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E^i PURPOSE IN WALKINU B . ^ m?rican Author# Gather Ideas ? Whll* 0,1 T?wr? Ovtr I th? Country Vto?4?. I The other day In a 111 tlr literary Lithane upstairs oyer a bookslore In En Franclaco, Bailey Millard write* lu E*d prunc'lsco Bulletin. I heard one EV? ^ less fq.njous California outhor L. to another : I -i hear you have bought an automo Ihji* 1 suppose that'* the end of those Ejebrated walk# of your*." I -Not at all," was the reply Of the I riter addressed. "It only extend* ?them." I "jidw's that?" I "Well I have had my mnchlne more Ithiirt "I* months. I And that an auto Itootdle Is a tine thing to take you to phiee like the Marin hill*, where Ivou <*n po and get a ?ood walk." I Writer# a* a rule are walkers. They Id o not necessarily walk because they Iwrlte. nor do they write because they Ljlk; but almost any of them will Itell yoo that walking, oven along a Lull itreet In town, la Inspirational. It ?would seem as If a writer'* leg*, mov ling steadily und rhythmically, pump lout of his Inner conaclouaneas Ideas ?that eventually get upon the printed |page. I Lean a? a grayhound and brown as la berry. Julian Hawthorne was walk ing along a country road near Poe's ?old home In Fordham. I happened to Ibe accompanying him, but was saying I very little, for the son of the famous ?Nathaniel seemed to be In what our Igood old bromides call a "brown I (.( tidy." I of a sudden he left my side and ?darted up o bypath through the ?woods, springing up the hillside lllke a deer. After a few minutes he Icanie tearing down again, apologizing Ifor his sudden freak by snylng: I "I saw a half-formed Idea floating ? about and thought I would chase It ? down. It was a mythical Idea and a Itough one. I have It now and I'm go ling to put It Into n story." I Henry- Lewis and David Graham I Phillips, two authors with whom I was ?well acquainted during the latter years ?of their lives, both took long walks ? nearly every day and often I acconi Ipanled them. While they walked they ?talked and In the case of Phillips It Inns wonderful talk. In New York | city we used to walk from the Players' ? dob In Ora mercy park, not far from ?Phillips' home, to Nineteenth strfcet land to Forty-second street and hack ? again, always along dingy old Fourth I avenue. Sometimes we would "tramp Inlong as far as Fifty-ninth street and Ithen over the Central park paths< I Phillips told me that but for Ills I walks he never would have been able | to write bis novels. Britain Fighting Rats. In England, where the scarcity of food during the war was a, much more serious matter than In this country, they have been giving much more at tention to measures to prevent the depredations of rats, and a concrete corn erlh Is coming Into general use throughout great Britain, which will keep the grain In good condition and at the snme time keep the rats out. The Interior of the crib is built of concrete blocks with holes In them for ventilation of the building. The floor li of solid concrete, and on the sides where the blocks have openings the Inside *f the structure is covered with mesh. The trench in the center of the floor U built so that the extension feeder of the corn sheller can be* placed in It when shelling out the crib. 8hort pieces of board are laid over this trench, and are* removed as fast as the com can be shelled. This trench Is a labor-saving feature of. this corn crib. It has been found by the modern . farmer that concrete is ^tbfc.only effective way of fighting rats. Balzac's Homo Is Restored. The home of the famous French author, Honore de Balzac, in the Rue Raynounrd at Pnssy has been reopened ?? an artists' center. Th? house had been sadly neglected, but has been re stored to present the appearance It had In Bnlrac's time, with Its vestibule painted blue and the original oak carv ings and dark red tapestries decorating the apartment where Balzac wrote his masterpieces. On the table stands the big chlnn coffee-pot from which the author was wont to refresh himself, for Balzac w?s a mighty drinker of coffee. Old woodcuts and original printing proofs ?dorn the walls. In ttie garden the Tlne that Balzac tended still grows and his beloYed lilacs have been replanted there. In one room there Is still the trap door through which Balzac used to dis appear when Importunate creditor* called. Matters of Importance. "Yonng woman, 1 have waited h<?re three-quarters of nn hour to see Mr. ttadsoo. How much longer will 1 fcnve to wait?" "I ran't tell you. sir. He's very busy." "Won't you mind finding ouj ?" "Indeed I would, sir. Mr. Wadson chairman of the grounds committee the country club. He and the other members of the committee are ^cussing plans for Improving the golf llnlc?. i wouldn't dare to lnt??P,Pt now if a million dollars wers at Birmingham Age-Hernld. Politics and Statesmanship. "A politician is a statesman out of ? Job." remarked the superficial cynic. "Not these days," rejoined Senator Sorfchum. "A politician Is a statea wfco Is wllirng to get down to ^irtaiwyre* and hustle for what he '?ttrds as his country's beat iBtscsat." BEEKEEPING. Timely 8uea$#tlon? About Thle Grow* ing Industry, C '?mson College. ? The spring honey flow, has iturted over the entire state. The beet* in the southern part of the are about three weekti ahead of those In tin- PiedmQQt MCtlon, In the upper part of the state the flow is good from tulip, poplur, holly, honey locust, blackberry, raspberry, plan tain, mustard. In the southern part of the state the flow Is flne In poplar, holly, gums, tupelo, white clover, gall berry, etc, The bees must be closely watched. Supers are filled rapidly in strong colonies and ample room should be provided by adding supers before the hiv'es become congested. Supers should be examined at this time twice a week, for a strong colony will often fill a super in one week. Requeening of strong and healthy colonies ia not recommended at thin time. The beekeepers should look forward wltl* a view to doing this, where necessary, in July. A good queeiV introduced at that time will build a strong colony for wintering and the hive will start work next spring with a strong and active queen. Transferring from one-gum to stand ard 10-frame hives should be contin ued into the summer, regardless of honey flow, because the bee-yard is not as profitable as It should be In the bbxes. So many of our citieens are asking how and where to get bees. Bees may be obtained in one or more ot the following ways: 1st: Transfer from the old bee tree in the woods or swamp to a mod , ern 10-frame hive. 2nd: Purchase a swarm In a box gum at a reasonable price and trans fer it to a standard 10-frame hive. 3rd: Purchase one or more nuclei from reputable beekeepers' supply houses. In transferring from a tree or box it is quite immaterial if the bees are black. After they have settled in the new hive they are tfaen requeened with a good Italian queen, which will convert the colony from black to Ital ian in a short time. There is a shortage of comb and the rendering of extracted honey is urged. It requires time and work for bees to build comb and it is unfortu nate when this work is necessary when a hpavy honey flow ia on. In taking off honey, nothing should be allowed to go to waste. pieces of comb honey may be put In the sun or solar extracted. Capplngs honey are treated in the same man ner. Pieces of comb or comb contain ing honey should not be left in the bee yard or at any place near where the bees can get to it. This disorgan izes the workers and causes robbing. Be clean and exacting when taking off the honey. Even washings after clean ing up the utensils may be saved for making honey vinegar. There is no evidence of brood dis eases in this state and this should encourage every beekeeper to use any precaution in ordering queens and nuclei from reputable sources. It is for this reason that the purchasing of Jftocal bees is encouraged. The Extension Service maintains specialists on beekeeping and any in quiries will always receive careful at tention. THE COTTON RED SPIDER. Close Observation "and Quick Action ' . Will Control. Clffmson College.? The eotton plants of the 19J8 drop -.were, perhaps more generally infested with red spider than ever before. Almost every man who planted cotton last year had boms trouble with the red spider. It is a pest that every cotton farmer should know at this time. ' Shall the 1$19 cotton crop be infest ed with this pest? This depends principally on the individual farmer. The fields should be closely watched, from the time the cotton is thinned until the picking begins. With the first appearance of the red spider, work should begin and be done thor oughly ? as long as is necessary to get the red spider under control. -> The following are some of the meas ures to adopt in controlling red spi der: ? ? 1st: . Keep the poke weed down. It possible dig or grub up and burn. All poke weed along terraces, ditches, around stumps or on the border of fields should be cut down and kept down all summer. fnd: Cut down blackberry vines and keep them cut at the same time the poke weed is cut. 3rd: Carefully watch the cotton. The red spider usually starts in a corner or spots. Do not allow these spots to enlarge. Pull up all infested plants that are noticeably infested spots ? pile and burn these stalks on the ground from which they have been pulled. 4th: Should these "spits" be too large to pull up and burn, api^ay thor oughly wheif first noticed with lime sulfur wash (use the concentrated so lution) one gallon of the wash to 100 of water. The under side of the leaves la the principal part of the plant to spray. Use a pump that will make a fine spray and will give 100 to Its pounds pressure, such as a barrel spray pump. 6th: The control of the red spider depends on this factor: That it mnst be stopped as soon as It begiae if pos sible. This requires close obaervattoa and quick acting. * . We need to tfciak more stoat tm creasfn* food sad feed crops aa? flMa w won't need to talk so smell about fnff tfve eotton erop. (, . UOYKKNOK MANNING HBTITiNH ; ? " 'T~" TV * ' . ?, * . Was IMecato Abroad of l<eafue to Kn foite Pmw. ? Sumter, May 81. Coming back with it broad view of international condition*' gained from Intimate contact with wo.dd tigutcs at the peace conference, Kit-hard I. Manning, former governor of Houth Carolina, when lie arrived her* today from Kurope, where he hati been *iuoe March 22, ?aid that, in his opinion, the future of cottou wa? very bright, lie stated that when the |>esce treaty la srign ed and the world markets again resume their normal functioning, the market* will be cryiug for cottou. He thinks that the demand will couhuiuc the sup ply now available aud that which will be produced thi# year, , The government* ?*( Kurope, depleted of resource* and with a deflated money market, he ?aid, will not be able to hau? ?UtV#Pneru*an oottou unaHsintod, but, ?ald Governor Manning, <\>r|K? ration* will have to bo formed in (he United State* to handle the export* iu?d extend credits The former governor said that llarnard M; ltarm*h and Vauoe MoTortnick are frleudtf of the Southern cotton plauter and are doing all iu their '-power to help him Former governor Manning and Mra. Manning, who iwvoinpanied him to Ku rope, where he weut to the peace con ference as the accredited delegate of the League to Mnforce Peace. ex-Prealdeut Tuft'* organisation, arrival from New York tJ?U morning at 11 o'clocjk. This afternoon they went to Governor Mann log' a faitn at lloykin ami will ?t>euj) 8u?<lay at the home of U. II. Hoy kin at Ro.vklo. White In Kuropo they visited the grave of thejr 5.011, Maj. Wil limn Sinkler Manniug, who was buried on the Argonne battlefield, and were vhowui the great battlefields of the war. They spent Mxoe time with their three sons in the Kighty-Hnst I >i vision. Major Bernard Mannings, Hnrwell I>eas Man ning and John Adger Manning. The former governor and hia wife speak interestingly of their experience? while abroad, the world ttgureo they, met and the many oourtoaies shown thrnu while in Prauce and England. They ar ii\v<l in Halifax fnom abroad May 24. Former Governor Manning is uuuu-us u?.d in hi* praiae of President Wilsoa'a WQ)<k at the peace conference, the .cou (luct and morale of t lie American aol diera Abroad, and the nnditnted patriot ism and liigli courage and fortitude of tin* American women who served in th? world war. 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