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?TRACTOR RESPONSIVE j TO GOOD TREATMENT If Not Just Right lt Fails Short in Producing Power. sj . . ---- pp erato r Should Carefully Examine ! His Machine Every Week or Ten ! Days and Tighten Up Loose Bolte and Nuts. The tractor ls as responsive to good treatment as an animal or any other machine. In the case ot a great many machines the response to good treat ment ls not so noticeable. This ls (true because the tractor is a power? furnishing machine, while the average If ann machine consumes power, says JU E. Gross of the Colorado experi ment station. If the tractor is not jjust right in every way, lt falls short In the production of power. This ls .pure to be very noticeable, as it is usually pulling a full load and only a r--1 One Man and Tractor Doing the Work of Two Men and Four Horses. ?mall loss in power cuts down the amount of work done. In the case of the power-drlvea ma chine, any disorder calls for greater power to operate lt. The horses or the machine furnishing the ' power work harder and approximately the ?ame results are accomplished. Hence lt ls much easier to overlook a slight Indisposition on the, part of a power consuming machine than on the part <>f the power producer. If any part through which power is transmitted Is" loose, lt may cause a reduction of power. The tractor op erator should examine his machine thoroughly every week or ten days to prevent such loss. A bolt In the crank case Is loose, oil ls lost The adjust ment of a valve stem loosens, the T*rnr>o?* Hrnp ann thft_ cylinder does not give full power. The clutch is not adjusted to take ?hold evenly. Slippage here causes loss of power. Similar leaks may de velop In the fuel system and the Igni tion system. Any of these cause heavy drains on the power. Usually they can be quickly repaired If attended to -early. Left too long, they may re jsult In a breakdown Involving a larger repair bill and loss of much valuable 'time. The throb and rhythm of the tractor ?should be a part of the operator so .that he detects the trouble in Its ear liest stage. SELF-FEEDER FOR CHICKENS ;Home-Made Contrivance Reported te Department of Agriculture From Indiana Agent A good home-made self-feeder for (poultry reported to the United States iDepnrtment of Agriculture by the county extension agent of Knox coun ty, Indiana, is one made of an old ,mower wheel, a barrel with both ends iknocked out, an old washtub, and a small platform of rough boards. The ?wheel Is first laid on the platform. The ^barrel ls then placed on the wheel, filled with dry mash, and the tub turned over the top of lt for a cover. A 'barrel should be used which leaves ?Just enough space between its edge 'and the rim of the mower wheel to al low room to feed. This prevents the ?feed from being scratched outside the rim. SILO IS HANDY IN EMERGENCY In Seasons of Drought Farmer Hat Supply of Feed for Stock Stored In Years of Plenty. In seasons of drought, when the pastures are "burnt up" and the ?crops partially or totally ruined, the farmer having live stock must dispose of a large part of his herd-usually ,at a sacrifice, or buy high-priced feed. 'Here the farmer with the silo ls ahead of the man who has none. He can ?keep his stock in good shape by glv Ing them the silage he'has stored from years of plenty. Corn properly en siloed will keep for many years. HAVE COLLAR FIT PROPERLY One That Sets Perfectly in Spring May Be Too Large by Fall Pads Are Necessary. A properly fitted collar Is one that lies snugly along the sides of the neck ?with room enough at the bottom to al low a hand to be passed through. Sweat pads, are necessary to adjust the collar to different horses and are -also made necessary by the loss of] flesh ; a collar that fits perfectly In the j spring may be too large by falL COLLEGE, BOY REAL SALESMAN Bright Idea That Enabled- Him to Dispose of the Last Egg Cups in Stoc k. Two college boys were peddling odds and ends of china in an unfrequented farming district They stopped their ancient chugging truck before a typ ically unpretentious establishment. A round, soler?n woman with her arms rolled up in her gingham apron ap proached the automobile, only mildly Interested. The lad with the keen blue eyes and the quirking mouth asked in a brusque tone, "Is there any thing you would like in coffee cups, soup bowls or milk pitchers?" "No," resiDonded the woman disin terestedly, then brightened slightly as she added, "but I'd.kinda like to look at some egg cups." "Yes, madam," said the boy as he deftly slid the cover off a box contain ing five dusty but dainty receptacles. "You're lucky to get these, too; there are only five left." The woman shook her head dubi ously. "Can't use 'em. Five areal enough. There's eight In our family." And she started back to the house. "Wait a minute," called the boy frantically as he saw the possibility of a sale disappearing without a struggle. "Perhaps all of your family don't eat eggs." Thc woman reflected a minute and then carno back. The merest sugges tion of eagerness was registered on her placid countenance. "That's right," sbe said. "Five Is all I do need.'" I'll take 'em."- Chicago Journal. BARON BELIEVED HIS YARNS Munchausen Said tc Have Deceived Even Himself by His Tales of Wild Adventures. Bftron Munchausen was the imagi nary author and hero of a series of wonderful tales entitled "The Adven tures of Baron Munchausen." They wer? first published In England in 1785 by Rudolph Erich Raspe, an expatri ated Germaii, and were followed by translations and Imitations in German and other languages. The name of the hero ls said to be derived from Jerome Charles Fred erick von Munchausen, a German offi cer in the service of Russia, who be came notorious for his ridiculous tales ot adventure. It ls said that by dint of repetition be came finally to believe impllc!ty In the truth of his most ex travagant stories. The authorship of these tales ls in dispute, although one authority says "the author Is Rudolph Erich Haspe, and the sources from which the adven tures were complied are Bebel's 'Face tiae,' Cfl8tigllone's 'Cortegiano,' Bllder ntenn's 'Utopia,' and some of the baron's own stories." nciuin ol, me-rrencner." ~" The poet's table was set with very old plates-tt.ey were blocks of wood a foot square and two Inches thick, M? herein tho plate proper was hollowed or dug; "These," the poet said, "are trench ers, real old medieval trenchers. We derive from them the phrase, 'a good trencher-man,' you know." As he spoke he served his guests with the hash of meat and potatoes that composed the frugal luncheon. "The high cost of servants," he went on. "makes the revival of the trencher o necessity for us poor poets. Now, friends, clean your trenchers like good frenchmen; sop the gravy up with bread ; then turn them over for the pie course." The guests duly turned their trench ers over, and there on the other side was another plate, dug or hollowed out of tha wood, just like the first one. "Two plates In one," said the poet delightedly. "What a saving, eh?" As Night After Day. Th* scene was a bedroom In a sub urb, and a wearied parent was prom enading the floor at a weird hour of the early morn, with his first-born In his Ri-ms. Many vain endeavors to soothe the Infant's cries had been made, but the little one was laboring under the impression that things needed waking up and that he was the person to do it. "lt seems to me you knew what you were afcout," groaned Plckelbury to his wife, "when you insisted on the child being called 'Hugh.' " "What has his name to do with his fretfulness?" asked the unsuspicious wife. "Everything"" replied the wretched man. "You vsould call hun 'Hugh,' you know, and where there is a hue there's always a cry."-London Tlt-Blti. Our English Language. Misplaced phrases cause many mis understandings. Here are some col lected by Everybody's Magazine from publications all over the country. The owners of apple trees, some of which have not been looked after for years, are undergoing pruning all through thlB section. "Special dining-room for ladles, steaks and chops." , For Sale-Five-room house, all mod ern. Good chicken-house." A physician advises parents never to spank a child on an empty stomach, j -Just a' Gesture. "What good did lt do you to emp ty your sb ot gu 3 at that aviator? You couldn't possibly hit him?" "Well," replied the irate farmer, .Tm gettin* tired of them fellers flyln' low over my property. He couldn't hear me cuss. What other way did I have to express my sentiments? B*nnjpghsjn Ajre-Herald._] So They Were Married By CLARA DELAFIELD ((G), 1922, Western Newspaper Union.) "That's Mr. Rathway, cashier of our bank. Well preserved old gen tleman, isn't, he? That's Emily Rath way. Fine looking young woman J Yes, they were married last year. A very good catch-I mean match, for Emily. "You see, Jim Bowker had been hanging around Emily for nearly seven years. When they began court ing, Jim worked in Wessel's feed store for $18 a week, and Emily was clerking In the department store Blum's department store; you'll see it on the next corner. Jim and Emily seemed struck by each other, but neither was any sort of catch-I mean match... Emily ls rather plain,, isn't she, though marriage has improved her. Jim? Oh, he's hanging around somewheres? "Well, slr, Jim wasn't exactly what you might call a saver, and Emily, she wanted to get married, like say, other young woman. It wasn't in any sense a love match, you understand. When folks have been courting for six years, if they aren't married, they never ought to be. But they'd sort of got used to each other, and they honestly meant to get married some day. . "Emily was ready on the drop of the hat. But Jim had never saved a cent, and there got to be some talk about Jim's running around with the youngest Eden girl. People used to twit Emily about It, and naturally she didn't like it Also they were be ginning to wonder how soon she and Jim would get married, and whether It was coming off at all. On Febru ary 14 somebody sent Emily a comic valentine-the old-maid kind. That stung. Emily grew rather desperate. "Well, old Mr. Rathway had been a friend of the family for years. Wid ower for 20 years, no family, most of the money that exists in our town, etc. A splendid catch. But all the women had long ago stopped setting their caps for him. Couldn't catch him. He was a wily old bird. Jolly as a-sandboy, and full of interest In. life, and, as I was saying, he'd known Emily since she was a baby. "And that's where the catch-I mean the match-came in. You see, he was suspicious as sin of all the old maids in town, but Emily-why, she was a baby. Enlly was almost like his own child, the way he looked on her. He sure thought he was safe with Emily. Besides, wasn't there. Jim Bowker? "Emily went to him, I'm told, cry ing, and said Jim was running round with the Eden girl, and what was she to do. Old Mr. Rathway fell for "Tict-iiite^a-ciinxt---:-?.^A?,a|M "'Do?' he shouted. 'Makethedarned young cuss Jealous, of course. , As long as he thinks he can have , you whenever he wants you, why natu rally he doesn't care to trouble. Make bim think you're running round with somebody else.' "'Oh, Mr. Rathway, it's all very well to say that,' answered Emily, 'but j'ou know I couldn't play with a man's heart In that way. Now if lt was you-Oh, Mr. Rathway, won't you let Jim think ifs you?' "Now maybe she didn't use exactly those words, because there was no third party present to hear. But old Mr. Rathway fell for It-he sure did. And he took Emily to the next church sociable. "No end of a stir that made, and the old gentleman began enjoying the fun, and perhaps, too, he enjoyed hav ing a pretty girl to go about with fairly pretty, anyway-even at his time of life. Anyway, Emily led him on and led him on, and the, next thing was that Joe Bludsoe caught 'em kissing under the elms. "My, It run through the village like wildfire. And the next thing was Emily's going to Lawyer Jenks, heart broken. " 'My life's ruined from love for Mr. Rathway, who won't carry out his promise to marry me,' she said, or words to that effect. 'Of course Lawyer Jenks was no fool ; he knew as much as tuay one of us, and a little more, but the next thing was a breach-of-promise suit for $25,000. "Well, old Mr. Rathway wasn't a fool, either. He loved his money, and he knew any jury in Travis county would soak him to the limit, the old bloodsucker. And then well, you see, as I was saying, Emily had led him on and led him on, so that In the end he came to the con clusion that maybe he'd rather have a pretty young wife than lose $25,000, and be the laughing stock 'of the town. * "So-they were married last year. Rules him pretty stern, too, they say she does, but she looks after him, and I guess the old gentleman's never re gretted the step he took. Of course he doesn't know all the town's wise to the affair. "Jim? Oh, he's still hanging round Emily, at a respectful distance. Old Mr. Rathway's got hardening of the arteries, and, as Emily's still got a sort of sneaking fondness for Jim well, maybe it was a quiet way of saving up. enough to start them with a home of their own, after all." The entire living population of the globe, divided Into families of five persons each, could be placed In Texas, each family with a home on a half-acre lot, and there would still re main some vacant lota. Governor Calls For Worship on Thanksgiving. . - Governor Biarvey yesterday issued a proclamation to the people of the I state to obseive next Thursday, the 30th, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer. "Let us assemble in our re spective places of worship," the gov ernor's appeal says, "and around the ! fireside of home, making acknowl edgement of His countless blessings and seeking His guidance in the perils which may beset our paths in the years to come.1" The governor's proclamation fol lows : "Since the day our forefathers united in" grateful thanksgiving for the blessings betowed upon them, we have each year paused in our rush of life, to commemorate the day and again unite in an earnest endeavor to express^ our gratitude for the in dulgence of cur Creator. "Therefore I, W;lson G. Harvey, as Governor of South Carolina, in consider?tion of the many blessings bestowed upon us, do hereby desig nate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of -November, as a day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to be kept and observed throughout the state. Let us assemble in our respective places of worship and around the fire side at home malting acknowledge ment of His countless blessings, and seeking His guidance in the perils which beset our paths in the years to come. The Record. c 'icy and Crime. approach of a week in whic - asked to consider the subject of education it may be well to contemplate the facts brought out in- this editorial comment from The Greenville Piedmont: Some time ago the South Carolina Mental Hygiene Survey made a study of 310 inmates of the State peniten tiary. It found that One hundred and three, or 38.2 per cent had never gone to school and were illiterate. Thirty-five or 11.3 per cent never got further than the second grade; the public school. Twenty-eight, or 8 per cent, never got further than then second grade; Twenty-nine or 9.4 per cent never got further than the third grade; Twenty-five or 8.1 per cent never got further than the fourth grade. Mentioning this data in her report, Miss Wil Lou Gray, State Supervisor of Adult Schools says: -fifEhem. figures should_convjnce_ one that 'the State pays dear in crime, sorrow, disgrace for its illiteracy. Individual illiteracy may not be a menace, but collective illiteracy may jeopardize the welfare of a state and democracy itself." The figures do r.ot mean that every illiterate person is or may become a criminal but they do indicate that most criminals are illiterate or near illiterate. Looks as if abolishing illiteracy and near illiteracy would help a lot toward abolishing crime and crimi nals, doesn't it? This is one of many ways in which more and better education will pay the State of South Carolina mighty well. So frequently we look upon those who have committed crime and con tinue to commit crimes, to think that they have been without the surround ings and the opportunities that might have altered their points of view. It is true that men who have education and been brought up under the best influences go to .the bad, but in the great body of criminals they are really the exceptions. Neglected youth, untutored and untaught, de velops a soil in which crime springs up.-Spartanburg Herald. DON'T RISK NEGLECT Don't neglect a constant backache, sharp, darting pains or urinary dis orders. The danger of dropsy or Bright's disease is too serious to ig nore. Use Doan's Kidney Pill as have your friends and neighbors. An Edge field case. . * M. A. Mauney, says: "I was com plaining a great deal with my back and kidneys. I could hardly stand the misery. Some days my kidneys acted every little while and at other times did not act for a long time. I was all run down and felt out of sorts. I had pains and aches in my back. I could not sit long before my kidneys ached so bad I had to get up and move around. I became nervous and irri table. I was led to try Doan's Kidney Pills and several boxes rid me of the weakness. I have had no return of kidney complaint." Price 60c, al; all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Mauney had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. Tura under the cotton stalks and starve the weevils. I No Mercy is Shown York County Man. York, S. C., Nov. 25.-William C Faries, sixty years old, will .diie in the electric chair on Decembei: 29 for the slaying of Newton Taylor, aged 14, unless the higher courts or the governor interfere. Date for his execution was fixed late today by Judge Peurifoy in court of general sessions, after a jury earlier had found him guilty of murder. A motion for a new trial was over ruled by Judge Peurifoy just before he passed sentenced. Faries went on . trial yesterday morning in the first of four charges of murder against him growing out of the f atal wounding on September 6th of four members of the family of James M. Taylor at Clover where all of the principals in the case live. A jury was obtained shortly after noon and by time court adjourned the prosecution had completed its case and the defendant and his wife had testified. One defense witness and one wit ness in rebuttal were heard today. Attorneys argued approximately four hours and at 1.38 o'clock this after noon the case was given to the jury At 3:16 o'clock the jury announced that it had reached a verdict and three minutes 'later the verdict was announced. Faries at no time during the trial showed any trace of emotion. He received the verdict condemning him to death in the electric chair stoic ally, refusing to comment at any time. Motion for New Trial Over-ruled. Immediately after the verdict was read, former Governor Cole L. Blease, and Thomas McDow, counsel for Faries, gave notice that they would file a motion for a new trial. This motion was made an hour later and over-ruled by Judge Peurifoy. Immediately after overruling the motion' the judge called Faries before the bench and pronounced the sen tence. Standing erect and holding his black slouch hat in his hand, Fa ries for eleven minutes stood before the judge while sentence was pro nounced. Asked whether he had any thing to say as to why sentence should not be passed, Faries replied that he had nothing to add to what his attorneys had said. Judge Peuri foy then began his talk. After re viewing the case and the verdict, the judge in conclusion said to Faries: ^'I_recommend to you the Christ ian religion. IT'sustained the jaartyrs and will sustain you. Ministers who will come , to see you in Columbia (where condemned prisoners are ex ecuted) will comfort you. Your body will be sacrificed but your soul may be freed through the gracious mercy of Jesus Christ." Faries Dry-Eyed. Tears stood in the eyes of many of the scores of spectators when Judge Peurifoy concluded. Faries, We Can Give Yo on Mill Work an Ls.rge stock of Rough and t Immediate Woodward QUALITY Comer Roberts and Di ARRINGTON Wholesale Groeei Corn, Oats, Kinds c Gloria Flour and Da Our Lc Corner Cumming ai On Georgia August YOUR PATRON] tf?F* See our representativ [however, stood dry-eyed. Several of his children who have been by hia side throughout the trial, were ranged around him when he was sentenced and accompanied him to the door of ?the county jail' when he was return ed there pending removal to the peni tentiary in Columbia. Sentencing of Fanes concludes one of the most notable cases of re cent years jn South Carolina. It ali grew out of a children's quarrel in the little cotton mill village of Clov er. The children of James M. Taylor and those of Faries quarreled. There were several quarrels and finally tile adult members of the families be came involved although never reach ing the point of violence. Finally on September 6th little John Faries, son of William, told his father that a member of the Taylor family had struck him with a stone. This, ac cording to Fanes' own story on the witness stand, so provoked the elder ly man that he could not stand the quarrels any longer and geting his gun he started shooting members of the Taylor family. He said he really did not know what he was doing. Six members of the Taylor family were found wounded when the smoke cleared away. Four, Newton,'Leila, and Fred Taylor, and Claude John son, their grown cousin, died. GUNS, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, SAFES AND VAULT DOORS HEMSTREET - & ALEXANDER 617 Broad St FIRST-CLASS REPAIRING Telephone 679 , Augusta, Ga, Trespass Notice. I hereby give notice that all hint ing, fishing and trespassing in every form whatsoever is prohibited on my land. This means everybody and the law will be enforced against those who fail to heed this notice. Keep off of my premises. A. G. OUZTS. Trespass Notice. I hereby give notice that all tres passing in every form is prohibited ' on my land. The law will be enforced without exception against those who disregarcL^bic -JUJijce^ _._ Mrs. D'. J. ROWE; Six Per Cent Money. Under Bankers Reserve System six per cent loans may be secured on city or farm property, to buy, build, improve, or pay indebtedness. Bank ers Reserve Deposit Company, 1648 California Street, Denver, Colorado. ll-22-8t. u Prompt Service d Interior Finish )ressed Lumber on hand for i Delivery. Lumber Co. -SERVICE igas Sts., Augusta, Ga, BROS. & CO. ! *s and Dealers in Hay and all >f Feeds n Patch Horse Feed caders ad Fenwick Streets R. R. Tracks ;a, Ga. [GE SOLICITED e, C. E. May.