister—or the Cabinet. When the
Cabinet is voted down or, as now,
has a very small margin and is
afraid it cannot command the sup
port of the House of Commons, it
orders a new election, hoping to
have a larger support from newly
elected men. That’s what Is caus
ing the elections soon to be held.
The King is the symbol of the
Nation, that is all.
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