The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 10, 1919, Image 10
A Rat's Rations
Our knowledge of the rat's habits
has been much enlarged by forced
;tssociation with him in the trenches.
It is safe to say millions of persons
jliave seen and watched^rats during
:'our years past who never saw one
before except When it was dead in a
trap. And, what is more, among these
observers are some whose observations
are of value to science. The
.rats fondness for man's food has recently
been remarked upon in an
aKicle quoted in these columns. It
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fcr houses, and it was that which
elided him to overrun the trenches.
Itknz, a writer quoted in recent issfce
of Good Health, ascribes this
flridness to the fact that the i at does
nfct lay up stores of food like his
cousin the squirrel. Even when he
carries off more than he can eat at a
jmal, he is apt to befoul it so that
he cannot use what is left. We quote
from Good Health:
"An adult brown rat eats two
ounces of food a day, and will eat
forty-five to fifty pounds of grain in4 *
a year.
"It also devours poultry, and eggs,
game, vegetables, fruit, coffee, dates,
oranges, cocoa; it gnaws vines, clothing,
textiles, leather- covered books;
it is fond of glue and attacks harness,
especially when worn, and cur
tains, whether of silic cotton, ortapefctry.
The rat attacks anything its
_ testh can take hold on; it is , infact,
a terrible spoiler, gnawing incessantly
and indiscriminated any object its
fcbth can make an impression on.
J "The marked identity of menu in
the food of men and of rats is curioi:s
enough between two species
Whose dental type is so different
Qdt the rat differs from man in the i
a]>solute necessity it is subject to of
eitiing often and enormously.
'" It is this need of abundantnour- !
ishment which makes cannibals of
_ rats. Some soldiers experimented
with rats, putting eight in a cage
together. Eight days later only one
was there and it was seriously
wounded.
"However, a precise statement of (
the alimentary regiment of rats is
more difficult than it would appear, :
since individuals vary in their tastes, i
Experiments made by myself, in col
lnboration with Dr. Laurens, prove
tiiiat, contrary to accepted opinion,
the brown rat has a very restricted
diet, being comparatively fastidious.
Thus it eats the crumb but not the
era** of bread, unless urged by extreme
hunger. Some rats have actually
died with crusts still in their
larder, v Both black and brown rats
lice cooked rice, potatoes, carrots,
and fish, as well as cheese and certain
uncooked fruits and salads. They
roll devour the flesh of a melon but
laave the rind. They like lard, pas1
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xaeat (principally cooked), though
the latter seems scarcely consonant
with their dentition. They sometimes
/ eat raw meat, but this is by neces
irity and not by choice.
"They neglect turnips, radishes,
and dandelion; they will eat oats,
but will perish if confined to this
food. When tainted meat is given
Iftem, they eat only the sound portions.
They will not touch barley.
"A rat fed only on fruit will die of
starvation in a few days. If fed only
on those stuffs which it eargerly
nmowc- olflth loottinr WrtAfJ pt/V. it
dies as soon as if entirely deprived
of food. Experiment proved, rather
to our astonishment, that the rat is
not graminivorous; it eats wheat
only in default of other food. The
trenches abound with tales of the
rat's greed for soap and candles, but
when these were placed in their
cages, they were eaten only in default
of other food. The rat is known
tcf attack cadavers, but this is by
necessity rather than choice.
"One cause of the rat's addiction
to man's diet is that it neither hibernates
nor -lays up stores for winter,
as do other rodents, the marmot and
the squirrel, respectively.
"Rats are not only voracious dui
they defile food. If they devour nearly
three times their weight of food,
then they destroy two or three times
as much more. Whenever they find
a fragment of food not too heavy
for them to carry, they drag it near
their holes, eat a part, and soil the
rest. This behavior is very remarkable
in caged animals. When they are
given, by the way of experiment,
limited and insufficient rations, they
spoil half of it, thus dying of starvation
with food which they have destroyed
beside them. In captivity,
they always foul even their drinking
water."
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given thatany and
all parties indebted to the estate of
the late W. J. Morris are ordered to
come forward and settle the same
with the undersigned executor, and
all parties having claims against
said estate are directed to present
same duly authenticated for settlement.
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For a Side
MANY SECRET ORDERS
ORGANIZE FOR THRIFT
More Than 8ixteen Hundred Lodges
With Thousands of Members Work*
ing to Make Thrift a Happy Habit
Thrift, as a niovemnet of the United
States Treasury Department, has
been indorsed by more than sixteen
hundred lodges of fraternal orders in
the Fifth Federal Reserve District.
According to figures given out today
by the War Loan Organisation of the
District, theae lodges have more than
see hundred and thirty-six thousand
members, and not only are all these
members urged to join War Savings
Societies, bat many lodgss are invest'
tog their Treasury funds in Wsr Savings
Stamps.
Some three hundred lodges, with a
membership exceeding thirty-fovr
thousand, are forming societies in
Maryland. Among the orders represented
there are the Knights of
Pythias. Shield of Honor, Maccabees.
Red Men. Knights of the Golden
Eagle. Woodmen of the World and
Knights'of Colombo*.
' In Virginia the Woodmen of America
ore heartily co-operating in the
thrift tmorement. Their two hundred
and ten lodges with a membership
of seven thousand four hundred and
thirty-Are, are organising War Sayings
Societies. In North Carolina
neaity seren hundred lodges are aettrsty
supporting the campaign. These
total a membership of about sixty-nine
thousand, representing the Sons and
Daughters of Liberty, the independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics.
Valuable aid le being lent in South
Carolina by the Knights of Pythias,
the Red Men sad the Odd Fellows, the
thTee orders having more than three
hundred lodges In the State, with a
membership in excess of twelve thousand.
Cooperation of aH lodges in
the district Is urged. Since many of
the most prominent and Influential
men in every oomm unity are lodge
member*, it is parte*lnrty desired to
have the fraternal Orders behind the
saving movement
FARMERS TURN SALES
. WTO SAVWG STAMPS
Odd Crop* of Great AM to Thrifty
TMIers of Soil In Thfa Diotrict.
Farmers who are making; a habit
of rotting a few Thrift Stamps orrery
toil they market anything from
thsir farms are finding that thoy are
Me to eave regvlaly and that they
do sot idles the email amounts Inrested.
The average farmer in this
section of the country depends largely
on his "money" crop, which he harrests
once a year. Almost every one
of them, however, grows something
else which he markets at odd times.
An occasional load of hay may be
taken into town and sold. The thrifty
farmers also plant peas, beans, okra,
lettuce, beets or some of the other
vegetables whisk thrive in the South
and for which (here is a ready market.
Butter and eggs form staple articles
to be marketed between seasons.
By buying Just a few Thrill
(Stamps each time the farm wagon
makes a haul to town, the farmer or
his wife is provldng a fund wbieh they i
will be able to turn to good account
latsr on, for when these Thrift
Stamps are sashanged for War Savings
Stamp, they increase in value
automatically, and may always be
turned into cash on ton days' written
notice to the postmaster, although the j
longer they are kept the more they
earn.
Wealth Is seldom the result of laek
but of system. Sbto regularly. Buy
W. 8. 8.
Tlwt your pocket book with the
as consideration as you would
your (Met Maud. lawsetmeot in War
wm lugs 6taanpa UMlf the Us
The eereerstene of toootrow*s cmoeee
la founded ayee today's thrift
Any postman can lay tbe oornerstone
lor yon irfth War Strings Stamps.
Tot nor or miss the Arst dollar out
of your pocketbook. Keep It for yourself.
Boy Thrift Stomps.
ere yon bought r<mr Thrift Stamp
PocketbooK
tudictv unnccwicc
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MAY HAVE LUXURIES
War Savings Stamps Furnish An
Easy Way to Obtain Monty
for Conveniences.
(Although a family may not ba !
wealthy, enough for the "lady of tht ,
house' 'to have all the little conveniences
she wants, through Thrift and
War Savings Stamps the government
has provided a way for the housewife
to fit up her kitchen, paint the house;
furnish her spare room or embellish
the parlor.
Theee women who were so wise aa
to begin saving systematically early
in 1918 have nioe little sums invested
In War Savings Stamps t>y tnis time.
Eleven War Savings Stamps, soma
of which cost as little as $4.12 apieee,
will boy a first-class kitchen cabinet.
In many Instances, the housewife
would not hare saved anything fie
speak of, had It not been for the War
Savings Stamp*.
Women are Quick to grasp the benefits
from habits of thrift. Numerous
reports have been received at district
headquarters of the War Loan Organisation
of the Fifth Federal Reserve
District of women who have started
in by putting quarters in Tbrft
Stamps and who have been enabled
to buy deal red article* to brighten
their homes.
As soon as a War Savings Stamp ia
bought, it begins earning mora
money. War Savings Stamps are
practically randy money. They are
redeemable with accrued interest at
the post offlee on tee days' notice, M
the longer they are held, the more i
money they make for their holders.
EASY START TOWARD
SUCCESS FURNISHED
When a man gets 11,000 saved up
there are always opportunities for a
food invectmeDt It is hard to plane
much leas than that. That Is what
healthy men who are seH-caade advise
young men to begin early and
save the first thousand.
Until we went to war, it was hard
lo get started toward that 91,000 unless
at leant one dollar could be put
away at a time. Small change was
restless and acrobatic and kept jetnj?
teg out of our pockets Into someone
else's.
Now, however, there Is an easy way
to get that first thousand. The J
answer le Thrift Stamps. They coat
only a Quarter apiece and ean be converted
into War Savlnsrs StamDs. The
gcmreminent of the United States
backs these Whr Savings Stamps with
a guarantee of 4 per cent interest,
compounded quarterly. Save and ettoceed.
AS PERMANENT INVESTMENT
Secretary of Treasury Class Moves
Values of War Savings and
Asks for Co-operation.
Secretary Glass, In a recant intu*
view given at Washington, discussed
War Stamps as a permanent Investment
aa follows:
"WAR Savings Stamps afford an excellent
vehicle for increasing capital
and earning power. Many persona
have not taken the War Saving!
Stamps seriously aa an investment
but the fleet that they may be bought
in as large a quantity aa $1,000 face
value during 1919, at such favorable
interest return, makes them most deI
-i? kl. #A? tks avoMaen man AT famlW
! imuiv 1V1 UJV ?IV4 ??5V wa I ,v ,
| "DeflnKe pi am for the eontlm?noe
of the issue In coming jmh of im&fl
Governmeot securities are being worked
oat
"Although War Saviagi Stamps
alee this year do not approach the
high marks made wider stimulation at
war need last year, Ibelr absorption
by the pabUe thas tar has been satisfactory.
Barings in ah channels shrank daring
the early months of the year, and
it ts expected that War Savings Stamp
alee, along with postal savings and
savings bank deposits, will grow
steadily through* at the year.
'K)o-operation is sought earnestly in
the matter of keeping Thrift and War
Savings Stamps oa sale, so that no
one so inclined may fail to have opportunity
to Invest his money wisely."
Today le that tomorrow you thought
about yesterday?Buy W. 8. fl. newN
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3SIMND SJJ
Discharged Soldiers
List of . Williamsburg men discharged
from the army since last
issue of the County Record:
Henry D. Singletary, (col) Vox;
Nathaniel Brown (col) Kingstree;
Alex Ravenill, (col) Earnest Gribb,
Jas. S. Lovett, Kingstree; David M.
Coker, Cooper; Elmore Harrington,
Kingstree; Lemmon Davis, Hemingway;
James Brown, Hemingway;
Hazel E. Strong, Harry Britton,
Shelton C. Kaddy, John B. Goud,
Kenneth E. Creel, Granthim Green,
Kingstree; Arthur P. Surles, Benson;
Frank Patterson, Greelyville;
Wallace Mong, Johnsonville; Phillip
Graham, Kingstree; David Owens,
(col) Hemingway; Curtis R. Davis,
Excel ton; Geo. J. Baxley, Ralph
Snowden, Hemingway; James Eaddy,
(col) Kingstree.
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