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METHODS FOR ERAD Root Stocks of Bindweed Growing 1 <Hy H. R COX ) A study of the eradication of an perennial weed should begin with consideration of its undergroun parts. When the character of Its ui derground growth is determined tli next step Is to devise a method < eradication based 011 its habits Hodv and field bindweed will be consider* In this article. The hedge bindweed may sta growth la the spring Irotn near tl top of the root stock sent 10 the su face during the preceding yeur. or th top growth may come front any pa of the preceding year's undcigrouti growth. This underground stem forr. buds, from which new root stocl grow. Furthermore, new root stocl may grow from any of the buds aloe the old root stock. An individual ro< stock ntay retain Its vitality for tw or more years if left undisturbed. The field bindweed Is propagated t roots instead ot root stocks Thet roots extend in a more or less hoi zontal direction from several Inch* to several feet below the surface I any point along the root an advent J>V - ? * SSk>-^A>> -1 . JI Underground Parts of Hedge Bin weed. tlous bud ma % form, from which a roi grows or a ront ghoot Is sent to tl surface. These root shoots form hud troiu which other root shoots gro SOMKIITINC; Mt'ST UK IM>\K The Obserxer is not au alarntis and is not over-squeamlsta. We b< llove in a liberal amount of amusi mont and diversion. We believe 1 fuu, if it is clean and decent. IU vulgarity is debasing. ia vnAfolUlnr* unouuK K%? i? '* of introduction to what we mailt t say: which is that this country I going to the devil, arid that rigl uulck, unless something more is don than has been don?- yet to check th debasing influence of much of th moving-picture f'lms thnt are hein shown. These remarks are not aimed i local movies; but if they should aj ply to the locals we cannot help i W - should certainly he as much cor cerned for the morals of our ow people as for the people in Ohleagi or Boston, or Atlanta. By the way, wo see that the mar hk r of the Bijou theatre in the la: named city was fined $5<? a few day ago "for staging an alleged indecen | performance." it was stated recently in the newi oaners. and we nresume it is trui that the city of Macon has do ha ire ail i( the Kox pictures from tha city because of the indecent and vu gar character of many of them. A writer in The State of Wed net day tells of H film he saw in Colum bla recently that was "so revoltln in its details as not to bear repeal ing" in its parts. He speaks of th "shudder of horror" he felt, and ad ded: "Fortunately for me my idea of decency and chastity are fixed but the audience was largely com posed of girls and boys Just riper Ing Into womanhood and nianhoodthose who are to he the future citl sons of our state and who are no\ forming their ideas of life." H signs himself "X. Y." wWch Is a; unknown quantity. Rut W. H. Hand, state superviso of Vgh schools. Is not an unknowi quantity by any moans; and his d? script Ion in Tho State recently o threo films he saw In three separat South Carolina towns was not It* startling than that by "X. Y."?wh ia very likely a person of etandin in Columbia, who is making a mis take In attacking evil over a non d alamo: in a matter like this, whlcl r Di Shallowly In a Clay Soil of Medium Depth. | to the surface, thus giving the Inipros ' y ] slop that the plant propagates by root 1 a , stocks * 'd From the tacts stated it is evident 11 that the only successful methods for ' ic . the eradication of bindweed must be ' ' based on the suppression of alt ton ' lp j growth, in order to starve out tlie i (,1 I unOorgro.nid parts/! except, of course, ' I those n etlio?le, at present of little ft value, v.hioh have for their object the >e direct hilling of the roots or root < ' stocks by the application of chemicals. ' te A great ninny farmers are looking for 1 ft some easy method of killing tlie biud- ? id weed, and in the meantime are let ' >* ting It cover the fields and lestoon the i trees of the orchard They are look- i ing for some magic "remedy" that will I if? completely eradicate the weed with a 1 3t stuall amount of exertion on their i o part It must he understood that such I a formidable enemy as this weed re >y quilt- heroic treatment. Oilier 'arm | *e era have gone at the problem heed'I lossly, ,u in ihe case of a man who | *s followed the root of a plant to tlio tt depth of four feet and then applied a li- large quantity of salt in the hole. Various methods have been tried to keep down the top growth and hence 1 starve out the underground parts i T1:<tc am tliree methods that have 1 given satisfactory results, namely, i lear. cullhat ion. alfalfa grew ins. and hog pasturing. There are other methods that huve beeii tried, hut not with a large nx-asuro ot sueeess These include tho placing of building paper, . l>ee' pulp, in pie pontaee. straw, or manure on the ground to smother the weed growth, and ai.-.u the application of cheniieals. Conditions in irrigated d. regions are complicated by the lact that bindweed is often allowed to grow along irrigation ditches, the want or in which distributes the seed. The le water of streams, especially at flood s. times, is also a fac tor in distributing w the seeds and roots to otlter lands. i so nearly concerns the welfare of tlte state and Its people, no man t should hesitate to speak over his 4 true signature in denouncing evil. f *? moiir ? -imji 01 .\p\vi)cny was hoard to say rooontly, "I don't 1 Rive a d what kind of pictures i_ they aro just so they brine in tho 1 g inonoy". And tho pity of it is that 1 t_ alroady tho vulgar and indecent aro ' rt becoming more popular than tho hot- ' [_ tor sort; and tho more pooplo soo of ' , the bad sort tho more they will pro- ' j for them, for evil grows by what it feeds on: and i. "Vice is a monster of such frightful 1 mien * I- That to ho hated needs hut to ho \ v seen; e But seen too oft, familiar with her n face, Wo first endure, then pity, then ( P embrace." r T n Something must be done. What? If nothing else he done, and no f matter what else may be done, good men and women can, and should, r boycott tho indecent and tho vulgar f 0 shows by staying awaj" from them K and by keeping their children away. |. j We talk about "problems" of the ^ p | day. This Is one of the biggest of c I, thi-m.--Newberry Observer. [ ! ana lei uie puDllc see where he ( J- stands. What's to he done? Appoint cen- t '' s<ir>? Who is to support them? And f who will censor the censors? t y It is no easy matter to secure cen- \ o sors who have the Kood taste and j la the good judgment to sa> what shall t >t be shown and what shall not. The t 10 movie business is legitimate, and. if 10 porpcrly conducted, serves a good j e purpose- it is educational, for one ; g thing, and it affords entertainment i at a very reasonable cost. Some t it censors would not be strict enough; t >- others would act on the theory of : t. j tho "unco gude," who thing eyerv- t i . . i- tning one enjoys is a sin. " One would think thnt wonx'ti ' would make safer rensors than men. 1 I That depends. A Newberry matt ' j. I who was in At?well, we will jus; 1 i !t|sny "another city" -recently told the 1 Observer that he saw a picture there 1 it protending to be a "fairy" scene? ! land every falrv in the hunch was a ( j. j handsome grown up woman with lit- * e tie or no clothes on. And, he said. ' (j the house was crowded, the larger ( lt portion being women. 1 I A I*\ Aflo *??? -4 ** v' * YllK LAXCA8TKR NEW; MPROVEMENT OF CORN CROP Tests Made With Many Varieties by Georgia State College of Agriculture?Results Given. My CHARLES A. WHITTLE. Georgia Slate College of Agriculture.) The Georgia State College of Agrl:ulturo has been running variety esta with various southern corns for he past seven years. New varieties luve been introduced from time to ime, and on Buch, of course, the data loos not embrace bo long a time. The best results obtained during lie seven-year tests have been from IVhatley's Prolific, which has avertgcd 54.33 bushels on the plats of the olloge. Mnr'boro has averaged sec>iul bust foi the seven-year period, frith .">2.41 bushels per acre. Hastings' Prolific has averaged 51.35; Cocke's Prolific, 46.G8; Shaw's Improved 43.70; Henry Grady, 41.17; Sanders' Improved, 46.34 bushels. The tests for five years show an av;rage of 47.26 bushels per acre for ilatts' Prolific; 38.28 bushels for Albe narle. For four years Harley's Two >arcd has averaged 43.02 bushels. 1'ates' Choice, 40.08. For three years Iteid's Yellow Dent has averaged 30.39 tmshels. For two years College Cross :ias averaged 42.C2. and South Georgia 38.63 bushels. For one year Puck 3tt s improved has averaged 49.79, anil White Dent 33.48 bushels. The averages tor the past year, how aver, do not fall in the sauie order. College Cross yielded 52.to bushels [.or ac. e. (huts' Prolific second, with i0.41 bushels, Puckett's Improved third, with 10.7'.' bushels. Those that averaged best for the seven-year period were among the poorer yielders for the past year. The seven-year, or live-year or any other average of a number of years is, of course, to be relied upon more than one-year yield. OPEN-FRONT POULTRY HOUSE Best for Maintaining (J*ne al Health of Flock?Difference Betweer Fresh Air and Drafts. It sounds uke vain repetition, but too many poultry men will not heed I lie advice to have open-front poultry houses. Kver the extreme northern states and Canada, it has been clearly shown that poultry sutlers less from frozen combs In buildings with full open fro ts. Ilia in i< htly elo. ed houses And in maintaining general health the open fronts ,ir^ bet or Hit' distinguish clearly :l. difference between a house full of cracks drafts am one with close teai ami aid. walls and open front ? ?;' difference hel ve?:t fresh air in p )!? and dmfts \ close. tight house without fresh air la a damp 'louse FA HI TO THK PAPEKS The $15,000 damage suit against the Anderson Dally Mail has failed. V man's wife committed suicide, and in incompetent correspondent wrote the matter up in such a way as to five the man ground for claiming hat there was serious reflection igalnst him. The Mail made correoion as soon as it could get the true acts, which was immediately after lie first publication; but the suit vas prosecuted all the same. The jury was unable to see any merit in he case and found for the defendin t.?Yorkville Enquirer. The good men who compose the juries in South Carolina, are showing i disposition to be very fair to tin lewspapers of the state. Most of hese jurors have a more or less inimate knowledge of the great rush ind strain incident to the publicaion of a paper, more especially a laily paper. They know that in this ush an occasional error is obliged ,o slip in. There has never been a lewspaper issued that didn't make an rror occasionally. There probably lever will be until humans are made nfallible. If a newspaper is to b-nade to pay a large sum of nioncv >very time an error creeps in, it will jo merely a question of time until here will he no newspapers. You an imagine the plight of the country hen. A newspaper is dependent upon he public for a very large proporion of its information. When this nformation is handed in the paper nust accept the word of those hand ng :t id. To personally confirm very item of news submitted to a >aper for publication would require i staff ten or fifteen limes larger ban any paper could afford to pay. \ paper first tries to satisfy itself >f course that the information !s genuine. In some cases it is misled. iV'hen this happens, and it is very, ery seldom that a paper is misled n an important matter, no one rerrets it more than does the papet tself. The paper is always anxious o do anything It can to correct the vrong it has done. The Daners annrei-iiit?- th?. fntrn.> illh whioh the people ate treating hem. It makes them strive all the uore harder to ollminate errors.? Spartanburg Journal nvlgoratlnff to tho Palo aod Sickly *he Old Standard trrtirrrI *tr*ii<thrnln* tcnk tROVK 8 TASTEI.ESS chill TONIC, drWeaouI Ia!iti ..rtirlch*'. ttaeri'ood.'.ndb'illd*npthcavarm trti' touu.. ! ' * *>' n Vk. .. * ? S Al'UIL 11. 191 (j THE MOVINCJ IMCTI HK SHOWS. We heartily endorse the eftori i of our earnest minded leaders I create a just sentiment against tti evils of the moving picture show Every one recognizes that the* shows are not wolly bad. But seems to be pretty well establish^ that the proportion of evil to goo js about as three to one. I Much of this evil ought never < ! be seen by either sex under any ci |cumstances. No good, it seems 1 I us. could come from it. But it (especially to be reprobated sim young men and women sit togetlu in these shows. We touch here side of the question that is too ofte ioverlooked. The taint of the movi< land their socalled faithfulness t 'life arc sometimes defended as tl inude in art is defended or as is t! j work of newspapers in exposing evi It is claimed that it 1^ simp 1 another method of hoi dine no ?i mirror to 1 ifo so that the ovil can 1 seen in its repnlsiveness. The argument is false: and win makes it utterly untenable is th I fact that young men sit by the sic of young ladies at these shows ar as companions they look on ev J scenes which furnish themes for su ^ sequent conversations. We do m deny that it is proper "to expos evil" and "to hold up the mirror nature." Hut we do deny that it over improper to do this as ente tainment for our young peopl There are revelations that it is pe fectly proper for our daily pape to make but such revelations a not god reading matter at soei gatherings. Dante, we believe, will be accep ; ed as one of the greatest mors teachers of the race. In his Infern canto v. he gives us the pitiful stoi 'of Francesco. She and her love as will lie remembered, were kilh by the hand of her husband and h brother. When Dante saw her j"The infernal hurricane which nevi 'resting carries along the sprits wit it* rapine; whirling and smiling at molesting them.'' lie wanted (speak to her and when given tl nermission. after long hesitancy. ! tasked what it was that first of a (started her on such a woeful pass The answer is worth rememberit when considering how far it is a ^isable for the questionable to I the entertainment of young coupl who are more in need of prote lion front evil than exposure to , IFraneesca said, speaking of her coi jtanion who now was her etern land inseparable companion in tl i 1'infernal hurricane,"We woi ; reading one day. for the delight, < t^uuceiui, now iove constrained hir We were alone and without su picion. Many times the readir urged our eyes and took the col< from our faces, but only one poii i was u that overcame us. etc." \\ : will not quote further. Rut it wl ! he noted that it was a look whit | each alone could have rtad pcrlini with Impunity. 1 reading it t gcther it "took the color from the ! faces" and was fraught with dai j gers. Such dangers, we suppose, do in often arise from reading. They a at least so rare that it is hard worth while to warn against thei Hut how about the moving pictui shows? We can not give testlmor front personal obseivation. but ot information is that they are 001 stantly on the border land of ev suggestion and not Infrequently ai vile. And it is a fact that our your people, as companions, are alwa; present to see them. A most rig censorship is, we think, called fo Raptist f'nurier. (ItKKI) OK TIIK KNOCK Kit "I believe that nothing is righ 1 believe that everything is wron I believe that I alone have the rig] ideas The town is wrong, the editt is wrong, the teachers tire wron the people are wrong, the things tlu | do are wrong, and they are doir them in the wrong way, anyhow. I believe I could fix tilings if th< would let nie. If they don't I \vi got a lot of other fellows like inyse and we will have a law passed t intake others do things the way v want them done, I do not beliet that the town ought to grow. It too big now 1 believe in flglitin i every public improvement and spoi ing everybody's pleasure, 1 am a .ways to the front in opposing thin) and never yet advanced on Idea < supported a movement that woul make the peoplo happier or add 1 the pleasure of man, woman or chili 1 ant opposed to fun and am happlei when at a funeral. I believe I ffartlnp reforms that will take ft i joy out of life. It's a Rad world an I am glad of It. Amen.''?fit. T*ou , Post-Plspatrh. I , - . * - . (--v- 'A* .'nil ; G"EAT SUPERIORITY OF MULE I Animal Is Always Ready for Hard Day's Work?Economical Machine :o for Producing Power. p.1 The great superiority of the mule ,e! consists in his greater endurance of heat and severe labor, uiul abllitv to subsist on less food. He is without 1 doubt fhe most economical machine 'l* for the production of power. The mule is easily broken, as all -? | farmers who have bandied them will r-1 testify, but 1* is a good thing to get i) mem us'-n 111 neing nanaica colore is they Ret too old; then thov are ready ... for the regular work when you need '? them. ?r Mules ar< reru> tor work younger ' than horses. They are able to endure n as much, at two years as a colt will at threo or four. ? Two sets of well-bred intiles will last ie a farmer his working lifetime, sup Head of Well-Bred Mule. r, ' posing he gets his tlrst Bet when ho in twenty years old and the second 111 when he is forty-five. You pay $200 or $2.10 for a four* t year-old mule, put him at work on i 1 the farm or on the road \"o e> neuae to for breaking, little * <:.: i,. or disease. 11 <- is alwi ? ri-ail' ir , a hard day's work ami r? : tii - <ne,, Ourth less l < <! thai) a h'i-e of lhe 1 *" <ame weight. When lie i tv.< nty-hve vcara old ho will, if fat. bring S-r 1 ~ The inula is imilium to runny diseases that the horse is subject to. for l>?* instance, glanders, farcy, and hoof 0 troubles of many sorts. e- A mule is supposed to he broken it after half a day's work that is. If :! driver has halt the sense of the mile. It takes from three to six months ,f> break a horse decently. 01 MY CltKKII 11. s1 believe in my town. 1 believe in her people, in her boys and her 3 r girls. I will make myself a emur'1 inittee of one to make this a good plaee in which to live ami a mighty " hard place to leave. I believe in my town. I believe 1 in her institutions, in her schools. "* in her churches and in her stores. 1 believe in the street broom, and 11" the street sweeper, and in the paint pot. I believe ne'er an empty can i?' on vacant lot hut many a full one I' .ri the lardi-r Vivor 1 iii v* ,11 I ly throw waste paper or rubbish in the a. street or ally P? 1 believe in niv town. I l>. 1m*v< ty in trees. (Jpd>- first temples, gratr i stead of ash heaps, and flowers 11 distend of weeds. May Cod bless il the tongues that have honest praise pe and commendations, and may H<doubly bless the car that is deaf to i's scandal and possip. If 1 cannot speak Id pood of my neighbor 1 will hold my r. peace. When it eosts me nothinu at least. 1 will spend my money here, and by so doing leave ;< part of the purchase price to circulate in the i hanncls. where its eonivnb-nt in wealth was originally created, to do I good among the folks who ,nv a pait of the community of which 1 am a I part, in the place that I call home, } wept home. 1 believe in m\ town. National g. Hardware Mullet in. ?y J Tin-: i,.iM Asi r.n < ottox mm,i. *y II The Lancaster Cotton Mill was inlf corpora ted In 1S9 5 and is now the to largest, most up to date mill in the re United States, or perhaps we should re tay the world, although the largest i? in tlie United States is "enough ig aid" to tho average American. At 1- the present lime there are one thou1 sand three hundred and twelve ^ names on the pay roll, and that pav )r roll for a year amounts to three hunld dred and sixty-five thousands dollar to The floor space alone covers fifteen d,; acres and throughout this enormous at .mill, only the latest textile niachinln ery Is used, so to come right down if. to plain lanauatre is one of thu ?.-r?n ?1 rtera of the south and to eee this Is mill in well worth the trip to Lanranter.?Mill Tjtfe. i j 3 Tried Various Kidney Remedies But Only One Proved Reliable ! It is with preat phasnr- that I write these lines of praise for your wonderful kidney and bladder remedy. I had kidney trouble so bad I | beeatne very much alarmed. I had tried various kidney remedies I heard of hut without relief. I was about | discouraged of ever beinp helped, vhen. one ihiv I nr, w?? containing testimonials ot people who had been helped and cured of i their kidney trouble by the use of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, so I decided to try it and I owe my present I good health to the wonderful curative power of Swamp-Root. I sincerely hope my words will be the means of restoring many other sufferers of kidney and bladder troubles to good health. Very trulv yours. 15. J. FKNSTKRMAKKK. Hl'l Roycroft Ave.. I.akewood. Oil.). ! Personally appeared before me this 18th day of October, lhlfl. 15. J. Fenstormaker. who subsrribetl the above statement and made oath that the same is true in substance and n fact. Will. J. Klotzoach. Notary Publb ; 1 I .of tec to Dr. Kilmer ?V Co.. J Itiiigliampton. X. V. Prove What Swamp-ltoot Will Do For You. Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co. ! Ilinghampton, X. Y., for a sample I size bottle. It will convince anyone. I You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing. be sure and mention The Lan| caster Semi-Weekly New s Regular 50c and $1.00 size bottle for sale at all drug stores. IKIKNDS When Cole Blease said that he would stand by his friends. I found but one fault with that declaration. He allowed the word "friends" to cover too much territory. One should and must stand by his triends unto tlx very ut termo. but who can snv his friend.- uv legion? Who. indeed, ha a dozen frie?wiu*> Th? bond of friendship it- tins liiM'sl *|tici tin* utoi-o rational in hu man experience. The luve of mother and father and children and of children of parents "xists bemuse of the accident of birth. It is involuntary, instinctive, often unreasonable. So with the love of man for woman and woman for man. This is nothing high and intellectual. It is not bused on the mutual respect of analytical minds. It is instinctive a matter of physical impulse, the mating of bodies. Friendship begins in cold respect. Friendship ripens as two minds?or souls, if you prefer it that way? ! weld together in perfect understanding. Kespeet and understanding and tolerance lead to admiration. and 'that admiration welds a loyalty that is deeper ;vnd more everlasting than, .my other human affection. There can be no friendship without respect that is mutual. Ther* must be tolerante of idiosyncraeies, understanding of moods, absolute trust, willingness to sacrifice, frankm : to ask, absence of retieenco and yet a love of silt in o; souls must b< naked and iin:.<io>n->..n ?? ' ? t !'ii tights in 11 ? I Ik clothe! in simple ords: hero must h( no disslmnla on. no striving aft?effect. True friendships are and must bo ntollf-ct tia! i In- work inn <?nt of the itootrinc of nntlira 1 selection applied that -park of divinity that lifts us above the level of the physical beast and l>v that same token makes us a pa lib of understanding a nil appro- " ' biting friendship. Fountain Inn Tribune. fo Drive Out de'aria Ami HuiUl Up The System Take the Old . t ndard GROVE'S rASTELESS mill ' 'MC. You know vbat you are taking. the formula is irinted on every i.drl showing it is Quinine and Iron . a . ;eless form, "he flninini* drii < ?v.?. rou l?uil?ls 'ip cents RUE OUT PAIN ! with good oil liniment. That's I the surest way to stop them. | The hest rubbing liniment is j MUSTANG LINIMENT ft Cm J 'J- Al J- ' A ?? /v> hie ziiimcnu OJ Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Cyoorf for your own A chea. Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 5Ac. $1. At all Dealers.