Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SAVE THE YOUTH OF SOUTH CAROLINA About forty per cent of South Car- j olinians examined for service during the war with Germany, were found physically disqualified; about eigh-, teen totally and the rest sufficiently j defective to weaken their use as fight- j ing men at the front; or at the best,: to nlaoe them in the limited service class. This in South Carolina? j from the pride in Sopth Carolina?1 from the pride, the pick of the State,, the young men, active strong and vigorous. Outof every hundred ex-j amined, about forty could not be used for the service of their country in the time of its need. This is a I little greater proportion than the average for all examined for the entire army over the United States. This army that was finally gotten together was without doubt the best physically,, mentally, and morally the world hasi ever seen?but to get the first two million and a half, the government had to examine and choose from | somewhat more than three million j and a quarter of men, between the | ages of eighteen and twenty-five, the, flower of the country. Hence, about j sixteen per cent were totally dis-, qualified, and about the same num- i ber were not physically {rood enough to go to the front, but had to be used for some service, less active, ana with limited range. What is to be done about *his? True, we hope that we shall never have a repetition of this last Great War, nevertheless it is obvious if forty per cent of the young men ?f IMS .Enroll Your FOR A THOROUC COU Thousands of Go and positions with t sional men await the | ed man or woman. J Write far catalog " I GREENWOOD BUS Farm Surveys WILLIAM L. Member of the American CIVIL El Farmers and Mercli GREENWOOD, S< Landscape Surveys I I q [Chen ^IdZtLtelZZ / , THE UNIVE There's the sarrK the one-ton Ford rt using the Ford car carrying power c ' , TYI the truck iy that t trucks J. lots of it; the in worm drive makes all that power; tl pension gives flexi um steel strength, body, $550 f. o. b. EF. Al l ; _ / State are unfit for active service in \ ; war, the same percentage is, to a cer- \ tain extent, not capable of its full ac- i tive service in civil and peaceful pur- 1 suits. They certainly are not one t hundred per cent efficient. If not in t their youth, then surely not in their d prime, unless remedied in time?but t remember about sixteen per cent over v the United States were totally dis- t qualified. e What about it?. What is to be done? i: Are we going to lose forty per cent v efficiency of the young manhood of t this State? The United States gov- a eminent and the States are eager to y clo their shai-e in remedying this evil ^ and conserving this efficiency. But j there must be help and co-opei-ation i on the part of the individual?and; this help, to be effective, must be in-1 telligent. The government seeks out | the causes of these disqualifications, j t and applies the means of remedying j t them?better, still, of preventing j them?and that is hygiene, the j ^ science of preserving and promoting {* health and, more, seeking out the j r causes of diseases and preventing \a 4 U , A 1 ' _ ^ J.1 _ & 1 O Liiexu. /in analysis oi me causes 01 ^ these physical disqualifications s showed them to be many and various, ^ with about seven principal ones, but ? that they were practically all prevent- ^ able. Prominent among the seven 0 causes were the venereal diseases? c surely a preventable cause. The Unit-' ed States departmental social hygi- s ene board is establishing in the lead- * ing universities and colleges of the r country, departments of hygiene. The 11 University of South Carolina has ob- a tained one and is now actively fit ^ * v Name Today h kH COMMERCIAL \ RSE. v vernment positions, * t ^ y-3 WV#/-. * /\i1 L )USlIltJbS ctiiu yiu?tr?- ambitious, well train- * !e It .1 ??BumiH LaiMMim?co?^ Real Estate Surveys , HEMPHILL * ? s Association of Engineers a 1 \IGINEER c r iants Bank Building ja 5UTH CAROLINA. ~ |tc Subdivisions I C * t ?^^? K i-Colal R A 1 I I I :RSAL CAR % I } economy in using 2 ;uek that there is in s ?only the larger ] if the truck com- 1 ends it particular- \l . J.~ M 3 C l/U limners, emu t ;her business men. c he famous Model motor assures re- 6 able power, and h ianganese bronze- ji ; certain the use of |] le three-point sus- J bility, and vanadi- t , Price, without Detroit. i. i; ! IN OLD |] j c U 1^ vork teaching the young men there | iow best to take care of themselves n the new course on social hygiene. rhe purpose of this department is to j each the young man and woman of j his State the causes of the different j liseases anc! their prevention, so j iiat in turn tucdc yuung men tiiiu pomen will go out into the State and each others the principles of hygine. Thus, in time, an ever widenng circle of instructors in hygiene irill spread throughout the State and here will not be this tremendous and ppalling loss of efficiency of the oung manhood.?University (S. C.) lews. ORCHARD ADVICE. i Clemson College, Sept. 30.?The nformation gathered by looking thru he mass of letters, catalogs and c,uo-1 ations that have come into the Hoit^ultural Extension office within the ast month from nurseries all over he country, foretells a shortage in | mrsery stock for planting this fall ' nd winter. With the shortage also j J omes an increase in price. Pecan J tock alone seems fairly plentiful and \ ias not increased in price to such a, > :reat extent as other nursery trees, j ?he shortage leaves a tremendous j ipening for the unreliable and crook- j] d agent to do a bigj business. At present there is no law in this'1 tate requiring the fruit tree agent ! o put up a bond before doing busi- u less within its boundaries. The field ] s open to reliable and unreliable j) dike; and it is almost impossible to i j ;now the reputation of the stranger j vho comes to our door with highly i| olored pictures and specimens of | ruits and nuts, and with unusufel j loliteness and remarkable fluency of peech secures an order. It is unfor-1j J-1 ? uuouc j.ur ui?ise strangers to nave 5 o be looked upon by the intelligent j vith suspicion, and it is more unfor- j unate for the few that are reliable o have to suffer for the bad reputaion that the majority have establishd. However, under present laws here is no way to make a discriminaion. 1 The only way to avoid getting 'stung" is to order only directly ? rom some reliable nursery, and hereby get what you order, and _ ave the middel man's or agent's ? irofit. Those contemplating setting ~ tut an orchard, large or small, C hould make final decision as soon K is possible, and place orders for I rees before the nurseries are sold H >ut of first grade stock. For infor- I nation concerning reliable nurseries I ind varieties adapted to each section j I >f the state, ask the county agent, I he agricultural instructor in the I :ommunity, or the Horticultural Ex- V ension Service, Clemson College, E S' C' i 1 MAKE YOUR LAWN THIS FALL. | Clemson College, Sept. 30.?South I Carolinians are taking increasing in- I erest in making atractive lawn. The * lorticultural Division has received R lumerous inquiries during the last g nonth or so asking how to make a fi jood lawn. ^ Experience has shown that through ? >ut the South-Atlantic states fall X >own lawns are more successful than I spring sown lawns. With proper pre- I jaration of soils, it is easier to get a U jood stand, and if the seeding is done it the proper time, the turf may at- a ain sufficient growth Lo sL;n,l Ihe 0 vinter well. Early October i; the ^ >est time in South Carolina J or o q| ng lawns. M The ground should be well pre >ared, free of holes, and sloping s rently from the building which it I urrounds. A liberal application of I veil decomposed stable manure and I >00 pounds of lime should be ap- K >lied, and when a perfect seed bed B las been made, 600 to 800 pounds I ,f 8-4-4 commercial fertilizer should ?j >e harowed into the first few inches I >f soil. |s Only those grasses adapted to a I jiv.en section should be used. A J nixture of Kentucky blue grass, ft Bermuda, and white clover is good E 'or partially shaded lawns, while I 3ermuda and white clover make a p rood mixture for sunny lawns. The 8 :lover tends to keep the lawn green ? hroughout the winter. ? Thirty to 35 Dounds of blue fias-?.IK . ? I to 5 pounds of clover, and a liberal trv.ount of Bermuda roots should be lsed per acre. Plant the Bermuda oots in rows 18 inches apart, 12 to L5 inches apart in rows, and then ;eed the blue-grass and clover and :over lightly by brushing or raking followed by light rolling. j I juft Received also a style, r r It you u on, one over the to your our line W. A. | |VFO I I THE TRA I 8 'camp rrmsist.Pi 112 UUfXAAV I gives. I At the Den I the 'W. A. Ste I Tractor wasc J I a perfect sho\ - | made by a tra | | money. | The FORI | dependability, K easy repairs. | , We will can service when } have to wait f the factory or the parts in. We carry a Plows, Harrow A FORDS( thing that anj Txri 11 rlrv a VViii SADLEF | D jnHHHHHH 1. /' a Carload ( carload of old wide-guage t/iwi j f ? ' ' 9 )ant a good wag that is known al South, it will bi *i interset to set before you buy. h I 1 T ? t AL V I # IWIBBBB??1^?HWB RfKON 112/ k/ V A1 .CTOR that gives you it service that a Ford lonstration, recently hel ivenson Farm, the Fore ? -? * ^ i >ne of the tractors tnat m ving, equaling the rec ,ctor that costs twice )SON TRACTOR mc adaptability, long life y all parts and will give fou need it and you ^ or the parts to be sent f: for a man to come and full line of Accessories,; vs, Rakes. )N TRACTOR will do << r ordinary gasoline eni i TnnrTAD rn i llUiUVIl tu . E. SADLER, Manage mamaaaBammBam ? *5\ * mmmmmm *?? ??? t , -I . ' -'?! 3 s . . 4'S I . * . - : . , -r'0 agons ? ^ t; ' ;Vfj w-r-*3 . J i . I * ' : '% i ' x* ? / I : ' m iRT ' 23 ?????? ^ Hsmonn A t . ? , N s Mi the Car j d at Ison ade I ? v-? 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