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ORCHARD AND GARDEN WORK
p; FOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT i
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The Progressive Farmer. 1
Can a farmer afford to give less i
attention to his orchard and garden 1
than to his most paving field crop? '
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Fall is the best time to plant sweet <
peas in $e South, but they do well '
- * if planted during mid-winter. There- ;
-fore asxsoon as the weather and
% '* soil permit, put in a row of this de
lightful spring flower.
i In the early part of January it
was suggested that garden peas be
planted in the coastal section. They \
,
may now be planted during the first ,
good weather in all parts of the ,
. South except the mountain section. ,
The Alaska and other round-seeded ]
varieties should be used for planting ?
at this time. j
Do not set out fruit trees hastily ,
before the land for the orchard is .
;-\'V thoroughly prepared. It is better to ,
allow them to remain "'heeled in" (
all winter than to attempt to trans- ,
rf' . plant them to wet or unbroken .
ground. No amount of attention ]
given a tree in later years will make
\ ' up for improper handling during its ^
L: - early, life in the orchard.
A?/?A in fVia linthprl CPOfl H"f I ,
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the Extra Early Egyptian variety of j (
'f. beet. The plants can be toughtened j;
'J;K and transplanted to the garden be- j
r ' fore frosts are over and they will j
|i make beets ready for use three or
^r.; ..four weeks ahead of seed sowed in
the open ground. Beet plants trans1
ft , plant readily during early spring
i,^ while the weather is cool.
i''* - Secure seed Irish potatoes of the (
pr: Red Bliss, Early Rose or other early *
maturing varieties. A good variety
i- for the main crop is the Irish CobI
i
f&rvr bier, and it might also be ordered at I
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V this time. A big crop of Irish pota-j
toes should be planted this spring,!
S&'fo as it will not be difficult to sell all I
i that are not needed for home use. |
v It is possible to have a good early
V- ' spring garden only by utilizing the
' V hotbed and cold frame in starting
vegetables that transplant readily, I
2? such as cabbage, cauliflower, Brus-j
: .sells sprouts, beets, lettuce,eggplant
' pepper, and tomatoes. Even softstemmed
plants like beans and cu;
cumbers can be transplanted with
i-?U' /Proper handling, and this will be considered
when the time is nearer for
planting.
Watch the hotbeds as to watering!
L"'v and ventilation. Water in the morn-,
ing in order that the foliage of the;
plants may have time to dry before,
gv?; night and apply a sufficient quantity;1
to wet the soil thoroughly rather \
Ljf* than smaller amounts at more fre- '
quent intervals. Ventilate every day :A
Wl"1 unless it is cloudy and very cold, jJ
The lack of proper ventilation will i *
cause weak, spindling plants t\nd *
' they will be more subject to disease, j"
While the numerous "bugs" andj
<v plant diseases that wage war on I j
; crops during spring and summer are
in winter quarters, let us order guns
in the form of spray pumps and;'
y . ammunition in the form of spray
f:?' material and be ready when warm
&,V weather comes to meet these marauds
ders. "Prepare for war in time of
peace" is a good motto for the far:
mpr in dealimr with these ever pres- *
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ent 'enemies of garden, orchard, and
. field crop.
\CThere is a man in my neighbor- A
hood who has on hand Irish potatoes f
l&y of the Red Bliss variety from last r
gfv .: spring's crop. He kept them during
the summer spread out thinly under '
a barn and when winter came on 1
placed them in a cellar. Let us keop 1
v in mind the practice of this farmer *
and save our own seed potatoes ev- {
ery year. It is unnecessary as well 5
as expensive for any one in the 1
South to have to buy seed Irish po- 1
jjffi tatoes. It is a good time now to
stop this bad habit.?F. J. Crider. *
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Hotbeds are used for starting ten- !
pi'" der plants of such things as toma- !
glfi.1 toes, egg plant and pepper in late <
winter so as to get the products ]
earlier than otherwise could be done I
It is well to have several frames of s
the three-sash size, as they can be i
fc?" used either as cold frames or on J
S??? hotbeds, as needed. 1
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To make a hotbed, dig a pit 20
inches deep and 6 inches wider each
ivay than the frame that is to be
jsed on it. Then pile a lot of fresh
nanure nearby, and when it begins
to steam, turn it over and repile it
rhen, when it heats again, put it into
the pit, tramping and packing it
iown firmly until the pit is filled,
rhen place the frame on it and bank
ill around the outside with manure.
?Progressive Farmer.
SCARCITY OF GARDEN SEED.
Seed potatoes seem to be about
the only seed in abundance. The
3rops grown from seed will be necessity
be shorter than usual because ol
the short supply of seed. I ordered
my season's supply of seed January
3, and I would advise all our readers
to make out their lists of all the
seed they need for the whole season
and send for them to a first-class
seedsman. Not a seed firtn in this
:ounti-y has a normal stock of seed,
and those who put off buyuing till
planting time will in all probability
be disappointed in getting the seed.
A.11 the large truckers "will be compelled
to shorten their crops, and ir
fact some of them have already determined
not to sow seed for trucfc
;rops but to devote their land to corr
2nd potatoes, sweet and Irish, some
in fact will not truck at all.?Th
Progressive Farmer.
GRAZING HOGS ON ALFALFA.
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"How many hogs will three-fourths
>f an acrte of alfalfa, sowed last fall
jraze during next summer?.
It is doubtful if alfalfa sowed lasl
fall should be grazed at all during
irst half of next summer. Alfalfa
loes not stand close grazing well al
iny time, and certainly not until il
las made a good root growth and
jecome thoroughly established. Care
vmef olen Kn f olrnr* fliof fVio alfnlfn
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3e not grazed when the land is toe
sret.. Alfalfa furnishes a large
imount of good grazing for hogs,
jut the area should always be largei
;han the hogs can keep grazed down
[n fact, if the area is large enough
>o that the hogs only eat a small
part of the growth and the alfalfa
s mowed regularly, the results will
jsually be more satisfactory. In
)ther words, it is not good policy
:o graze alfalfa to the limit or try
.0 see how much grazing it will
>tand. Three-fourths of an acre ol
alfalfa well established on good land,
luring a favorable season should
;raze from 10 to 15 hogs of from
LOO to 150 pounds weight, but it
,vill generally be better to graze a
small,er number, and under unfavorxble
conditions it may be necessary
;o reduce the number considerably.
?Progressive Farmer.
\'VENERABLE MAN
DIES AT RIPE AGE
>r. Speer Died Thursday Afternoon
at His Home in Lowndesvilie,
After Short Illness.
\nderson Daily Mail.
iHt- A _T Rnopr rliThiirsflnv pf.
;ernoon at 4 o'clock at his home in
jowndesvilte following an illness of
>ne week with grip. The funeral services
were held at Old Smyrna Meth>dist
church, of which he was a
nember Friday, at two o'clock.
Dr. Speer was 85 years of age and
lad been a practicing physician for
nore than 40 years. He was born
ind reared at Lowndesville, and en.ered
the Confederate army at the
>utbreak of the war and served as
surgeon. After the war he returned
:o Lowndesville and resumed his
iractice.
Dr. Speer was twice married, his
irst wife beinp: a Miss Burdcll. To
his union six children were born,
ill of whom survive him. They are:
Messrs. Mark arid Foster Speer oi
^owndesville; Wade Speer of Georria;
Gordon Speer of Lowndesville;
Richard W. Speet- of Anderson, and
Mrs. Seligman of Blackstock. His
second wife was Miss Fannie Hoyt
ind she and one child, Miss Frances
Speer of Lowndesville, also survive
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COUSIN DAVIS INDITI
TO COUSIN PER
Friday, Jany. 24th. to
Dear Cousin Percy,? re
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We have been having some awful
weather down this way since last I
indited a few lines to you. It looks
1 to me like the Bill Kaiser hasturn.
sc
ed loose the devil and all his an- ,
Irj
gels and told them to run on mitt .
Gott. Well, I have been having a ^
hard time working on my water ,
Sl
pipes and income tax return. You
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' see that I am one of the biggest ^
incomers in this city on account of ^
' being President, Treasurer, stocklc
' holder and General manager of ^
three big businesses. Well, I knew.
w
it would take sometime to get all
the threads of my income put to- r
gether, but between freezings of
- the pipes I managed to work this up m
J fairlv well. The United States fin-; m
ally sent a special man here to as- j *
sist me in getting things put to-; r{
' gether right. He said after we'had cc
tf
r gotten all the incomes in, it was
' next'to get all the outgoes out. As ^
' it had taken all day to work up the j sc
i "ins," he said that he would come
? up to my house after supper and ^
work on the "outs," bufc- by close ^
> questioning I found out that I would C(
I be expected to tell how I had spent s*
r all the money I had taken in, or &
pay taxes on it, and I found I need- "]
ed a little time to get my figures w
1 fixed, and then ,1 saw no good rea
son why I should call out before all 01
: the women- folks in the family ev- lo
1 cry dollar I had spent and what tl
! for. Women should not know t6o 01
! much, and I knew that my boy Sun, C(
Would be on hands to make some w
inquiries into every item of out- it
go as I called it out to the agent,
as he is going to oe a lawyer, as < "
. you know, and is practicing on ji
[ cross-examination now. Well, as I si
was to be the witness, I said to the"
- agent we will get off to ourselves, in
. and after writing it out, I will read oi
l my statement as they do in the m
Georgia courts with no cross-exam- tV
ination. , , . ft
I We have been having some troub- ^
i lous times here with some of the j
i smaller income tax ^returners. I y<
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? understand that an old friend of 11
i mine, S. J. Link, dealer in goober m
, hay, groceries, hump-back mules,
and furniture has run his outgoes as
i up to about twice his incomes and j
i has been running around town tryI
ing to hire a lawyer on shares to sue c(
t the government to get a return tax C1
[ on what he spent more than he 01
I made.
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We had several of the school
r S <lf
teachers up to tea the other evening.
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1 As I told you I am a leading trus- ^
tee of the school down here, and I
' have been laying for a chance to
' give myself an introduction to the
1 teaching sorority in this city. Well,
after sipping the tea gently for
1 awhile, at the close of the frugal m
repast, when everybody was kinder ty
1 pushing their chairs back as if to n'
say that "everything is eaten up1 P:
and we will now repair to the sit- *Ji
ting room" where I knew they ni
would enjoy several witty remarks ^
; which Sun had planned to make, I
saw my chance. I had been all the !1
afternoon writing up the remarks 01
which I wished to make, and they N
covered four pages of that large bi
stationery of mine which I showed ir
you with my picture as the poor w
man's friend on it, and I had the ln
whole thing memorized, but Sun had ^
the paper so that if I forgot any ^
<->-P it ho rmilrl nromnt me ^
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while two or three' who were in on Ps
the game did a little applauding. tti
So, as stated, when everything se
was ready, and the accustomed tv
pause was on just before one push- to
es back his chair while remarking, sl
on the pleasures of the occasion, I
took the corner of my napkin out bi
of my collar where I had hooked it
to keep from dropping any tea on to
1 my clean collar which I got back ?*
from the Chinaman last Saturday, ,n
1 turning in my other one to be immediately
laundered, put my chair un-|
der the table, stepped behind it,
cleared up my throat once or twice,
took a drink of aqua pura (that is a
what you call water at a dinner! ui
: where you have speeches) and one fii
of those present having been told fn
1 by me in advance, stood at atten
tion and all eyes were on me as I
; opened my mouth and began to w;
speak and talk. ai
I am satisfied that you will want fi<
.
is AN EPISTLE . .
CY OF NEW YORK (
i know the full contents of my j
imarks so I have-gotten the four
leets of stationery back from Sun
id am copying what I said. Here
is:
"Young ladies of the Abbeville
hools, "You will be surprised to
low that I was once in the educaonal
line and that I presided over
ie young mind, teaching it how to
loot?around the corner. It was
(me twenty-seven years ago when
ie old firm of Kerr & Wilson proissors
opened up a full line of
arning at the old Greenwood Aca;my,
Greenwood, S. C., before she
as a county seat. Learning is not
jw what it was in those days. Havg
taken full charge of the mathe
atical end of the Academy, I put
y scholars to work at once, and
required them to do all the work,
dying on their own resources. Of
mrse the different ones would come
> me from time to time and say,
:>w do you state this problem and
live that one, and how do you
now that the square of the hypotenuse
is equal to the square of
le other two legs, and if "X"
juals 6 why don't "Y" equal the
ime thing. But I would always
ty to the dear young 3tudents,
run on and work it yourself, it
ould do you no good for me to do
for you," and then I would look
it of the window and wonder how
>ng it was to dinner time, and wheler
the trustees would be in town
i the last day of the month so I
>uld get mjr claim signed. If one
orked a problem and asked me if
was correctly solved, I would say*.
You should have more confidence
i yourself than to risk any one's
idgment except your own. Be
ire you are right, then go ahead."
Having wielded the rad and knowig
the responsibilities of your high
?? >?-> if Via/ininni! mo sav t.Hat a
live lb UWVVIUVU M?w vv -r
an or a woman should not be in
le grgpt teaching profession except
>r pro? bono publico. You may not
now exactly what that means if
3U have not yOur Algebra Key with
du, but it is easy to gee through,
you have the correct insight. It
cans, according to a literal transtion
which I* got up myself,."Get
5 much, for teaching as possible,
2 sick a few days in every month,
ive all scholars a fine mark, and
>llect your salary promptly at the
id of each month." Also do your
wn whipping." '
I think these" remarks opei^d the
/es -of- some .of the ladies# present
5 they had not known that I am
college bred man, having attended
le prep, department at Davidson
om Oct. 20th to Dec. 1st., before
iking up the work of being a pro'
J
issor in ine jicaaemy. \jl tvum^,
icy knew of my prominence as a
erchant in this pleasant village,
at a man's reputation for all the
able works accomplished in the
ast will grow dim if he does not
ive it brushed up occasionally, and
jbody else is carrying a brush to
j the brushing for him.
My failure to advertise myself as
i old-time professor was no doubt
ie of the reasons why President
icholas Murray. Butler of Columia
University did hot hear I was
i town and have me up to tea
hen I was visiting brother Austin
i New York lc.st summer. I think
might be well for you to have
lie f?nnipH in the N. Y. Times and |
"w vvr ?
ie Tribune, and whatever other
iper he reads, so that he will seo
lat I am a man of learning my:lf
and not make the same mistake
vice in the same place, as I expect)
' go up to New York again next
immer.
Uncle Jim keeps well, but is very
asy in the mule busuiness. Some
: the new mule-traders are about
i show him that the smile will wear
F if you keep the sand paper workg.
Love to brother Austin.
Your cousin,
u avis.
L. C. Martin of near Ilodges, was
pleasant visitor in our officc Sat-day.
Ho says that everything is
le in his neighborhood and the
irmers are anxious to get busy.
\
C. Shrine of the Santuc section,
as in town Saturday on business,
id paid a pleasant visit to our of:e.
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Mrs. Lowrie Beacham is the guest
of Mrs. W. E. Johnson this week. g<
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G. C. Dusenberry was in the city c<
on business yesterday. e<
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Mr. Walter Mars of Laurens, is
in the city visiting at the home of
his son, J. Moore Mars.
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Lieut. Albert. A. Moree has been ,
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transfered to Camp Wadsworth from .
r.omn .Tnclronn
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The soldiers and working men of
Russia are to decide whether, they
will have peace or war.
Seven hundred mechanics will be nr
selected from the 30th division for si
immediate service overseas. 1j
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The New York Stock Exchange p
has decided to close" oh the remain- v
ing Heatless Mondays. d
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Hoover is going to urge two
wheatless days instead of one and
another porkless day. * ~
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The annual meeting of the Mor- ^
mon conference was held in Colum- ^
bia Saturday and Sunday, January p
26 and 27ht. r
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M. TjColeman left yesterday for
St. Louis, where he has gone to get
his shoe samples. He will be away
about ten days.
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Meatless days have resulted in a *
25 per cent decrease in consumption ^
according to the report of Armour n
& Co., recently. *
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The banks of Elberton are going ii
to stay closed all day on Mondays e
to comply with the Fuel Administrations
order.
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Samuel Gompers is in favor of a t
seven hour day instead of idle Mon- s
day. He suggested the plan to be I b
made universal during the period of' I
the war, to save fuel. . ' c
Several new buildings are in the %
course of construction at the Base
Hospital at Camp Sevier. The sewerage
system is being installed and ^
with favorable weather will be com- _
I
pleted shortly. , ,, ' - a
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Capt. R .E. Carwile in charge of
the State headquarters in Columbia, g
has issued instructions to the Local
Exemption Boards to begin physiteal ^
examination of the Registrants placed
in Class 1. . +
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Governor Manning has appointed ^
supervisors of Registration for Ab-.
beville County the following: 'G.^W. . f
Boles, E. H. Armstrong and John T. _
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Cheatham, Sr. *' L ' . ,,
f"*
At the mine workers convention ^
held in Indianapolis all . members ^
who hold membership in I. W. W. 11
will be ineligible and will be drop- t
ped from the rolls of the mine ^
workers. e
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J. C. McClure of Chester, was
elected Code Commissioner to succeed
J. Rion McKissick, of Green- ],
ville, who resigned. \
John Gardner, the negro who mur- v
dered a Beaufort merchant, was t
electrocuted at 11:20 Friday. Three r
shocks were necessary. He confess- v
ed that he was guilty of the charge, d
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The Federal Employment Service c
says that the reports of Labor Shortage
is not as bad as it is painted
and those seeking employment are a
requested to inform themselves as ]
to what jobs are in sight before g
going to parts where the labor<t
shortage is supposed to be. h
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Goss Edwards, a resident of El- q
berton, Ga., while carrying a heavy I
load of lumber on his shoulder, slipped
on the snow and ice and fe]I and p
broke his neck. His death was almost
instantaneous. He leaves a
wife and a seven year old daughter.
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Official advice is that no store is t
deemed a food store except an ex- I
C1US1VL" gruuery aiurc vv 11.11111 mm*
meaning of the Monday closing- -order
of the fuel admniatration. 1
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Effect of credit expansion on the
?nera? rise of prices and the part
le American people can play m
interacting inflation by wartime
:onomics were emphasized by the - , '
jderal reserve board in its annual
sport to congress.
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Again the sinkings of the British
lerchantmen by mine or submarine '?
ave been held at a low point. Only
ix vessels of 1,600 tons or over and
?fo under that tonnage were decoyed
in the past week, according
> the admiralty report.
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Prompted by the belief that Gerlan
residents have fomented and
1
jpported railway strikes and other r m
ibor troubles in southern Brazil,
le Brazilian government has preared
to take severe steps to preen
t any further German inspired
isturbances.
Insanity and death overtook two
rissing members of the band of
Germans who plotted to destroy
ood and . munitions ships leaving
jnerican ports, ft was disclosed in
estimony of the trial here today of
'ranz von Reintel, German naval
eservist.-and twelve others chnrvfA.',..
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rith conspiracy.
A
dispatch to the Daily Mail from i
'he Hague says it is reported that V ?
ome of" the passengers on -board
he Holland-American liner' Nieuw
Amsterdam have received warnings
pi to sail for the Unitel States oh,
er. The correspondent adds that ^
ho wovTiiTioa woro aimilor f a +V?nao
3sued before the Cunard line steam- 7
r Lusitania was sunk. J '
According to C. S. Thompsoh,
halnnan of the press committee of .
he ASnerican. Society; fourteen*^
pies have;been executed since the
eginning of5the war by*Uncle.Sam.
le s^id that the enemy alien of this
ountry should be appraised of -this
act as evidence of the determinate'
ion of America to protect herself.
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Hoarders are being' watched ty'j v*
he Food Administration and being
(Vnished accordingly. In one case
i woman had purchased sugar
nough to list a year. She had; to
eturn it to the grocer from whom \
he bought .it/ Three njen had flour
nnucrli tn lost nparlv a Vf>ar and
or- -- --- ., - ? . ^
hey had to return it. That colored
nan in this, county who is reported
o have 21 barrels of flour will feel
lad when he has to return all but
tfty pounds of his flour. ,
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Breckinridge Musgrove of Walker
bounty, Ala., has offered to pay.
he cost o fan extra session of the
yi'> "y*
egislature to hold a "dry" session ;Jov.
Henderson says that there Is .
o need for the extra session as '
here 'is still two more legislatures
o convene before the seven years
xpires he does not think v,there ds,'?
ny hurry to vote on the issue.
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The railroads have presented their
2gal arguments against President
Vilson's plan for Federal control.
Llfred Thom .cbunsel for the rail- 1
ray executive advisory council gave
h?? senate committee plenty of .
oom to infer that the railroads
rould not be satisfied with Presient
Wilson's plan for compensation
n an average basis of the net inome
for the last three years. . y '}
The saving of daylight is a big
id in England. An architect Wiliam
Willet of London,, was the ori:inator
of the idea. From May 21
he working day is moved up one
iour and the quitting time is one
lour earlier and in that manner
juite a lot of gas and fuel is saved.
t was unpopular at first.
JOTICE TO KNITTERS
FOR THE RED CROSS
Everyone knitting for the Red
>sos are urged to have all work
urned in ready for shipment by
February 1st, 1918.
Mrs. E. R. Thomson,
Sec. Knitting Committee.
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