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FRIDAY, AfJKllj zz, H. C. L. SHOWS ONLY VERY SLIGHT DROP \ - Washington, April 18.?Prices' of meats, butter, fiheese and sugar in creased during the period from Feb ruary 15 to March 15, while retail costs of many other commodities making up the average family food budget decreased, according to the monthly index issued today by the Department of Labor. An average dcline of one percent in the retail cost of food was estimated. Fourteen of the forty-three arti cles dealt with in the index, showed increases as follows: Cabbage, 17 percent, granulated sugar 9 percent; pork chops 8 per cent; sirloin steak, round steak, rib roast chuck roast, butter and cheese 2 percent; plate beef, ham, lamb, hens and bananas one percent. Decreases were recorded as fol lows: Eggs 13 percent; rice and prunes 7 percent; bacon and corn flakes six percent; lard five percent; oleomar garine, but margarine, corn meal, potatoes and oranges, four percent;! onions and canned tomatoes, 3 per cent; flour, rolled oats, navy beans,, and canned corn 2 per cent; canned salmon, fresh milk, evaporated milk, I bread, macaroni baked beans, can ned peas, tea, coffee and raisins, one ipercent. Family Expenditure The average family expenditure forr food decreased in thirty-nine ci ties and increased in eleven cities from which the Department receives monthly figures. In Cincinnati the expenditure was the same on the two dates. The greatest decrease, 4 percent was shown in Los Angeles and Roch . ester. In Charleston, , Cleveland, Richmond arid San Francisco the de-j crease was 3 per cent; in Birming ham, Boston, Bridgeport, Fall River Jacksonville, New Haven, New Or leans, New York, Norfolk, Portland, " (Ore.) Savannah and Scranton it : was 2 per cent; in Atlanta, Balti more, Buffalo, Dallas, Columbus, Houston, Indianapolis, Little Rock, Manchester, Mobile, Newark, Phila delphia, Pittsburgh, Portland (Maine) Providence, Salt Lake City, 5 Was 5 Very Weak "After the birth ol my baby 1 had a back-set," writes Mrs. Mattie Cross white, o! Glade Spring, Va. "I was very ill; thought I was going to die. I was so weak I couldn't raise my head to art a drinlr nf watrr. I took.. . medicine, yet 1 didn't get any better. I was constipated and very weak, getting worse and worse. I sent for Cardui." TAKE The Woman's Tonic "1 found after one bot- ^^4 ||rai tie of Cardui I was fan- Bjjf |8m3 proving," adds Mrs. Ijpl BSt Crosswhite. "Six bot- R? ties of Cardui and ... 1 was cured, yes, I can say they were a God-send to me. I believe I would have died, had it not been ibr Cardul" Cardui has been Sound beneficial in* fitany thousands of other cases of womanly trou bles. If you feel the need of a goOd, strengthen ing tonic, why not try Cardui? It may be ]ust |?H what you need. m ah M Druggists ^ IronJ UNITED STATES SPEAKS PLAINLY j Panama and Costa Rica Must Be ka*e?War Not Tolerated * V V Washington, April 19.?War be tween Panama and Costa Rica grow ing out of the present boundary dis pute will not be tolerated by the sfnfpct. it was learned today authoritatively. Both governments are understood to, have been informed that the ob duracy of Panama over the accept ance of the White award, insisted upon by the American government must not be made the basis for the renewal of hostilties. It was not revealed in what man ner the United States had made known that it would regard hostili ties with keen- displeasures, but it was assumed that representations had been sent to both Panama City and San Jose. Official reports received here re cently have indicated that peace on the isthumus was again about to be | disturbed. These said Panama was) mobilizing her army to meet any ag- j irression from the north, while Costa Rica was assuming a bellicose at-j titude and had been assured either formally or informally of the active support of Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The American position is under stood to be that the United States is bound by treaty obligation to safe guard the integrity of Panama and that any move by Costa Rica would justify drastic action. Officials de clined to indicate what action 'would be taken if hostilities were renewed. They are hopeful that the represen tatives made to Panama and Costa Rica will serve to prevent armed; conflict between the countries. There i3 considerable force of j American troops in the regular gar-: I rison in the Canal Zone. This is sup- j plemented by force of the special, service squadron now in Central American waters and in addition the Atlantic fleet is in Cuban waters on j winter maneuvers. The reported plan for support of Costa Roca by the three Central American republics was regarded! here as having something more than' mere altruistic object, since they are! members of the recently established Confederation of Central America. Costa Rica is expected to ratify the confederation pact in May and Cen tral American diplomats explain that with Costa Rica a member, it would be the obligation of the other three to give all support possible. and Seattle, one percent, and in Butte, Denver, St. Louis and Wash ington five-tenths of one percent. In Louisville the increase was 2 percent; in Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Peoria and St. PaTil one percent, and in Detroit, Omaha, and Springfield, Ills., less than one-half of 'one per cent. l'fte decline in wnoiesaie piicco which began in the spring of 1920 slowed down decidedly last month, the Department's index showed. In creases in prices were shown for 64 of the 326 commodities under the review, decreases for 173 and no changes in 89. Prices of lighting and fuel mater-" ials ^declined about five percent in March, metal and metal products 4 1-2 percent and farm products, cloths, clothing and chemicals and drugs 3 percent. Miscellaneous com modities including bran, cotton seed 3-4 per cent, building materials 4 oil and meal, lubricating oil, jute, rubber, newsprint and wrapping paper, soap, tobacco and wood pulp decerased about 7 percent. Food showed practically no change in the i general price level with a very slight decrease in house furnishing goods. Comparing prices in March with ^those of a year ago, the statement showed that food wholesale prices have declined 39 percent, cloths and clothing 46 percent and farm pro ducts nearly 48 percent. In the oth er groups except fuel' and lighting the decreases ranged from 16 1-2 per cent in house- furnishings and chemicals to 34 3-4 percent in the case of building materials. Charles P. Stteinmetz, the elec trical wizard, computes the power of | a lightning flash to equal that of aj 200-ton train going '50 miles an' hour. Toledo, Ohio, has a union depot for motor trucks. VELVET BEJINS I The Bast and Surest Summer Legurn* ! for South Carolina?Great for Feed and Fertility, Says N. E. Win ters, Extension Agronomist. Clemson College, April 25.?Of the great variety of legume# which may be grown in South Carolina for feed, pasture, and soil improvement, velvet beans probably head the list for the following reasons: They make a fairly good growth on the poorest land in the South. They make a bigger growth than almost any other legume. I RAPfliisnsof their erowth they take a large arFiouflt of nitrogen from the air; and when plowed under or pas tured off and all residue and manure incorporated with the soil, most of this nitrogen and large amounts of or gantlc matter are added to the soil. Every ton of growth may add to the soil from 25 to 30 pounds' of expen sive nitrogen. They will make more milk and meat per acre as a pasture next fall and winter than anything farmers can plant this spring. Last, but not least, when planted in corn they help to check that "Fodder, pullin' disease," an antiquated and ex pensive method of making feed. Varieties.' Prohahlv the best varieties for South Carolina are the Early Speckled or Ninety Day, and the Osceola. This former matures in about 120 days and the latter in about 160 days. The Os ceola makes a larger growth of vine and foliage and larger pods than the Early Speckled; but as it needs about | 40 days longer period, it is not so well adapted to the upper part of the state. The Early Epeckled matures any where in South Carolina. Livestock usually eat th<^ Early Speckled morp readily .than the Osceola, although thev like hoth Velvet beans make more seed ana better pasture if they, have a trellis to run on, and corn is the most profit able trellis. Most velvet bean grow ers plant them\in their corn, in alter nate rows with the corn, using corn rows 6 1-2 to 7 feet wide, -ff the length of season permits, it is a good plan to plant the beans from 20 to 30 days after the corn, which permits Uie corn to make more growth before the beans bfgin to entwine around it, and results in the corn standing up better at harvest time. Another method adapted to the up per part of the state especially is to lay off all rows about four feet apart and plant every third row to velvet beans with corn in the two rows be tween. This is especially advisable < where the beans are planted at the same time as the corn, as it takes longer for the vines to cover the corn arid usually leaves a better opening between the two corn rows in which one may walk in gathering the corn. Amount of Seed Per Acre. Farmers are using from one to two pecks of seed per acre for planting in corn, planting from 12 to 24 inches apart in the drill. If planted alone in rows, about one bushel of seed per acre is required, or abou^ six pecks broadcast. Effect on Corn Crop. The first year the beans may re duce the yield of corn about two bush els (about the same reduction as pull ing fodder causes); but/the next year following a crop of velvet beans the yield of corn is likely to be increased about 33 per cent, and cotton about 25 percent. - On poor soil the increases are often more than this. Fertilization and Inoculation. It is usual to fertilize the corn as you otherwise woufd and let the velvet beans use what the corn doesn't get. Some fanpers increase the amount of their corn fertilizer for the benefit of the velvet beans. It is never neces sary, however, to increase the amount of ammonia in the fertilizer for vel 'vet beanS. Velvet beans use the same inocula tion as cowpeas, peanuts, and lespe deza or Japan clover, hence inocula tion Is practically never necessary, as our soils are already inoculated for them. Velvet Beans?Good Business. Velvet beans are the safest and surest summer legume for South Caro lina, and we are not going to be the prosperous state that God intended until every cornfield in South Carolina is wrapped up in velvet beans every year. In most of our soils nitrogen is the Hmfting element ii crop production. | It is also the most expensive part of the fertilizer that we buy. Nearly thirty million dollars was spent in 1920 by the South Carolina farmers for nitrogen; yet it is estimated that one square mile of the air contains enough nitrogen to supply the whole world for fifty years for crop produc tion. There are 35,000 tons of nitro gen in the air above every acre just waiting to be pulled down and made available for growing crops by using} velvet beans and other legumes in the rotation. Humus, the very foundation of soil fertility, is also the crying need of our soils. Velvet beans will help as much or more than any other crop in building up the supply of humus in the soil. The marketing problem will be well on the road to solution when growers are willing to co-operate with theii neighbors instead of competing witb I thflm. Do "ou realize that your county agent is one of the moet valuable assets to your county? BURIliD WITH THEIR HUSBAND Wives of Members of the Barsin Trifcm of the Cor go Are Interred With the Corpse. The Barua tribe In the Con.;o die Irlct of Afrh-a have a number of Htrange and horrible customs, but of them all their buri&l customs ere the most terrible. When i dmd d'es a large grave is dug. The Corpse and his wives?these may be anywhere from two to twenty?are escorted to the hole with wild music and the in-1 lerested attendance of the entire tribe The chief wife Is thrust into the hole, and the corpse Is then lowered The ;*cond wife follows. The dead man's relatives then proceed to brea\ the arms and lege of the two wives so they cannot get out of the hole. The head of the corpse is placed in the lap of the head wife, and the feet in the lap of the second wife. The rest of the wives are then thrust into the hole, their limbs brokrn, and they are forced to sit in a circle about the coipse and ItS/buman supporters! The priest chants a few words, and ; everyone falls to with rude shovels, dishing earth Into the hole. They nev er stop until the grave Is full and the | corpse and the living wives burled far j under the earth. The howls of the | wives with their broken limbs audi fear trf the terrible death are drowned by the banging of drums and the yells of the delighted tribe. IN THE NAME OF REUGI0N1 Weird .and Savage Rit*a Indulged In by the Khlyitt, Sect of .. , Russian Fanatics. One of the qaeer religious 95et? of the world Is the Chrlstg or Khlytts of Knssia. They hold their meetings In their churches with hundreds of men. women and children attending. Afte* prayers and hymns that last until midnight they begin a wild dance amid Bobs and groans. After thla con tinues for a wlille they abandon their garments and put on white robei; and white stockings. Candles are lighted, and a new dance begins that consists of. rapidly revolving, the men to the right, the women to the left. In a short rime a sort of madness fails upon them. They leap, scieam. tyeat thenj^lves and each other, In dulge in wild laughter and cries, and then begin to tear off the garments with shouts of "It Is coming, the Holy Spirit Is coming*!" They begin to go about on all fours, riding on one an other's backs, rolling about on tb* floor, biting and scratching one an other, and at last go entirely Insane and dash about until they fall ex hausted. By dawn the church floor is covered with naked men, women and children, uncor^gcious and blood nalned. Weather's Effect on Birds. Cold and hunger in England has driven armies of l)#ds, even the wild est, into streets and gardens and un wonted places. Great flocks of jpreen pipver, which are singularly shy as a rule, appeared In the stackyards and j paddocks of Hertfordshire village*. In j Buckinghamshire several thousand | rooks Id a flock was no rarity; and j ;i!d scouts came right up to the back iloors and competed fdr their food with the poultry and the pigs. In Lon don It was curious to see the pijeons feeding busily on the ice, to the obvl* ous Irritation of the gulls, whose "bills are useless for securing fragments from a hard surface. It was hard to he defeated by a land bird In their own element. Starlings showed even greater ability in picking up morsel? from the floes and even the water of the river, a feat very foreign to their nature. The Boy^of It The three children were on the Btreet car on their way to school?a hoy and two younger sisters. The sis ters disputed who was to puub the button to notify the street car con ductor to stop the car. The older sis fer won and held her finger on th^ button for more than a block. Then her brother rose, pulled her hand away arbitrarily and pushed the but ton. The older sister stepped into the vestibule, followed by her sl3ter to be the first to step off the car. As it stopped, the brother brushed thein aside and led the way. The sifters having alighted, waited for the car to go on, hut the hoy rusned across tne tracks, Ignoring the warning dunging of the bell by the motormara. Microbes in Sugar Bowl. About one per cent of the Cutar; sugar crop, valued at $1,500,000, is> each year destroyed by greedy micro organisms too small to be seen except when congregated In crowds of mil lions. Molds and bacteria aie ?ht culprits. It i8 estimated that each person In the United States consumes S1.84 pounds of sugar each y^ar. Ai this rate, 873,000 persons could te sup piled with the sugar destroyed by germs. The sugar loses its sweetnes.? when the molds consume the sucrose, its "sweetening" principle. Marble Cheaper Than Wood. A report to Washington 1'i'Otn the American commercial attache in Ronn Is to the effeet that American lutnl,e: hfls gone to such price heights in tin Italian market that builders tf.ml i; cheaper to put in marbk staircase. rhan to build iliem of wuod. Such l> she combined effect of mill cost, plu: freight rates, multiplied by tt e ex chr.iive ;?r 'uiiitm of four to ouit tha; i .ije.s have to jsiy to tians iu*f *u;,r ittiiii' V :n*o thei *s.- ?w* Of Rl [ SNAVELY TO QUIT CONVERGE COLLEGE Will Accept Presidency of Alabama Southern College at Birmingham Spartanburg, April 19.?Dr. Guy E. Snavely, dean of Converse col lege, has been elected to the presi dency of the Alabama Southern col lege at Birmingham, and has sig nified his intention of accepting the position. He will enter upon his new duties about July 1. .President Pell ? Suited to The Victrola is alwa whether it be sad or g your heme, you can, at the world's greatest arl you with music and sor and players will perfori / . Stop in and let us i the Victrola and Victoi work. 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