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. FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922.
F
THE COURT.
The Press and Banner believes that
the decisions of the court on mat
ters committed to it and of which it
has jurisdiction are entitled to the
highest respect. What the court de
cides on a subject rightly before the
court is the law of the case until it
is reversed and the court's decisions
are entitled to respect as such.
But when the court or a judge
goes outside to take a lick at legis
lation (and the court and judge de
cide questions of law and have noth
ing to do with making laws) neither
is entitled to respect because it is
unbecoming in a judge to criticise
a law he is sworn to enforce. The
declarations made on political ques
tions by a judge may be taiken just
as the declarations of any other1
-i i J i
partisan, in tnat way we snouia j
construe the statement of Justice
Clark of the United States Supreme j
Court when he declared in his ad- j
dress at the annual dinner of the
New York Law School: . j:
"The Eighteenth Amendment re
quired millions of men and women i
to abruptly give up habits and cus-.'
tons of life which they thought not1
immoral or wrong, but which, on j
the contrary, they believed to bei
necessary to their reasonable com
fort and happiness, and thereby, as,
we all now see, respect not only for j
I
that law, but for all law, has been,
put to an unprecedented and demor-|
alizing strain in our country, the end
of which it is difficult to see."
The Justice was evidently thirsty.
Or was he extending an implied in
vitation to his hosts to pass some
thing around? We have never heard
that Justice Clark had any other ac
complishment to his credit which en
titled him to the appointment to the
highest judicial seat in the world
except that he was "a great demo
cratic orator."
Mr. Wilson thought so little of
lawyers and of their accomplish
ments that perhaps he believed ' it
was not necessary that a justice of
the Supreme Court be a lawyer.
But perhaps Justice Clark will
measure up with Mr. Wilson's other
omuunfmsnfc +/> tho fiiirnromo rniirt I
when all questions are considered.
NOT CRITICISING THE JUDGE.
We suppose a newspaper ought to
take it for granted that whatever a
court decides is right, t is certain
ly not good citizenship to do or say
or write'anything that tends to les
sen the confidence the people have in
the wisdom and learning of judges.
And so The Observer accepts with
patience, aiiu wc uuyc wiwxi pivut mc
comment of The Press and Banner
upon The Observer's statement in a
recent issue that Judge Smith's de
cision that the telephone rates pro
vided for in the Foster act are "con
fiscatory." It occurred to us that
"whether the rates were "confisca
tory," as the telephone company
charged, or not was a question for
a jury, and that questions of fact, as
this was, ought to go before a jury,
even in equity cases, it seems irom
the comment of The Press and Ban
ner that the state can carry the case
on?in some way or other not stated
and not known to laymen, but known
to lawyers?and the old rates pre
vailing up to December 1921 may
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make a proper showing.?Newberry
Observer.
Speaking of proper cultivation of
crops, what sort of cultivation are
you giving the crop of farm boys
and girls to get them well rooted
in love of country life?
BAPTISTS UNCERTAIN
AS TO NEW SCHOOL
Chester, May 18._-As the result
of a conference held here between
ur. unaries a. jones ?i vuiuuhh?
and Dr. E. S. Reaves of Union, rep
resenting the Baptist education
board of South Carolina, and a cam
mitte<e of Chester citizens including
the Rev. Robert G. Lee, Ph. D. pas
tor of the First Baptist church, T. H.
White, George R. Dawson and H. B.
Branch, it looks as if the establish
ment of the proposed boys' high
school or secondary college, which
was awarded Chester something
more than a year ago, is more re
mote and hazy than ever and pos
sibly lost to Chester altogether. Dr,
Jones, who is secretary of the board
said there is an opportunity to ac
quire the Spartan academy and con
vert it into the kind of school that it
was proposed to establish here; but
if the Spartan academy is taken
over and enlarged, there would be
no need of another school of the
same character in Chester. Dr. Jones
went on to say, however, that while
the board has no funds available at
present, if Chester desires to go
ahead on the proposition the board
would stand to its agreement, in
view of the financial conditions now
existing the Cheeter committee was
able to give no assurance of any
thing for the present, and there the
matter stands.
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR
SOUTHERN RY. SYSTEM
Washington, May 18.__That it
may continue adequately to "Serve
the South," Southern Railway Sys
tem has recently placed orders for
new equipment consisting of 20 loco
motives, -5,390 freight cars of steel
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steel construction, 100 steel passen
ger cars, and 250 caboose cars of
steel underframe construction.
The magnitude of the order can
better .be appreciated when it is
realized that if it were possible to
place the freight car equipment in
one train it would be 47 miles from
the engine to the caboose. If broken
up into trains of an average length
it would comprise 250 treignt trains,
or one train every 2 1-2 miles from
Washington to Atlanta. .
The new passenger cars if coupled
into one train, would be a mile and a
half in length from the engine to the
rear coach and represent 20 trains
of the average length. The coaches
are of the latest design and are of
all steel construction.
In placing this large order for
new equipment, which will he de
livered in time for the fall business,
the Southern has demonstrated its
faith in the return of business pros
perity in the South and this will
place the Southern in position to
handle with safety and dispatch this
increased business.
FOR CHILE AND PERU
Some Progress Made at Washington
Conference
Washington, May 18.?Continued
confidence that the Chilean-Peruvian
conference here will meet success
fully its paramount issue, involving
validity of the Tacna-Arica clause of
the treaty of Ancon, was expressed
on both sides today after the two
delegations again had talked over
their differences (behind closed doors,
Just what occurred at the meet
ing was kept in closest confidence,
an official communique issued by the
two groups of delegates laying mere
ly that the conversation had pro
ceeded amicably and that "some pro
gress" had resulted. That some im
portant move had taken place, how
ever, was indicated bv a succeeding
exchange of cablegrams with hom(
governments and by a decision no1
to meet again until Friday.
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V MAY 25th and 26th V
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Joilet and Marquette, France ex
plorers, first discovered coal in Illi
nois in 1673.
GARDEN LESSON FOR MAY
1. Q. What are the most important
things to be done in the garden in
May?
A. Thorough cultivation, eradica
tion of weeds and special attention
to certain crops, as staking and
pruning tomatoes, control of insect
i pests and diseases and Dlantinff of
succession crops.
2. Q. Why do we stake and prune
tomatoes?
A. Because tomato plants staked
and pruned produce larger fruit,
better colored more uniform In size
and earlier than do plants not staked
I and pruned. Such plants can also be
j sprayed to better advantage and
lewer tomatoes win rot.
3. Q. What size stakes should he
used and when should the stakes be
set?
A. Suitable stakes can be made
from sapling, a mill edging, or a one
by one inch strip 4 or 5 feet long.
The stake should be driven in place
soon after the plants are set.
Q. How are tomato plants pruned?
A. The plants are pruned to one
or two main stems and all the shoots
that grow in the axils of the leaves
should be pinched off. These shoots
should not be allowed to get laige,
as they take the nourishment away
from the main stem. If two stems
are allowed to a plant, it is best to
have two stakes and not try to tie
two stems xo one sutuve, as mat,
method is not satisfactory.
Q. About how often is it practical
to prune tomato plants?
A. -Generally once every week or
ten days, or if the season is good
and plants are. growing fast, two
prunings every ten days will be
necessary. The frequency of prun
ings goveirned entirely by the rapidi
ty of the growth of the plants.
Q. With what and how is the best
way to tie the plants to stakes?
A. Raffia or heavy Lwine is beet.
Care must be taken to tie the plants
so that they will not be injured by
the string. A good plan is to loop the
suing around the stake and tie it
under the leaf stem.
Q. What preparation should be
made now for pole 'beans?
A. A sufficient quantity of poles
shoul 'be cut, 5 to feet long and
as soon as the plant begins to run,
stick the poles in place. A good plan,
when two rows of 'beans are planted
close enough is to lean the two rows
of poles together and tie the tops of
the poles with a wire.
Q. What succession crops may
uc? piaxitc*a nno mviivMi
A. iBeans, all kind and sweet corn.
Q. What is the 'best method of
controlling the melon aphis?
A. This insect does more damage
during cool rainy weather, and it
found on the under side of the
leaves. The first sign of this is the
curling and shriveling of the leaves
followed by the loss of the color and
when in large numbers will kill a
plant in a few days. The melon aphis
i feeds on cucumbers, cotton, melons,
okra, strawberries and some weeds.
The best remedy is to spray with
nicotine sulphate, one to 1000 parts.
This spray will often control the
young squash bugs. Where only a
few plants are infested with melon
aphis, tobacco dust applied with a
powder beJlows or by throwing a
pinch dust on the leaves affected,
will control this insect.
Q. How is (blossom-end rot of to
matoes prevented?
A. Blossom-end rot is generally
caused by either too much or too lit
tle moisture, therefore, tomatoes
should be planted in a well drained
soil but one retentive of moisture^
During dry spells water the plants.
Q. How is the Harlequin cabbage
bug controlled?
. ' A Rv snravine' with nicotine sul
' phate. The insects themselves, must
i receive a thorough coat of spraying
; or it will do no good. The young bugs
J ar? more easily killed than the old
Jones. Other remedies are: (1) clear
.'culture, especially in the- fall; (2)
I j trap crops of mustard or other crop?
I in the spring; (3) hand picking of
adults and eggs early in the season.
Q. What general direction can he
given for spraying and controlling
insects?
A. (a) Always stari spraying on
Hip -first snnearance of the insects.
(b) Mix spray thoroughly and strain
before placing in sprayer, (c) For
chewing insects always use an inter
nal poison, as arsenate of lead,
Paris green, etc. (d) For sucking in
sects use a control spray, as nicotinc
sulphate, kerosene emulsion, etc,
(e) For most fungus diseases use a
fungicide spray, as Bordeaux mix
ture, self_boiled lime sulphur, etc.
DEATH OF MR. E. W. ASHLEY \S
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Mr. E. W. Ashley of Keowee ^
died Thursday night and was buried^
Friday afternoon at the Keowee^
churcih cemetery. Mr. Ashley was 78 *
years of age and is survived 'by his P
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ley was a Confederate Veteran and
was known and respected oyer the
entire county.
Mrs. M. J. Ashley was a daughter.
PREACH IN COKESBURY
Rev. Jas. L. Martin, D. D. will
L preach in the Presbyterian church at
1 Cokesbury next Sunday at 11 a. m.
' Jas. L. (Martin.
LEROY MARTIN IN HOSPITAL
Leroy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Martin, was operated on at the 1
1 County Memorial Hospital Thursday
morning for appendicitis.
BIG CAR ORDER GIVEN
TO ST. LOUIS CONCERN
St. Louis, Mo., May 18.?The Am
erican Car and Foundry company
today announced it has received an
order for 2,000 refrigerator cars
from the American Refrigerator
company, to cost approximately $5,
000,000. Under the contract the
equipment is to be delivered by Sep
tember to take care of a larger in
crease in the transportation of fruits,
vegetables and dairy products which
is done by the American Refrigera
tor Transit company.
Winthrop College
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION .
The examination for the award of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for admission of new stud
ents will be held at the County Court
House on Friday, July 7, at 9 a. m.
Applicants must not be less than six
teen years of age. When Scholarships
are vacant after July 1 they will be
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination, provided
they meet the conditions governing
the award. Applicants for Scholar
ships should write to President John
son before the examination for Schol
arship examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The hext session will op
en September 10, 1922. For further
information and catalogue, address
Pre*. D. B. Johruon, Rock Hill, S. C.
Apr. 28,6t.ltw to June 30.
The bast spring tonic comes not
out of bottles, but out of the ground.
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( Moral: nave a gooa garaen.
i Something like 45,000 stitches are
i required to make the ordinary suit
j of clothes.
I Providence was the first city in the
i United States to have open air
i schools.
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Monday and Tuesday
June 5th and 6th. .
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THURSDAY and FRIDAY, V
MAY 25th and 26th V
Matinee Each Day _ 3:30 V
NIGHT 8:20., V
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A bird can generally lift one-half
more than its own weight.
Virginia once used tobacco for
noney.
That finger prints can be forged,
thus throwing suspicion on the
wrong persons, is a new theory in
iriminal investigations.
>Bogs were last driven in harness
n England 60 years ago.'
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SAVE THE
POTATOES
Arsenate of Lead is the
logical poison to use a
gainst Potato Bugs, be
cause it does not burn the
potato plant. It comes in
half pound packages at
25 cents.
If you prefer some other
poison, we have
Stonecypher'a Bug Killer- 35c.
Slug Shot 20 and 75c.
Paris (Jreen *uc.
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Bug<Oeillh 25 and {50c.
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McMurray Drug Co.
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