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Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina. VOL. 75. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUN^Sth, 1910 NO. 18, HOUSE FLY A MENACE Valuable and Timely Pape Prepared by Prof. Ainslie, Clemson College Exten sion Work. Seldom is a second thought giv en the common house Hy. It has always been considered a nuisance, but recent studies have shown it to be'very much more than a mere nuisance The germs of intestinal and filth diseases are readily car , . v ried in large numbers from the ex creta of patients suffering from ty phoid, dysentary and cholera direct to food intended for human con 'f sumption and even to the lingers and face and; lips of a babe or sleep ing person. Flies breed in filth and offal of any kind, preferring above all else the fresh droppings of horses and mules. Largo numbers will develop in haman excrement and in garbage barrels, at places where dish Avater is thrown out and wherever decay ing animal or vegetable matter oc curs. The adult Hies are constantly passing back and forth from such materials, where they deposit their eggs, to other materials upon which they themselves feed. Thej' prefer sweets, but are attracted by almost any kind of human food. I Flies do not ordinarily travel to j any great distance and if a little care is taken th?ir numbers ruay be - greatly reduced. Especially does i the farmer have the chance of abat ing the pest so far as his own prem ises are concerned. The eggs laid by flies hatch in about a day into the familiar white i maggots. After about live days spent feeding, if, the food supply is unlimited, and a couple of day3 in a resting stage, the adult flies appear. It takes "them slightly more than a week from fly to fly. If manure can be disposed of, hauled to either the field or a compost heap some distance from the house every five to seven days, no flies will be able to develop. If it is not possible to dispose of the manure, it may be possible to provide a room, dark s and thoroughly screened, into which the'mannre may be put until it pan ? t be disposed of. Of all the substances used to kill, or repel flies the one which has \ proven most satisfactory is ordinary air slaked lime. Lime is a first class deodorant. A free use, of it around all stables, privies and garb age cans will"cause these places to lose half of their disagieeablev fea tures, and they will oease to be at tractions and breeding places for that menace to health-the common huu.se fly. 1 Prof. Geo. G. Ainslie, Associate Prof. of Entomol ogy and Zoology, Clemson College Easily Understood. (From the Boston Transcript.) Housewife: "How is it that the large strawberries are on the top of the box?" Peddler: "Well,.you see. mum, they grow so fast this fine weather that the last ones pick ed and put in the box naturally big ger thin the fust ones." Wabbly and Weak Versus : TVater can't rise above Its leve! Nor can a community risa above thu level of Its citizenship. If the citizens are lukewarm, limp tad lazy, the town will be wishy washy, wabbly and weak. If the citizens have VERTEBRA, VTM AND VIGOR, the town will be substantial, solid and strong. Let's ali brace up and make this town of ours a place of energy, ambi tion and enterprise. . COUNTY CAMPAIGN. The Executive -Committee Ar ranges For Eight Meetings. Take Magistrates Out of Primary. Pursuant to the call of County Chairman B. E. Nicholson,. ?b'e executive committee met Monday morning to consider the matter of electing magistrates in the primary and to attend to routine business. The first item of business to re ceive attention was arranging for the county campaign meetings. A committee, consisting of A. E. Pad gett, J. C. Shaw, B. D. Kitchings, C. E. Quarles and .7. W. Hardy, was appointed to select the dates and places for holding the meet ings. The committee arranged the following schedule which was unan imously adopted: Long Branch, Saturday, July 30th. Johnston, Tuesday, August 2nd. Be rea, Thursday, August 4 th. Red Hill, Saturday, August 0th. Rehoboth, Tuesday, August 9th. Parksville, Thursday, August 11th. Lanham Spring, Tuesday, Au gust ICth. Edgefield, Thursday, August 18th. The above committee was also requested to suggest or fix the as sessments of the candidates. As there are several offio?s that did not have to be filled this year the num ber of candidates is not so large as two years ago, consequently the as sessments had to be increased in order to raise sufficient funds to de fray the campaign expenses. The following assessments wert* levied: House of Representatives, ?5; coun ty auditor, $5; county supervisor, ?5; superintendent of education, 3; judge of probate, ?2.50; super visors of registration, county commissioners and coroner $1 each. Air*routine business being- dispos ed of, the matter of election of magistrates in the primary was next taken- up. Capt. John R. Blocker spoke at length in favor of his motion to allow magistrates to be' ejected in the., primary tbis^year as heretofore. A. E. Padgett, W. L. Coleman and John C. Shaw spoke in opposition to this motion. B. D. Kitchings also spoke in favor of Capt. Blocker's motion. The'yote stood 8 to i in favor of taking the magistrates out of the primary. The vote of the committee was as follows: For election of magis trates in primary, JJ. T. Mathis, VV. W. Adams, B. JD. Kitchings, John R. Blocker, C. M. Williams, C. E. Quarles, and G. W. Wise, Jr. Those opposing their election in primary, G. M. Smith, A. E. Pad gett, J. W. Hardy, W. L. Coleman, S. T. Williams, J. F. Atkins, L. Y. Claxton and John C. Shaw. Raise Cowpea Hay For the Milk Cows. It is my firm conviction . that it would be cheaper to pay $25.00 a ton for cowpea bay than to pay $G per ton for cottonseed hulls for milk production. When the farmer bas cowpea hay, the best way to supplement this would be to feed a ration consisting of one-third cot ton seed meal, one-third corn meal and one-third wheat bran feeding this grain in the proportion of one pound of grain lo about four or five pounds of milk. In case the rough age consists of corn stover, corn fodder or other poorer classes of roughage, grain should be fed at the rate of about one pound to three pounds of milk.-John Mitcels, in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Far mer and Gazette. Use Heayy Implements. If you have intelligence enough to manage two horses profitably, then you tie up half your power, yon thr?w away half your intelli gence, you kill half your profits, when you use only one horse. When j*ou can use two hands profitably, what would you think of tying one hand by your side and using only one? And yet. the economic effect is almost the same, if you can use two horses profitably find are content to use only one. Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer und Gazette. "Jane," said a lady rather sharp ly to her cook, "l must insist that you keep better hours and that you have less company in the kitchen at night. Last night you kept me from sleeping because of the up roarious laughter of one of your women friends." "Yis, mum, I know," was the apologetic reply; "but she couldn't help it. I was a-tellin' of her how you tried to make a cake one day." -Ladies Home Journal. The School Teacher. There are teachers and teachers, and if the writer felt himself com petent and was a good deal braver than he is, he would undertake to discuss them from all standpoints: but such a task would involve more wisdom than one man could be expected to Have, and courage enough to suffice for a crack regi ment. It will be assumed for the purpose of these remarks that there is only one kind of teacher, and he is the one who measures up to every reasonable qualification. Of all the -public servants who have the hardest rows to hoe in this world, including the country preach er, tlie country editor, and the coun try ' school teacher, the country school teacher , proabbly runs afoul of the most briars and thistles, and gets more unfriendly criticism and less sympathy * fn*?m those among whom and for whom he la bors. The ideal school teacher is a jew el among men, or if she be of the other sex, a jewel among women. The primary qualifications are to know his business; to understand the things he is to teach; to recog nize the value Of thoroughness; to compel obedience; ? to be strong enough or diplomatic enough to overcome unreasonable stubborn ness in parents as well as in chil dren. Somebody has said that men and women are only children grown up. In a sense, the truth of that is so obvious that it does not necessarily suggest much wisdom; but the say ing was to suggest the idea that the same unreasonableness, the same lack of wisdom, the same.egotism the sa'me wilfulness, that is so char acteristic of many children contin ues to exist in grown ups, and most experienced teachers have observed that the parents who are able to pride themselves on having been to school through college, give more trouble generally than the parents who have had no educational op portunities whatever. They know how they want it done, but they are unable to appreciate the fact that no one else, other than themselves, is capable of doing things exactly in ac^itfiiauce with their-own notion.,. All" these thincs the teacher^has to contend with, and the more thor oughly he. understands and accom plishes his work,, the stronger and more unreasonable the opposition he must encounter. The endeavor to placate that opposition by yeijding to it, necessarily destroys the effi ciency of the teaching as well as the usefulness of the teacher, and of course, the really competent teacher will do nothing of the kind. -Yorkville Enquirer. Pigs and Peckerwoods. A brother-possibly one whose members sometimes run away from him on Sunday to hear other pas tors in the city-told me a good story. Passing through a forest used as a pasture, a man came upon a b.jnch of pigs, mostly snouts, tails and bristles, with their heads close together, and their ears pricked up, as if intently listening. In a mo ment, the herd rushed away a hun dred yards, and then suddenly stop ped. After a time, away they went again, and so they kept up a con tinual scatteration. At this junc ture, the owner came up, and the visitor asked the meaning of the strange conduct of the pigs. The old fellow explained the matter by saying, ''Yes, stranger, them's my pigs. I used to call them to iriwe them a few nubbin's, until last'win tcr, when I lost my voice, and could not make myself heml. Then I fell to striking on a tree with a stone, and they'd come to that Now I've got my voice back, but no matter bow much I call, they won't come to me. If they hear a woodpecker a thumpin' on a tree, away they go, an' they're, about to run themselves to death after wood peckers, and yet no woodpecker ever has ?rive them a grain o' corn." The moral of this story is mani fest. The folks who go away from your preaching are merely running after woodpeckers. They are at tracted by all sons of sounds, and refuse to hang around the man who has some genuine food to give them. \ If any of The Courier readers among the preachers are afflicted in this way by runaway members, it might be well to preach a sermon entitled "Pigs and Woodpeckers," Dr. C. C. Brown in Baptist Courier. What He Lacked. "They tell me," said the innocent maid, that your marriage was the result of love at first sight. Is it true?" It is." answered the round shoul dered man sadly. "Had I been gift ed with second sight Fd still be in the bachelor class?"-Chicago Rec ord-Herald. WEST-SIDE NEWS. W. O. W. Unveiling Baptist P?*v-"" Co?- - fi I 1 ex on yes^.j .> called off on occouji^^., I ; able to secure a suitable n*p<..rii?i- until the 3rd Sunday in the month. The or der of exercises and program ^or that day is as follows: Decoratib of graves early before ?5unda school by the proper committees; sermon on Fraternity at 11:30 By Rev. T. H. Garrett. After dinner, our camp, in conjunction with the daughter camps, viz: Plum Branch, Modoc, Red Hill will meet in our hall, form in line, march to' ceme tery unveil the monuments, to Sovs. Blackwell and Dorn, the memorial address to be delivered by Solicitor and Sov. W. Hampton Cobb of Columbia. We trust that we may have a grand meeting. Since our last Mr. H. H. Free man bas moved into his new brick I store. i We are sorry to report, the seri ous condition of Mr. GK \ Adams of our vicinage, who is ceiving all the attentian that medici cal skill can give at Pine Height's Sanitarium in North Augusta. He is suffering from a broken -hip, caused from a fall of 5 feet. We trust he may yet recover. Our friend, Mr. W. M. Robert son, is stepping high, in fact, I call him stepper: it's a boy and atine one. We are glad to report ..Mrs. Strom's condition improved. ?! Little Geo. Bell Cartledge, soti of Nettie Bell and Mr. Thos. Cart ledge bas had a close call from pneumonia. We are glad to-say'be' has safely passed the crisis. Messrs. Press and Butler Strom from Rehoboth worshipped.. with us yesterday. Mr. R. M. Hitt, editor of the Aiken Sentinel, s pent a -short time '. in Parksvilie Saturday. He did not tarry as long as we wouid like, but. h?-jaad. pressing, busin??s'.on towards - Rehoboth, for wiiic.fi- we - excused . bim with''1 he ; promise that he would call later.. j Dr. and Mrs. James A, Dojbey; of Johnston,, are on a visit to the latter's parents, Mrs. L. F., Porn. Miss Fannie Joe Str?m, after spending some time with relatives here has returned home. Miss Martha Strom is a welcome | visitor at the home of her uncle. Mr. Clifford Robertson's new! home on North main is completed, and he and his interesting family I have moved into our town. We ex-1 tend io each of them a broad wel come. The Baptist parsonage is about completed except the paint and our Baptist pastor is expected to move in a few days. Col. Giles D. Mims, of Faifa, is traversing his old stamping ground here to-day. Col. Mims talked poli tics, mechanics, and practical affairs with the versatility of an ex pert. We are always glad to see you. Come again. Mrs. Sarah Parks (Mudder) whom we reported as being so sick is some better. Married, at the residence of Judge John R. Blackwell, Mrs. Sallie Blackwell to Mr. William Holley, of Plum Branch, th2 ceremony being performed by the Rev. T. H. Garrett Sunday afternoon June 5th. Congratulations and best wishes. Fine rains have fallen in western Edgefield to the delight of the dili gent agriculturist. More Anon. Not Much Difference. A stranger addressed the far mer's boy across the fence: "Young man, your corn looks kind o' yellow." "Yes, that's the kind we planted." "Don't look as if you would get more than half a crop." "We don't expect to. The land lord gets the other half." Then, after a short time, the man said:' "Boy, there isn't much difference between you and a fool." "None," replied the boy, "only the fence."-London Standard. "Well, old man, you've been married twelve times now. You surely aren't going to take a chance at a Number 13?" "Nope. I can't see any way out of it but to niarry twins."-Toledo Blade. Councilman-I've come to see if you will subscribe anything lo the town cemetery. Old Resident-Good gracious! I've already subscribed three wives. -London Telegraph. Ten Things to do This Month. 1. Keep .the cultivators going. Lev cly. shallow, frequent cultivation is.what the crops need at thia sea son. Don't-cut corn and cotton roots by deep plowing. v2. Plant , cowpeas, soy beans, vel vet ueahs, peanuts, some legume will work twenty-four hours a day for you gathering nitrogen, making money and building up the land. Put in all stubble lands not other wise employed as soon as the oat or wheat, crop'is taken off. .3: Save all the crimson clover seed possible. If no clover huller is available, the seed can be beat en out' by hand and sown in the chafe. . Get the mower in good run ning order. See that all bolts are tight; the knives sharp, the guards on straight and the bearings well oiled. :A mower is a splendid weed killerns well as a necessity in the hay field., 5. Plant late corn and potatoes. Keejp up' a succession of garden ps; beans, tomatoes, sweet corn and: other vegetables should be planted this month. Fresh vegeta bles aro cheaper and better than meat or. store bought foods. 0. Spray the apple trees again witK. Bordeux and Paris green, and the late peaches with lime-sulphur. Plow GUt-the 'first year strawberry .beds and- plow up the old ones. ? 7. Lpok after the work stock. Cut out some of the corn these hot days and substitute cottonseed meal, oats Or peavine hay. See that there is enough shade and water as well alt grass?in your pasture. 8. Fix np a bathroom of some sort, so that you can free yourself from dust -and perspiration at the close of the day. It will prove in vigorating, add to your sense of dignity' and enable you to do better work. ' - Keep up the warfare against flies and mosquitos and so help ward off typhoid fever and malaria. Screen the doors and windows, drain the'"stagnant pools, and look after the breeding places of the flies. 10. Prepare for the Farmers' In stitutes in your section, and if there are no Women's Institutes in your ? .ne, keep af ter your officials until ?lb,fr.i :?i;e started.- Progressive It Pays to Fertilize the Legumes. While peas and other legumes will get nitrogen for us from the air, and will furnish the materials for increasing the humus in the soil, they draw heavily on the min eral matters in the soi?^ phosphorus and potassium, and hence must be supplied with these if they are to do their part in the improvement of soil. Years ago a man in Alabama wrote to me that what I had been writing about peas improving the land was all a humbug", for he had taken twelve crops in succession off a piece of land, and the soil got so poor that it would not grow peas. There is no crop grown that can be taken annually off the land and nothing returned without impover ishing the soil, and the legume crops are no exception. They consume phosphoric acid and potash largely, and these they cannot get from the air, and if they are not supplied in fertilizers, the pea, or any other le gume, will exhaust the supply of these in the soil. But where phosphoric acid, and in most sections, some potash, are applied in a liberal maimer, the le gumes will enable us to dispense with the purchase of nitrogen, or ammonia, in any form.-W. F. Massey, in Raleigh (N. C.) Progres sive Farmer and Gazette. The Warm Grass. The eye of a little Washington miss was attracted by the sparkle of dew at early morning, "Mama," she exclaimed, ' It's hotter'n I thought it was." "What do you mean?" "Look here, the grass is all cov ered with the perspiration."-Bap tist Commonwealth. A Budding Merchant. The jeweler left his new boy in charge of the store while he went home to his dinne-', but not until he cautioned the youth that all the jjoods were marked and that he must not let any one take goods with him unless they were paid for. "Well, Sam," he asked, upon his return, "did you have any custo mers?" "You bet!" said Sam gleefully. "And I got his money, too! I sold one man all those brass rings you had that were marked 18c. on the inside, and here's the money-a dollar and ninety-eight cents." Judge. EDGEFIELD'S MISSIONARY The Advertiser Publishes Inter esting Letter which Rev. John Lake Wrote to His Father. Dear Father: In my last letter I told sister that I would soon write you something^ about the chapel that I have charge of in Canton City. It is the oldest Baptist meet ing house in Canton, if not the old est in China, and was originally built, away back in the '5 O's by a man who was ordained in our be loved Edgefield, S. C. This was Rev. L J. Roberts. Mr. Roberts was born in Ten nessee, February, 17th, 1802; was converted at Shelbyville, Tenn., studied in Tennessee and Kentucky and also in South Carolina. He was assisted in his education by the South Carolina Baptist convention in 1727, and ordained at Edgefield, S. C., April 22nd, 1728. On Janua ry 4th, 1830, he married Barsha Blanchard, near Augusta, Ga. Mr. Roberts preached in Missis sisppi, where he owned property said to be worth ?30,000. This property, donated by him, formed the base of the "Roberts Fund So ciety," under whose auspices he went as a missi onary to China in 1836. He afterwards connected him self with the foreign mission board of the triennial convention, and after, the Southern Baptist Conven tion was formed, he became a mis sionary of our board, though his last years in China were spent working as an independent mission ary. These and other facts, I have gleaned from Dr. Tupper's book on the foreign missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Southern Baptist Convention, organized in Augusta, Ga., in 1845, was first presided over by Dr. W. B. Johnson of Edgefield, whom you doubtless remember. In fact I re member some funny stories you used to tell me about his eccentrici ties when he visited your old home when you were a hoy. Old South'Carolina has played no small part in foreign missions, some of the great heroes of tha movement haye lived, and some have died, within her borders. I have;been to the grave of Luther, Rice au Pine/ Pleasant in wh;it was once Edgeneid county, now Saluda, and Rev: J. L. Shtick, the first Ameri can Baptist Missionary to China, preached during his last years, and found his last resting place, in Barn well, S, C. Frank Johnson, Dr. W. B's. even more eccentric son, Dr. J. B. Hart well and Miss Lula Whilden, still actively -engaged in the work; Miss Whilden's father, mother and sis ter, and Mr. Gaillard, all South Carolinians, were among those who laid the foundations of the work in China on which we of a. later date ire trying to build, sowed the seed that we are reaping in the great iiarvest of the twentieth century. Through lack of care, Frank Johnson's health failed and he had ;o return to the homeland; through ack of care when preaching to the epers, Mr. Roberts contracted the lisease and died of leprosy in 1871. [ have preached'to the lepers a good nany times myself, but I am very, rery careful of my health, and now ;his month I am entering into the [ abors of those who have gone on ; )efore, and am, in addition to my ? vork in the Sz Yap county, taking '. m the care of Mr. Roberts' chapel, I the oldest, as I have just said, in . Lhis great city. A Chinese teacher viii live in the chapel and work un ler my direction, and we expect to ?old services every Sunday, morn ng and evening, and on most of he week nights too, year in and rear out. \ As you know, "S. C' and I live n the great home of Dr. and Mrs. Et. H. Graves. This is Dr. Graves' ifty-fourth year as a missionaiy in Danton. He has proven that a man san stand the climate! There ?.re ive cases of small pox in the wo nen's school here on the compound, just found it out this afternoon. 'S. C." had some of her pupils n the girls school to have small xix once but somehow we live, and ire happy There are seven other Baptist ?hurches and chapels in this great nty, looked after by different mis tionaries and native pastors, besides die chapels in our various schools lere on the compound. Five from ,he orphanage were baptized yes ;erday. I baptized fifteen candidates n the Sz Yap south west of Can ion, the last half of last month, and nade a trip just before that to a ?hurch here I look after fifty miles n another direction (north.) "S. 0." has over a hundred in her board ing school and a large attendance in aer day school. Now with this new ?hapel, she and I have all the work ive can do. Love to all. Affectionately, JOHN LAKE. JOHNSTON LETTER. Interesting Commencement Ex ercises, Mr. Turner to Build New Church. U. D. G to Erect Hall. The commencement exercises of the High School, which were held on Monday evening in the auditori um were witnessed by an immens? crowd. This evening was given over to the music department, which has been under the instruction of Miss Lillie Parish. The program was as follows: Trio, Grand Galop Brilliant, Misses Denny, White and Mobley.. Duet, Come dance with me, Webb, Misses Effie and Edith Gibson. Trio, A May day, Rathburn, Mis ses Annie Harrison, Lucia Epes ano! Master Fred Parker. Duet, Holiday spirits, Engelman, Misses Beckham and Oxner. Duet, A walk in the field, Misses Bessie Ford Turner and Bettie Wa ters. Trio, Polish dance, Xaver Schar wenka, Misses Edith Coleman, Beu - lah Sawyer and Gladys Sawyer. Duet, The return of the heroes, Engelmann, 31 i-ses Shade and Ly brand. Duet, Waltz, Azalea-Webb, Mis?. Frances Turner and Master Gray Horne. Solo, Silver spring, William Ma son Miss Antionette Denny. Duet, We five, Misses Lillie Par ish and Gladys Sawyer. The closing f eature Was a play, "Young Dr. Divine," which was given by the members of the school. Equally as large a crowd enjoyed the graduating exercises of Tuesday evening. Hon. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, was to have made the ad dress, b it a telegram was received from him stating his inability to be present, owing to the sudden illness . of his wife. Dr. Charles E. Burts, of Edgetield, was asked to take his place, which he agreed to jdo. Dr. Burts is greatly beloved here, and his appearance before the^"*^iencc was received with delight The exercises were 01 prayer by Rev. Lawson, a musical selection by Mist and Sawyer, the essays c graduates were"?njoyed: 5 r-Miss Ola Smith; \ class . i Ida Satche r ; class hist 'Flora Kenuyi olasa pjop $?srtba IW^ou^^^^?i Joe Jacobs. Dr. Burts^^'oWr.i?^?| "The spirit that wins;?: in full of the spirit of s of industry, of progress ion and of amiability. r of applause that he rec? conclusion, showed wit* predation his discours with. Prof. W. C. Curry d? diplomas after a few remarks. Prizes offered dents in each of the f grades, making the high were awarded as foll grade, 15 volumes of I Joe Jacobs; 10th grad? Irvin, Mr. Joe Scott; gold watch, Miss Helen grade, Cooper's leathe tales, Miss Beatrice Wo: The fae 'Ity for next 3 Prof. W. C. Curry, s en; Miss Dessie Stewari Blisses KatherineJBoulw: Dukes, Kate Braddy, Cl and Mesdames L. C. I M. A. Huiet, teachers; ft ta Beckham,taking the pl Parish, in the music ? who declined re-election Mr. M. T. Turner (Continued on page 8) Present Arms! Or maybe you'd present some friend with a better equipment for the battle of life. For instance, present him with an annual sub scription to this paper.