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Wolf tells of such a contest held annually near his home. Merchants and individuals donate prizes and there are so many that the officials had to in vent categories. There were prizes for the fattest boy angler, the pret tiest girl, the smallest child, the one who came the greatest dis tance. All a child had to do was catch a fish to win something The event was held at a dam across a creek flowing through a park. It had been stocked with 800 bluegills and 100 carp for the occasion. It was a big event and a good time was had by all, especially the self-congratulatory adults—but have you ever watch ed such a kids’ event? The entire emphasis was on catching some thing somehow, and not on teach ing the children anything about fishing or sportsmanship. It was a greedy race to see who could kill a fish to win a baseball bat or a wagon, Fish and fishing became a means to an end, rather than an end in themselves, and it would be a smart child, indeed, who learned about sportsmanship from such an event. And another thing—it is illegal to plant carp in that stat^ Yet the persons who ran the contest, knowing nothing of fishing or such laws, stocked the creek with carp. Such contests, unfortunately, are becoming very common across the nation. It is almost sacrilege to say, as Wolf does, that such contests are so much bumcombe and should be abolish ed. They do not teach a child any thing about fishing. They do learn a bit about cheating and poor sportsmanship, and regard fish as something to be caught to win a prize. I believe a child should be taken fishing and instructed individual ly—when it is old enough to take care of -itself along a stream or on water, when it is capable enough not to be a nuisance to the adult, and when it can take care of its own tackle. Anything else is misery for the adult, as the contest managers often learn. aijafei t* l% ' \ If- • j I i HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR COAL SUPPLY LATELY? Don’t take chances with the weather! A sudden severe cold snap could cause great discomfort if you don’t have plenty of fuel on hand. We recommend It’s purified, washed clean of impu rities, packed with heat. Burns clean, lasts longer, requires less attention. Phone for a load today! Insist or; PATSY! m d orcK.iv\LLi FOR DUSTLESS DELIVERY 0 Look for the Patsy seal on your delivery ticket. Farmers Ice <&* Fuel Co. » Phone 155 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE SEVEN Williamston Has A Modern Abraham By J. E. KIRBY (In Anderson Independent) WILLIAMSTON, Jan. 24 — In 1941, Watts Patton Boiter of Wil liamston set up a stone by a tree and made this woodland spot his place of daily prayer and com munication with God. For several months, no one but his family khew of his altar in the woods on his farm between Wil liamston and Belton. One day the j pastor of Gossett Memorial Bap tist Church ■where Mr. Boiter is a member, visited in the home and suggested that they pray togeth er. Mr. Boiter, in turn suggested that they go to his altar in the woods to hold prayer. “From that day,” he says, “it has been a public altar.” The one stone Mr. Boiter set up has been hidden by hundreds of others piled* around the tree by t£ose who have come here to pray. “I want to see this rock pile grow,” the modern Abraham says. “Every rock added fneans another soul has been prayed for. I want everybody that loves God to come and share this altar with me and my friends.” Mr. Boiter visits this altar, and five others on his farm, each day, averaging about six visits daily. Mrs. Boiter accompanies him when she is able, and his little spotted dog always goes along, waiting quietly while its master kneels and prays. One group which visits the Rock Altar regularly is the pastor of Gossett Memorial Church and its deacons. They come here early every Sunday morning to pray for guidance and success in the ser vices to be held later in the day Other visitors come from Wil liamston, Pelzer, White Plains Cheddar, Liberty, Easley .Pickens Central and other nearby commun ities. One man from Bessemer Ala., stops by the altar occasion ally. Mr. Boiter says. Mr. Boiter, 7,2 years old, has lived around Williamston most of his life. A bone infection when he was four years old left him crip pled > in one leg, but his affliction has not marred his jtaith or friend liness in man. or his devotion to God. He is a mild-mannered man with a sparkle In his eye, proud of his family and friends. On Jan. 11 this year, he and Mrs. Boiter celebrated their golden wed ding anniversary. “My Rosa has been a great help to me; she goes with me to the altar when she is able. It means a lot to have a Christian companion to walk beside you down the road of life, I thank God for her,” is his commendation of his mate. The Bolters have two daughters, “both of whom love the Lord and are a blessing to their parents,” the father proudly says. They are Mrs. W. Mack Morris and Mrs. George W. McCall, both of Pelzer. They are proud, too, of their three grandsons, W. Mack Harris Jr., Williamston; Joseph Robert Har ris of Dalton, Ga.; Timothy Boiter Harris of Pelzer, and their great- grandson, Joseph Robert Harris, Jr. In the last three years, Mr. Boiter has not missed a single day visiting his altars. One winter day, ice bowed limbs of the trees so around the Rock Altar that he had to crawl in on his hands and knees to reach it. He prayed that day as any other and continues to go there every day for communi cation with the God who means so much to him. Coffee-Raisin Pilau Is a Delicious Dessert Bill Would Hike Fishing License Fee In State COLUMBIA, Jan. 24—A bill that would abolish special fishing licenses in South Carolina and hike the price of regular fishing licenses from $1.10 and $3.10 Is to be introduced in the House by Rep. W. N. Clinkscales of Anderson. Clinkscales said that the mea sure has been prepared and that he expects to introduce it within the next few days. Besides being required to buy the regular state fishing license at $1.10, persons desiring to fish in places such as Buzzard Roost, Lake Murray, Santee Cooper and other places, must buy a special license, for each place. Clinkscales pointed out that there are six places in the state for which special licenses are re quired. “That means that if you want to fish in all you must pay $7.70,” he said. He proposes to abolish the spe 4 cial license and allow persons to fish anywhere on the $3.10 license. Persons in the armed forces would not be required to buy a fishing license. A trip to tho moon may become possible within the next ten years, seme scientists report, but it will be a rocket, not man. that-makes the trip. BY DOROTHY MADDOX TVD you ever have pilau? It is a concoction of rice, spice and a varying number of other ingredients that range from meat and fish to fruits and nuts. Try the following dessert pilau. Your family will love it > COFFEE-RAISIN PILAU (Yield: 6 servings) One package pre-cooked rice, regular strength coffee, % cup golden raisins, Vz cup chopped walnuts, % teaspoon salt. Vs teaspoon nutmeg, Vz cup brown sugar firmly packed, 1 cup heavy cream, whipped. Prepare pre-cooked rice according to package directions, using coffee instead of water. Stir in remaining ingredients except cream. Mix well. Cool. Fold in whipped cream, reserving enough for gar nishing. Spoon into i sherbet glasses. Top with remaining whipped cream and chopped walnut meats. Everybody likes upside-down,gingerbread. Try it with pineapple or pears. PINEAPPLE-UPSIDE-DOWN GINGERBREAD (Yield: t servings)'' Two tablespoons butter or margarine, % cup molasses, % cup sugar, 6 slices canned pineapple, 6 maraschino cherries. Melt butter or margarine in an 8 x 8 x 2-inch pan. Blend in mo lasses and sugar; heat just to boiling point Over this arrange pine apple and cherries; set aside until gingerbread batter is mixed. GINGERBREAD BATTER One and one-half cups sifted enriched flour. Vs teaspoon salt % teaspoon double-acting baking powder, % teaspoon ginger, % teaspoon nutmeg, Va teaspoon doves, H cup shortening, % cup sugar, Vz teaspoon soda, Vz cup molasses, 1 egg, Vz cup sour milk. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (moderate). Sift together first six ingredients. Cream together shortening, sugar and soda Add molasses Stir in V\ cup of the flour mixture. Beat in egg. Add remaining Coffee-Raisin Pilau brightens any m and late afternoon even midnight snacks- dry ingredients alternately with sour milk (about % of each at a time). Beat Vz minute Pour batter in the above pan over pineapple and cherries and spread to sides and corners. Bake one hour or until done. Cool minutes before removing from pan. Note: Pear-Upside-Down Gingerbread: Replace pfn*»an~i- pears in the above recipe. >3 know your State V The turkey is now an impor tant part of South Carolina’s economy. Since 1947 the rais ing of turkeys has quadrupled ... from 357,000 to 1,250,000. York, Orangeburg and Chester field counties are the leaders but virtually every county has some large flocks of the feast bird. Now in agriculturally-pros pering South Carolina, the newly established United States Brew ers Foundation Division Office works constantly to encourage maintenance of wholesome con ditions wherever beer and ale are sold. As in other states, the program calls for close coopera tion between law-enforcement officers and beer licensees throughout South Carolina. Beer belongs ... enjoy it. United States Brewers Foundation South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C. The beverage * of moderation Dk in h it Over! M RS. ESSIE MAE McMICHAEL of Orangeburg, is one of our best satisfied and most loyal pol- cy holders. «In a recent letter, she said, “I can truthfully say I like my Cap ital Life and Health policy better than any other insurance I have ever had. It pays hospital bills and death benefits promptly. *T have had my policy about four years and I keep up my dues regularly—and will do so as long as I am able to work. When I get disabled to work I still have a paid-up policy. What more can anyone expect? I have gotten a lot of friends of mine to take policies with this company, and they like it fine. Good luck to the Capital Life and Health Insurance Company and to all its agents and officers. Thank you. Mrs. McMichael. It is such expressions of faith that make us even more determined to live up to our slogan, “Found ed on Faith—^Dedicated to Ser- PRESIDE CAPITAL life and health . INSURANCE COMPANY 'Founded on Faith—Dedicated to Service’ COLUMBIA, 8. C. Brown sugar will not become lumpy if It la stored In the raCrff* South Carolina 4-H Potato Champs The South Carolina 4-H club sweet potato production and mark eting champions from Darlington county spent the week of,January 18 on an educational trip to Hart ford, Conn., New York, and Washington markets. Members of the team, with their county agents, are left to right: W. F. Woods, Jr.; Wilda J. Gray, Darlington county agent; Chip Davidson; Lin coln Privette; Willis Thomas; Jimmy Boseman; £. G. Newton, assistant county agent; and Bobby James. The next five high-scoring boys in the state who were also award ed the trip are James Andhrson and George Suggs, Horry; W. E. Horton, Clarendon; Allen Bates, Barnwell; and Franklin DeWitt, Florence. M^r. Gray; J. T. Rogers, district 4-H club agent; J. E. Youngblood, chi$f, Division of Marketing; and Hugh A. Bowers, truck crops specialist, all of the Clemson Ex tension Service, accompanied the 4-H champion group. If you find you are not as effi cient around eleven each morning; if you begin to get a “draggy” feel ing at mid-afternoon; if your youngsters don’t show the zip and mental alertness which you expect —^maybe it’s because the family isn’t doing right by itself at break fast! , That’s what a list of learned nu- . trition experts, doctors and others are saying. They’ve made exten sive tests which show that neglect of the first meal of the day definite ly cuts down on efficiency. Some of them go so far as to say that skimping on breakfast is a contrib uting factor among children in general poor health. These experts stress the fact that breakfast should provide one- fourth to one-third of the total daily caloric needs as well as a propor tionate share of all the essential nutrients. Yet it is the one meal most often slighted by adults and children alike. A recent survey conducted by the University of Iowa Medical School indicated a neglect of good break fasts in all age groups. Results showed that out of fivd children, only one goes to school with a good breakfast. Among the boys and girls, the survey revealed that sixty percent of the teen-age girls were in the habit of eating a breakfast entirely inadequate to their physical needs while twice as many older teen-age boys had poorer breakfast habits in comparison with the younger teen-agers. Women rank as the worst offend ers in the older age bracket with only forty percent of them eating what nutritionists term a good breakfast. The men had a some what higher average with fifty-six percent of those surveyed saying they had a good breakfast. The studies showed that those persons eating a good breakfast daily had a greater work output, shorter reaction time and less shakiness after exercising. Those eating a poor breakfast showed a decrease in maximum work output, an increase both in simple and choice reaction time and an in crease in tremor magnitude. A basic breakfast pattern, such as that being eaten by the typical American family pictured above, has been formulated by leading nutritionists and medical authori ties. It consists of fruit or fruit juice, cereal (hot or ready to eat), milk, bread and butter or fortified margarine. This basic breakfast does not, except in a few instances, equal one-fourth to one-third of the total daily caloric needs. It is merely a nutritional pattern structure to be increased in its portions or aug mented with eggs, breakfast meats or other suitable foods to fulfill part of the daily caloric and nu tritional requirements. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J M ELFAZElS — There is an old myth about a strange animal being at large in the community. We experienced it every few years when we were kids. And I still hear of it at times now. Often i* it reaches print, and. the whole- community gets all scared up about it. Well can v 1 remember of these monsters that came our way when I was a kid. And how those tales scared us! One of them was what made me first scared of the darkness of night. This ster was supposed to roam only on dark nights. All you could hear was the rustling in the leaves of the dry woods. Dogs were reput ed be deathly afraid of it for it at© dogs. Folks shut their dogs up at night. I had nightmares in my sleep about that thing and it made me not want to blow the lamp out. Another monster of the stone hills was a bear-like thing that 1 walked upright. Someone had actually seen it, but we never knew who that someone was. He always lived across the creek or away out in the piney woods. Folks told of its great tracks they had seen on the sand along streams. Said it looked like a bear’s track, but bigger than any ordinary bear that ever lived. That was when folks only had muzzle loading guns. And most of them loaded theirs with heavy loads, using some buckshot, bb’s, or slugs from the blacksmith shop in it. They wanted to be sure of a kill if the monster came their way. And the word spread that it was killing cattle, being specially fond of calves. And it ate them bones and alL We heard great tales about it. Down the road where it was reputed to roam, we heard it was sucking the milk from cows and making them wild and nervous, and that it had killed a full grown yearling and consumed it, not leaving a trace. When one of those tales was abroad in the Dutch Fork, our ’possum huntin’, was ruined for the time being. For the dark out of doors carried many goblins then. Hilda E sieves Mack beaeb to provide just at