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HUNTING THEORIES EXPLODED Popular Fallacies Reduced to Nothing by Unknown Experts. (From The Columbia State) There are numbers of fallacies among sportsmen, the most popular of which are that the birds found in these parts in coveys are quail, that it takes big shot to kill game and that wild turkeys are easy to hit. As to the first theory, the bird most sought after and most popular as game in the South is listed in all bird guides by authorities as the bob white. It is neither a partridge nor quail but is said by experts to be more like the English partridge than like the quail, which is a much smaller bird and migratory, traveling in immense flocks. Up until recently the Diras were called "partridges" in the South, but Northern brothers began to come down to spend the winter and dubbed them quail, which Is the name by which they are known in the North. The explanation of the two names is simple. When the English settlers first came to America they gave the name of partridge to the largest game bird they found, after the popular English fowl, though this bird was smaller. In the North this was the ruffled grouse, which must then have been .the most plentiful bird, and in the South the bob white. When the Northerners found the bob white, they likened it to the European quail and dubbed it accordingly. Similarly When the Southern hunters came across the ruffled grouse they named it the pheasant after the gaudy European bind. As a consequence there is no quail in the South and no pheasant in the North. The bob white Is smaller than the English partridge but looks much like it and the Southern settlers thought the name would do. The grouse was larger but that did not bother the Northern huntsmen. As to the shot When a sportsman goes into a sporting goods store to supply himself with ammunition for duck shooting the dealer persistently wishes to sell him "No. 5 chilled," though he has always shot with smaller shot. Of course the "fives" have the advantage that if the game happens to be struck at a considerable distance in a vital spot of its anatomy the load as effective, as tne velocity is not iosi so quickly. On the other hand, with large shot there is more space be* j tween them and not so many take ^jtffect, as with small missiles when H tile re is much greater probability of a vital spot being hit and a large r' number of punctures are effected. Hitting is what counts, the weight i: unimportant, old hunters say. Moreover No. 5 and No. 7 shot make the poorest patterns of all shot; that is, they do not chamber evenly in the gun and the shot are too thick in one spot and too thin in another, so that the bird might be totally surrounded by shot and yet not touched, hence the invention of No. 7 1-2 shot, for use- where a shot slightly larger than eights and smaller than sixes was desired. C C???MAr<f rvAAnlo toVn nnlv fVlP V^IULC iUV/DV pwytv w*rvv? tij vw comparatively easy shots, small shot would be more effective, as the velocity is high enough at close range. A letter was received in Columbia a few days ago from Theodore Ravenel. hunter of undisputed renown, stating that he had killed the limit nf ducks by noon one day and could have killed 100 with ease had he remained in the field ail day. "I was shooting No. 7 1-2 shot," said the letter. "I prefer sevens or sixes," Hunters who seek turkeys on the Wateree swamp use No. 6 shot invariably and the big birds have been killed at 60 and more yards repeatedly. "Its the hitting that counts. If you hold the gun right the shot don't matter, and the more you hit 'em the harder they fall," these big game hunters are wont to remark. Ducks and turkeys are known to have been killed witl*No. 9 shot with au ease. Speaking of turkey, the uninitiated have often been heard to remark: "Why, they ought to be easy to kill, they're so big." One of the most experienced hunters in South Carolina says that a turkey is the hardest of aQ birds for him to hit, barring none. In this connection General Hampton, called by Roosevelt "the mightiest hunter North America ever produced," is remembered to have said that he could "make" a man kill a deer or "make" him kill a bear put to kill a turkey the man weu'd have to be a hunter. The very size of the fowl makes its shooting delusive. It seems like such a broadsided barn that no particular aim is required, and the sportsman is likely to fail to concentrate on j his target and allow his artillery to waver too much. Moreover, the size causes quite a faulty calculation of the speed at which the bird is moving, the slow flapping of the great wings giving the idea that it is somewhat "loafiing along" when in reality the old chicken is making about 90 knots per, and the inexperienced turkey hunter is likely not to allow enough lead. On one occasion a young huntsman of some experience noticed his fi^e bird dogs paying marked attention to a brush top but did not put much faith in the demonstration. Lo and behold, as a father used to say in his stories to his small sons, up jumped a targe turkey gobbler and sailed by within ten feet of the hunter, who took careful aim and fired twice?and the turkey kept on going. The same applies to many and various experienced [ hunters and remarkable shots, so no one need feel embarrassed at missing the first turkey he shoots at. Georgettes. "The Old Gray Mare" may not be "what she used to be," but white mule improves with age. There are 2,000,000 more men than women in this country. But you'd never know it by watching the crowds coming out of church. Most publications claim five readers i to each copy. But it's different with the Congressional Record. Many a girl these days wears what she fondly imagines is a skunk fur. But as a matter of fact the original occupant of the fur used to yowl on; her back fence nights. Some men desire to live to ripe old age; others carry a cocked gun while J hunting. The man who used to get out of all the whippings at school because he w*as so good at explaining things, now has a job telling the children all about Santa Claus. The old-fashioned woman who let nature place her waistline now has a daughter who never knows where her's is until she has looked up the fashions. About this time of year Johnnie discovers that Mother is very much interested in his movements while around the house. He can hardly enter a room upstairs or approach a dresser or closet but what she calls: "Johnnie, where are you?" And what's become of the old-fashioned man who, somewhere between the fifth and tenth drink, used to start to tell total strangers what a "Goo' lil wife" he h^d? There are two sure ways to make a girl mad. One is to kiss her when she doesn't want to be kissed; the other is to not kiss her when she wants to be kissed. After listening to some of thee lat est "jazz" music we have come to the conclusion that its composers must live near a vacant lot frequented by large yellow torn cats. Electrical Efficiensy, What Does it Mean? Yes, What does Electrical Efficiency really mean? What is the commercial efficiency of your city plant? Any and all generating plants should attain at least ninty-six per cent efficiency, and if they don't you should investigate it at once. Say, for instance, we were operating an electric plant with a capacity of three hundred kilowatts,(one K. W. is equal to 1,000 watts) then electrical science teaches us that it will require an engine with ^18.9 horse power to propel 1 this generator at its rated speed, what will be the efficiency of this plant? Since the generator out-put is stated in watts we reduce the horse power in-put to watts also, and find 746 watts is equivalent to one mechanical horse power. Well if the engine that propells this generator is 418.9 H. P. In ntvtav trt firnl t>ip rmrnhpr of watts in the out-put we simply multiply the H. P. by the watts, 418.9 H. P. times 746 equals 312,500 watts of 312.5 K. W. According to the standard text book the simple rule for finding electrical efficiency is, multiply the output by 100 and divide the product by the in-put. The generator has an out-put of 300 K. W. so we thus find the efficiency: Multiply 300 times 1 aa ? ? J 4-Vtia in.niif iW ?IIU U1VIUC UU3 UJ WIS, 1,1 (,UV which is 312.5 K. W. and you will get ninty-six per cent efficiency. This generator has an out-put of 300 K. W., so lte's see how many watts this is, as we said previously one K. W. equals one thousand watts su we have 300 times 1,000 equals 300,000 which is the number of watts that this machine will deliver. Again suppose there is one thousand globes in this city of equal capacity, say 100 watts, and we were to notify the consumers to leave them switched on for a period of one hour; we start our plant and let it run for one hour, then we look at our plantmeters and see that they record one hundred thousand. Electrical energy is not sold by the watt but by the kilowatt; now we have 300,000 W. H. divided by 1,000, and we also have the amount used in kilowatts, the way it is sold. The price of current here, as I understand, is twenty cents per K. W. therefore if you multiply the three hundred K. W. used by the price charged (twenty cents) you will see that during the one hour that we operated the plant we made and sold sixty dollars worth of electrical energy. And lis I ten, w? were only using on* third* of the power of the generator. Fig* ure this rate for six hours every night for thirty nights and see if you don't get a gross total of $10,800.00, well do you suppose it would cost us that much to operate the plant? Don't} you think we could pay our expenses ? : I do. Perhaps you think that we could j not sell all this current. Would you I please tell me of some electric plant! that has electric power to throw away.! if you were to ask the Yadkin River. Power Co., if they had a surplus cur-! rent I bet you my hat that they ask if you were a you know. As electrical power is the cheapest, and best power known it is at a good market. Besides improving the lifrhtc a nlant like the one we are talking about would furnish power for several plants, such as wood working plants, oil mills, etc; and in fact don't you think that if you had good dependable electric power that we would soon have new industries opening up here in our city. A good electric plant in good hands is one ? of the best paying things in the country. ! People let's go, we are not the kind to stop until we get the best, are we? We are all willing to club together and do our bit. i The above is only an example of what can be done, and don't think that we need a plant of this capacity, because we do not, a plant of half this size is what we need. R. P. Parish, Electrician. To prevent a cold take 666. ! m Gifts for the Master. 4 : A Christmas Thought 'Twas only a lonely stable shed Where cattle slept on their hay; " . U iL.i _:_V4 let IX was mere, un mat, 11151:1 iuur ago, That the baby Jesus lay. Only the humble foal of an ass, That patiently waited, tied; Yet this was the steed the Great King chose t In palm?strewn triumph to ride, j Only a tree, formed into a cross, Blood-stained, on Calvary; The cross towers over the world today The hope of humanity. Sucm humble gifts for the Master's use, While for us he lived and died. Dear Lord, let our lives feel need of thine, Through use to be glorified! Nell Flinn Gilland. DR. JAS. A. COLE DENTIST Office in Nexsen Building, Over Bank of Kingstree. KINGSTREE, S. C. 9-1-21 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will apply to W. E.. Snowden, Judge of Probate for Williamsburg county, South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C. on January 10th, 1922, at 12 o'clock, m., for ner final discharge and Letters Dismissory as guardian of the person and estate of Leila V. Ferrell, and at said time will make and render a full account and return of her acts and doings as such guardian. Kingstree, S. C. December 8th, 1921. i MATTIE J. FERRELL, Guardian of the person and estate of Leila V. Ferrell. 12-8-5t. TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to thp nrnvisions of Sec tion 241, Criminal Code of South Carolina, notice is hereby given that the lands of the undersigned in Mouj:on, Sumter and Ridge townships, Williamsburg county, are posted, an.d all persons entering or trespassing in any manner or allowing their stock upon the same will be dulv prosecuted. 12-8-4tc. W. E. NESMITH. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned will make application to W. E. Snowden, Judge of Probate of the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, at his office in Kingstree, S. C., at eleven o'clock a. m., on Saturday, the 7th day of January, A. D. 1922, for her final discharge and letters dismissory as administratrix of estate of J. B. Files, deceased. MRS. E. L. FILES, Administratrix of Estate of J. B. Files, deceased. !2-8-5t. W. E. S. TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 241. Criminal Code of South Carolina, notice is hereby ^iven that the Estate of L. A. Blakely, deceased, in Anderson, Payne and Suttons townships, Williamsburg county, are posted, and all persons entering, or trespassing in any manner upon the same will be duly prosecuted. ESTATE OF T. A. BLAKELY, By T. A. Blakely, Manager. 12-8-4tp. TRESPASS NOTICE. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 241, Criminal Code of South Carolina, notice is hereby given that the lands of N. W. Cook and Ila B. Cook, in Mingo, Anderson and Payne townships are posted, and all persons entering or trespassing in any manner upon the same will be duly prosecuted. 12-15-3tp. N. W. 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