The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1917-1918, November 12, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Page 2, Image 2
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1917.
The unspeakable Turks are on the
run, and it is to be honed that he is
on his "last legs." The civilized world
has long since ceased to wonder at
any outrage perpetrated by these
heathen. One of the signs of Germany's
degredation and folly lies in
the fact that she has Turkey for an
ally. But what has for centuries come
to be a monster in the eyes of all the
world is coming face to face with its
doom, we venture to prophesy. Turkey
will fall into utter and eternal
ruin. There is no sufficient moral base
left to build a civilization upon; even
after the catastrophe falls upon them.
Bestial, immoral and without passibility
of regeneration; that nation
will perish, and perishing will leave
but a monumental wreck that may
warn all nations for all time that destruction
waits upon the people who
fail utterly to measure up to a reasonably
true standard of manhood.
The county fair, even from the
financial standpoint, succeeded quite
well this year. The exhibits were
better than usual, the attractions
were above the average and the gate
receipts amounted to $400 above expenses.
This, for a year like the
present, when "everybody /eels the
high cost of living, is a most creditable
showing. The directors will have
a sufficient amount to meet the interest
on the debt, and the general effect
of a successful fair will be good for
another year. In passing, it may be
said that B. F. Alston, Jr., the secretary,
worker! untiringly for the fair
this year as he has on every former
occasion, and L. M. Jordan, one of the
directors, was not far behind him in (
trying to bring about success. Mr. <
Jordan gave eight whole days just
prior to and during the fair, to the
work. Others helped, but to these ,
two gentlemen, more than to anybody (
else, the credit for a successful fair ?
is due.
FAREWELL! BRAVE FELLOWS. f
The first three American soldiers
killed in the trenches in France were (
buried in that sister republic on Nov. {
7. The names of the three men are: s
Knright, Gresham and Hay. A French '
officer, commanding the division in ^
that section, paid a tribute to the
dead soldiers that will live as a mas- f
ter piece of oratory on such occasions.
<">ne paragraph, in particular, is most
stirring, in this funeral oration:
s
"They ignored nothing of the
Circumstances and nothing had c
been concealed from them?neith- n
er the length and hardships of ^
war, nor the violence of battle, j
nor the dreadfulness of new
weapons, nor the perfidy of the c
foe. Nothing stopped them. They
accepted the hard and strenuous
life; they crossed the ocean at j
great peril; they took their places 0
on the front by our side and they
have fallen facing the foe in a
hvd and desperate hand-to-hand
fight. Honor to them! Their a
9
families, friends and fellow citi
zens will be proud when they !
learn of their deaths." I
It is for men like these that you
are asked to contribute money to conduct
Y. M. C. A. work among; it is
for these that we contribute to the
Red Cross fund; it is for these that
wc knit and toil and sacrifice, for they
are worthy, and, when they fall in
battle, they are dying for us?our
firesides, families, all our sacred In
stitutions. It is our way to "do our
hit," and it should he done well, nohly
by us, for they are worthy. '
^ Editorial Clippings
We see from The Keowee Courier r
that the the recent term of the Oco- '
nee court at Walhalla quite a number
of persons were prosecuted and
found guilty of violating the quarta
month law. In all there were half
a dozen or more cases of this kind
before the court, and upon conviction
the Judge gave the parties jail sentences.
This speaks well for Oconee _
county. Her officers arc on to their
[jobs, and as the result there will he ]
some mighty cautious liquor violators
in that county.
While Oconee is after the quart (
|a month people, in some places they
.seem to have a regular walk over.
(The offices of the Probate Judges are
overrun with people who are getting
|liquor permits. These Judges seem
unconcerned about the violations of (
the law. induced we presume by the F
[permits, and the administration of o
oaths. It strikes us that any officer p
who knowingly issues a permit to a v
party not entitled to it, is himself as ii
gumy as the party in whose behalf a
he issues it., It is no excuse for him h
to say it is none of his business to 1<
become a detective. He is all the ii
same a party to the crime.?Green- h
wood Journal. ?
s:
Corn is the American crop. Not C
only does this country raise more of a
it than does any other country, but ^
it raises more than do all the other ci
countries. Moreover, corn as we know w
it, had its origin here. In this show- si
ing Connecticut has an interest. In is
the large average its acreage of corn n
is small, compared with the broad il
corn acres of the West, but it has
more than any of the other New Eng- si
land states, and its corn crop value c<
exceeds any of the others in its sec- r'
tion. w
Hence, it is greatly to the interest A
of the United States in general, and C
of Connecticut in particular, that the hi
food experts are exploiting corn as H
a complete food. Some generations o1
ago, when there wasn't as much room tl
for choice in foods as there is now, it s<
was discovered that corn as a grain di
offered much sustenance and not a ai
little variety. Since then, and quite tl
recently, it has been discovered that 'r
corn makes a high-class starch, that H
it is a basis for excellent syrup, and ol
that from it can be extracted a very 'a
useful and palatable oil. M
In extremity, we can live on corn, 'y
though most of us decided long ago tl
urn. <in exclusive corn met was mo- r?
notonous. Hut we are finding out to d<
our profit that corn is capable of
more variety than formerly we st
thought it.?Hartford Times. m
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E. H. Blake to Vigilantes. =
Shows by Sons of Gov. Manning That
This is by No .Means a Rich
Man's War. ?
Mr. Eugene H. Blake has written $
Lhc following to The Vigilantes, a ^
publication whose object is to arouse
the people of America to the tragedy
>f the war: $
"When a few days ago, John Ad- J|
^ar Manning, scarcely 18 years of J
ige ,cut short his college education ^
o join Battery A, 31(5 Field Artillery,
his made the fifth son of Governor
md Mrs. Richard I. Manning of f
South Carolina to enter the United Jl
states Army. His next older brother, ]
ibout two years below the age re- ^
luircments for the draft, is serving
is a private. The three other sons ?
>f the governor, Wyndham, Bernard
w;n;?rv> ..n *
>uu ft iiiiuui, an mai i it*u, are in ine
service, two of them sacrificing a 4
land.some salary to volunteer. |
"And they say this is a Rich Man's ^
iVar!"?Greenwood Journal.
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riovcrnment Contract
for Over 10 Million J
4r*
Norfolk, Va., Nov. i>.?The largest $
ingle contract for government work ^
t. this point was let today to James ^
itewart & Co., of New York. The ?
ew contract is for over ten million
ollars' worth of improvements at
'ig's Point, facing Hampton Roads,
nd will include barracks for soldiers,
oncentration station, warehouses,
>iers, railroad yards and a railroad
onnecting with the Atlantic Coast
;ine. The improvements will occupy
ver 323 acres of land. Work will be
tarted immediately. I
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floods in China a
Do Great Damage 1
Ireat City Under Water?Railways 0
Damaged?Traffic Greatly
Hindered. P
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(By Associated Press) ?
Tiensin, China, September HO.? 0
Correspondence of The Associated
'ress)?At least 200,000 square miles s
f land in the southern and central n
ortions of Chihli Province are under {'
.'ater as a result of torrential ains 11
c
a the mountains of Shansi, Honan
nd Western Chihli provinces which s
ave poured their floods into the shal- n
>w streams of the Chihli Plain, driv- a
i>T 1,000,000 Chinese from their ?
omes. These streams converge, to- c
ether with the Grand Canal, at Tien- a
in, the commercial port of North v
hina, and the distributing center for
population of more than 10,000,000. a
lore than half of the area of this a
ny or i,uuu,uuu innanitants is under
rater varying in depth from one to ?
ix feet. Rains are continuing and it a
i estimated that the flood water will tl
ot subside for at least a month, even v
' the rains cease. a
The Pei Ho, which is the single
Lream through which all the water- c
>urses centering at Tientsin ordina- a
ily discharge toward the ocean is v
'holly inadequate to carry off the ^
ood water. It is estimated by the 11
hinese Conservancy Board that the 1
ead of water delivered to the Pei ^
to by the Grand Canal and various ~
ther streams is forty times greater
lan the river can accommodate. Con- n
jquently all low land within a ra- c
ius of 30 or 40 miles east, south "
ad west of the city is flooded. Along '
le Puto llo, the Hon Ho and less f1
nportant streams feeding the Pei "
o, there have been terrible losses
p life and property. Hundreds of vilges
have been wiped out entirely,
ore than 100,000 refugees from out- ^
ing districts have already made
leir way into Tiensin on sanpans and
ifts, and all bring stories of terrible \Vl
ivastation. S]
The Yellow River, a tremendous
ream which now enters the sea 100 niles
south of Tiensin formerly had si
s mouth only twenty miles from this c.
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We use our best endeavor
market affords in Beef Stes
Veal. Mutton, Fish and C
please you.
E. R. GODSHA1
Opposite Po(
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;ity.t Through breaks in the dikes
tlonjt th? Yellow River floodwater
Voni hat stream has found its way
nto* ie Grand Canal by the way of
>he 4l|ei river and is adding to the
.remeidous torrent now delivered by
:he Grand Canal to the Pei Ho.
Farmers on the south side of the
bellow River are reported to have
:ut the dike on the opposite side of
he stream to protect their own land.
Government engineers have been una>le
to make any extensive survey of
he flooded districts as yet because
>f the difficulties of transportation,
liarge and small streams are all so
swollen that travel overland is impossible.
3aotingfu, the capital of Chihli Provnce
,and many other important cities
ind towns in Central Chihli, are also
looded. But the railway south from
'ekinp to the Yangtsze river is
vashed out in many places. Consejuently
North China is wholly with
iuc ran connection ana river commulication
with Shanghai at present.
What Germany is Eating.
There are contradictory reports recarding
the economic situation in
Jermany. Some say she is starving
md others deny it. That the unnusual
iving conditions of the last few years
ire telling on the health and vitality
>f the people there can be little doubt.
In a recent issue of The Atlantic
Monthly, a writer who has spent much
ime in Germany since the war began
^ives some interesting observations
n the food situation, as follows:
"Chunks of dried sea lion meat were
hipped into the country in the manler
of jerked beef. Soaked for a number
of hours and cut into small pieces,
t was made into a stew with onions.
!ome people thickened the gravy and
erved it with petzel, a South Gerrian
dumpling made of flour, but,
las, no eggs, as in the past. After
ne or two attacks of nausea people
ame to like the concoction. It filled
i vacufum, and that is everything
/hen one's head is light from a still
ighter diet. The same meat corned
nd canned Robbin's Fleisch was sold
nd served in slices, at four marks a
ound. It was a very good imitation
f corned beef, better than stewed,
nd could be eaten cold on bread. As
he potatoes became scarce, the bread
/hich had been doled out on allownce
began to deteriorate in quality.
ls long as it was composed of 20 per
ent of potato flour it was not bad,
nd served to satisfy the children
/hen spread with malt extract, in
lace of sugar or syrup, or the faious
Kriegs-Marmalade, a marmaide
made of saccharine beets, tomaaes
and turnips, colored red. With
ty* reduction of the potato flour in the
reaY, coarser grains were added, but
ow 5 per cent sawdust and 5 per
ent floi^r ground from straw are
sed. In consequence, people are suf*ring
greatly from anemia; stomach
roubles are on the increase, especilly
ulcers of the stomach, and
iread worms."
Flow can a people fed on sawdust
nd straw he expected to fight on forcer
at the behest of their rulers?
/ill they??St. Louis Republic.
When friend wife and friend husand
have a scrap and friend wife
ays: "Well, if you don't like it you
now what you can do!' Friend wife
leans that friend husband can go
'.raight to the bad place for all she
ires.
SEE US! |
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inds a Meat Diet
to provide the best the
ik, Beef and Pork Roast ?
>ysters. We strive to j
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OUR PART IN FEE
(Special Information Servlc?, 1
ALL FORAGE PRODUCED ON TH
PROTECTED AND U7
WAGE WAR ON
ORCHARD PESTS
Fruit Growers Can Do Most Valuable
Work During Fall and
Winter Months.
SPRAY AFTER FOLIAGE DROPS
Destruction of Eggs of Insects More
Easy Thep?Advantages of Planting
Better Seed Corn?Save
tfre Farm Wood Lot.
In order to Increase the production
of trutt ft in essential that fruit prowem
wage a contltrr is fight on orchard
pests. Some of the most valuable control
work can be accomplished during
the fall and winter months. Certain
destructive Insects are held In check
only by spraying during the dormant
period of trees, when stronger washes
may be used than when the trees are In
foliage. Many Insects spend the winter
on the tree In the egg, larva, or
pnpal stage, and their destruction In
the course of pruning and other orohard
work Is practicable and Is of
much Importance In keeping them reduced.
Certain fungous and bacterial
diseases, particularly pear blight and
apple canker, are best worked upon at
this time.
Practically all <rf the orchard scale
Insects can be successfully controlled
by spraying the trees after the foliage
has dropped. This work may be done
either In the fall or during the winter
when the temperature Is above freeaIng
and In the spring before the buds
come out. During these periods a
strong solution of llme-snlphur Is used
by a great many orchardlsts In controlling
San Jose scale and many other
serious scale pests.
Other scale Insect pests, such as the
cherry scale, oyster shell scale, etc.,
can usually hte held In check by the
dormant spray with llmo-sulphur wash.
The treatment Is also effective against
the pear loaf blister mite, which Is universally
present on pears, and In many
localities becomes a serious apple pest.
Same plant lice that are destructive especially
to young apple trees winter In
the egg stage and are destroyed by this
treatment. One thing that must be remembered
In applying the dormant
spray is that the solution should cover
every part of the tree or It will not be
effective.
Exposure to weather often causes
greater destruction to farm Implements
than using them. Avoid this loss by
?*orlng all machines and tools properly
under shelter before winter sets In.
In marketing frnlt and vegetables a
nrriilnct ?f 'MS, nnnlltn rvo?l>n.l In
...?B" KnLnru in uilractive
packages usually will bring
highest market prices.
8TORE ONLY BEST SEED CORN.
Good Seed Versus More Acres as a
Means of Increasing Crop.
B7 planting better seed corn larger
yields can be secured without any
more labor except In harvesting larger
crops, says the United States department
of agriculture. This nation has
iftnnted and cultivated over 100.000,000
acres of corn annually during the past
ten years. The average yield per ocre
has been less than 27 bushels, and below
80 bushels every year. It Is very
probable that the demand for corn will
continue to Increase and we should
place ourselves In a position to meet
the demand In the best and most practicable
manner. As demands for corn
Increased we have planted more
acfea There Is an easier and better
way, namely the growing of more bushel*
to the acre.
By planting 10,000,000 more acres of
corn, according to the average acre
yield, we could expect less than 270,a<wo/to
K....V. ~i_
wuiwv uivic UUSUC18 ui corn, wnerens
by Increasing the acre yield by only
four bushels on the 100,000,000 acres
w? now plant, we can expect 400,000,000
more bushels. A little more care
in the fall in the selection of Rood need
oorn and to the winter In caring for It
property will Increase our 1918 crop
more than much hard work next spring
DING THE NATION
1. 8. Department of Agriculture.)
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E FARM SHOULD BE PROPERLY
ILIZED AS FEED.
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nnd RUinnicr und the planting of additional
acres.
Sufficient tests have been made In
vnrious parts of the United States to
prove that by proper selection and
care of seed corn, the average acre
yield can be easily raised to 80 or even
40 bushels. Varieties that have repeatedly
yielded well In a locality and have
become adapted to local conditions
often yield 10 or 20 bushels more per
acre than unadopted varieties. In the
many field tests which have been conducted,
field-selected seed has yielded
from 5 to 18 bushels more per acre
than crib-selected seed. The results
are conclusive, for In no test has the
crib-selected seed yielded more than
the field-selected seed receiving proper
care. Farmers' bulletin No. 415, "Seed
\ uuru, gives i uii miormsQoa
On account of the scarcity of coal
there will probably be a large amount
of wood used as fuel this winter. Use
all the waste timber, dead and dying
trees for this purpose and be sure te
conserve the ashes for garden fertiliser.
They are rich In plant food,
particularly potash.
Straw Is too valuable to be allowed
to remain unused. Fresh oat straw, as
well as wheat straw can be used as a
roughage in wintering stock. It is also
advisable to use It liberally as bedding
for farm animals, as it adds to their
comfort and absorbs the liquid part
of the manure, which Is the most vainable
portion.
SAVE THE FARM WOOD LOT.
Remove Only Undesirable Timber for
Fuel Supply.
The permanent wood lot Is an essential
part of a well-equipped farm,
and in many cases it is the source of
the winter fuel supply. In heavily
wooded states, especially, formers are
likely to overlook this fact and recklessly
cut, misuse, or clear up their
forest areas. No doubt more wood will
be used for fuel this winter than is
usually the case, but It Is never advisable
to allow thrifty, Immature trees to
be used when It Is possible to get Inferior,
mature timber.
This Is a good season to clean up the
wood lot. Improve the timber land, and
{rather the winter wood supply at the
same time. All dead trees and large,
dead limbs should he made up Into
cordwood first, then the trees that
have dead or dying tops. Remove
those which are too crowded to make
satisfactory f?rowth, keeping In mind
always to leave those trees that will
mnke the best salable timber. Look up
at the crowns of the trees In deciding
which ones to thin out In a crowded
group, and take out the Intermediate
trees which are lielng encroached upon
by the more dominant ones. Do not
make the mistake of overthlnnlng, but
leave the small trees which have practically
no effect on the main stand of
the wood lot to develop Into timber of
the future. Leave the trees as evenly
spaced as possible. Cut out all vines
from the standing timber and remove
the varieties which have little value in
the wood lot or on the market
Corn Stover for Feed.
With the increasing price of land,
feed, and the higher cost of labor, it
Is becoming necessary that the farmer
eliminate, as far as possible, any waste. *
He must make use of all the by-products
of his business much the same as
the manufacturer does. Corn Is produced
In practically every section of
the country, primarily tor the grain,
unci irequeutiy tno sb.ver ?.s dl. regarded.
I'roperly cured stover Is relished by
IIv*? stock, but that which Is left In the
open during dlsagrrenble weather Is
far from being palatable or nourishing.
Stover protected from the time
It Is out In the field Is a valuable feed
for young stock. Idle horses and cattle
that are being carried over the winter
on a cheap ration.
The best way to handle corn stover
Is by means of the shredder. This
method makes It possible to get It In
the barn before the feeding qualities
have been Injured by the weather.
Enough room should always be reserved
In the barn to accommodate a
good supply of stover. Hay may be
safely stacked out, but It is unsafe to
stack shredded stover. Care must be
taken to give the corn ample time to
cure before It Is shredded, for It may
heat In the mow and become worthies*
through subsequent molding.
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