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FACTS ABOUT THE EARTH Atmosphere Now Believed by Seien tists to Have Three Fairly Distinct Strata. The earth's atmosphere is now be lieved to have three fairly distinct strata, the tirst extending up to about forty-five miles, having nitrogen as the leading constituent; the second, with its upper limit a* about 125 miles, be ing chiefly hydrogen, and the third, at a still greater height, consisting of a very thin gas which has been named "geocoronium." Dr. Alfred Wegener has attempted to explain the striking differences of color in meteors or "shooting stars," and says that mete ors coming from outer space ure not sufficiently heated in the exceedingly light gas to become luminous. Their fall through the hydrogen layer causes them to become incandescent, and be fore they reach the lowest stratum most of them are completely dissi pated. A few of the largest however penetrate the nitrogen atmosphere, a very small number reaching the earth's surface. It is found that the deep-fall ing meteors pass through three stages of color, yellow-white, green and deep red- and it is concluded that the green is due to incandescence of the hydro gen and the red to that of the nitrogen. C>nly the first stage is seen in the quickly dissipated meteors, the white, yellow or sometimes reddishness be in? evidently the glow of the meteor substance. WHAT CAUBER OF GUN MEANS Term as Applied to Artillery ls Cause of Confusion in the Popu lar Mind. Confusion as to the meaning of the term caliber arises chiefly from its use as an adjective to indicate length, as when we say "a 50-callber six-inch gun." The word caliber, as applied to artillery, signifies the diameter of t*ie bore of a gun measured diametrically from face to face of the bore, of course somewhat larger. A gun, then, of six-inch caliber is a j gun whose bore is just six inches. For convenience and because the power of a gun when once its bore has been de cided upon depends so greatly upon its length artillerists are in the habit of defining the length of the gun in terms of the caliber. Thus the 12-inch United States na val gun, which is 40 feet in length, Is spoken of as a 40-caliber 12-inch, the length being just 40 times the bore. The 0-inch rapid-fire gun is a trifle un der 25 feet in length and Is therefore Jinown as a 50-callber gun. In the case of small arms the cali ber is expressed in hundredths of an inch, as when we say a 22-caIlber re volver we mean one with a bore that 'Has a diameter of .22 of an Inch. Whose Uncle? A man learned of the death of an ?uncle in a dlstunt state and employed un attorney *o get for him his ishare of the estute. After much de lay the lawyer sent for his client and ?>aid : "I have collected your share of your uncle's property, and here is a state ment of our account." . The account rendered showed many 'items of expenses, such as "taking de positions," "notary's fees," "court costs," "traveling expenses," etc., a considerable charge in favor of the at torney for his services and only a small balance for the nephew. After examining and pondering over the statement for quite a while the client looked up and said to the law yer: "Was that your uncle or mine that died?"-West's Docket. Japs Like Fresh Air. The normal Japanese woman satis fies the artist's ideals as well as the surgeon's. The average woman In Ja pan today shows a figure that is as perfectly molded and of as true pro portion as the woman of ancient Greece was able to display. Consump tion is a rare disease in Japan ; even winter coughs are of rare occurrence. The Japanese woman is taught from earliest childhood that life Is impos .sible without a sufficient supply of -fresh air. This internal cleansing with .fresh air is deemed of more importance ;thap .the bath that usually follows it. <Other People's Things. Did you ever see a girl who would - turn down the leaf of her library book , to mark her place, when she wouldn't i think of - turning one of her own books in such a fashion? Did you ever know a boy who would leave a borrowed bi cycle standing out in the damp, though he was very particular about his own things? It is a pity that little folks or older ones should ever be less care ful of what belongs to someone else than of what is their own. A Sad Reminder. 1 "fl went Into a man's office this .morning and he had ,mottoes stuck up ell around his desk, .like 'Do it now,' 'Be brief,' and This is my busy day.' ?Have you anything, pf that sort in your office?" "No,. I;don't need, them. I have a note framed and hung up. on my wall that I indorsed for a man. and eventu ally had to pay myself. Whenever I look at lt I remember all the mottoes I ever heard of." What He Said. "Has the doctor been here today?" nsked the wife. "Yn, he has," replied the gouty ihusb. ad. "What did he say?" , "Two dollars." :'i*;? GIRAFFES EAT THE POLES One of the Difficulties Faced by Men Who Built Telegraph System in Africa. Every industry has its troubles. Some of them can be foreseen and some of them cannot be. It is doubt ful if the men who toiled to build up a telegraph system in equatorial Af rica foresaw the peculiar difficulties they were to he.ve from wild ani mals. In several provinces of British East Africa the giraffe and elephant are given special protection hy law. It costs $n0 to get a license to kill a hull j giraffe and .S1-10 for a license to kill a pair of elephants. In many parts the killing of giraffes is forbidden en tirely. Consequently in this vnstgame preserve elephants and giraffes take special heed to the voice of the Crea tor as transcribed in the first chap ter of Genesis: "Be fruitful and mul tiply." The lions have done likewise and they have caused real inconveni ence to General Smuts more than once in his recent military opera tions, besieging the general himself once in his motorcar. The elephants and giraffes, however, make a spe cialty of telegraph poles. According to a zoologist who writes in the Lon don Times, the giraffes have been irivine: trouble by pulling down the telegraph wires and thereby inter j rupting communications. The beauti ful creatures, which habitually feed on the acacia, stripping it of its leaves as high as their long necks and pre hensile tongues can reach, rarely re sist such attractions and, as many of the telegraph poles in this region of Africa sprout with leaves each year, their temptation is easily understood. -Current Opinion. CONTRARY SORT OF WORLD Most Powerful Stories of Love and Domestic Bliss, Written by the Unmarried. The more popular books for chil dren have been written by the child less, and some of the most powerful stories of love and domestic bliss or misery have been written by unmar ried women and men. And then, as you probably know, al most everyone thinks he knows more about other branches of "business than the one in which he is engaged. The average man can recall the time when he thought the other fellow's job was much easier than his, and was haunted more or less with the notion that if he had taken up almost any thing but what he had he would have made a great success of it. It is said there has never, or hardly ever, been a great comedian who didn't believe, or think he believed, that his forte was tragedy ; and as if not to be outdone, the successful tragedian never ceases to curse the luck that prevented bira from being a comedian. You may not think this is a contrary sort of world, but there are a lot of people who do. -.Vv, Mother Was Safe. The minister had to leave home on a long preaching tour. Just before leaving he called his family around him to say good-by. When he came to Bobby, he said : "Old man. I want you to be a good boy and take care of your mother." Bobby promised. All day long he looked preternaturally grave under the heavy responsibility thus suddenly as sumed. When night came and he was called to his prayers, the young guard ian said: "O Lord, bless father, and Brother Tom, and Sister Alice, and Aunt May, and the little Jones boys, und me, but you needn't trouble about mother, for I am going to look after her." An Imaginary Cabby. A penitent-looking man was on trial for vagrancy and olJturbance of the peace. The judge seemed Inclined to be lenient. "What was the prisoner doing when you arrested him?" he suid to the po liceman. "Ke was having a very heated argu ment with a cab driver, j-our honor." "But that doesn't prove that he was the worse for liquor," the judge said. "Many sober people have argument with cab drivers." "So they do, your honor," said the policeman, "but in this case there was no cab driver." Long Playing. 'Talk about long playing," said the New Yorker to Pat. "Why, your coun trymen wouldn't get a look-In with us. I know a fellow citizen who played 'Beautiful Stars and Stripes' on the plano for several hours." "Arrah, close your mouth," said Pat. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself to be talking about nothing. Sure, I know an Irishman that played 'Ireland Forever' on a flute."-New York Morn ing Telegraph. And Endless Affair. Homer-Old Tightwad invited me to take lunch with him yesterday. -Helny-I suppose there was no end to the good things you had to eat. Homer-Right you are. There was neither a beginning nor an end to them. Heiny-Why, how was thnt? Homer-Ail we had was pretzels. She Fell for lt. Patlence-^Ile proposed marriage while he was skating with her. Patrice-With what result? "She became very much confused and fell for it." v.vAw.v.v.v.v.v.vv.v.'.y HER LITTLE WAY Sarventor settled back comfortably in his chair and lit the after-dinner cigar to which he had limited himself in deference to his wife's fears that he was injuring his health by exces sive smoking. Mrs. Sarventor smiled sweetly at him over her workbasket. "Oh!" he exclaimed suddenly. "What do you think? Willington has backed out of that little stag party at Renford's. His wife wouldn't let him go. Wouldn't" that give you a nerv ous chill? Adeline, if I had a wife like that I'd be tempted to take a club to her. I don't suppose he dares open up his mouth around the house wMiout raising his hand to ask per mission. He says he's got another en gagement, but, of course, that's all humbug. I bet Tom Hinckly $5 that he*d find some excuse to crawl out." "I don t like you to bet, dear," said Mrs. Sarventor, gently. "I know,", returned Sarventor, slightly confused. "But-er-well, anyway, he didn't take me up." "Do you mean that Mr. Hinckly isnt going to pay you the money you won?" "(Jf course uot. Ile didn't bet." "Well, I think he ought to pay, any way, if you bet him. But I'm glad you had the $0 you could afford to lose, because it's just the amount I want. Hand lt over. Edward, please." Sarventor ruefully extracted a $5 bill from his pocketbook and threw it into the workbasket with the re mark that that just left him carfare. "How would you like to have lt said that your husband stood in terror of you, little woman?" he asked jocularly. "I wouldn't like it at all," replied Mrs. Sarventor. promptly. "I believe in a man doing what he pleases as i long as he doesn't misconduct himself. I'm not an advanced woman like Mrs. I Willington, you know." "No, you're not. by George!" said her husband, admiringly. "Besides, I know you wouldn't stand dictation," laughed the lady. "Well, I guess not," said Sarventor. "What kind of a party is this, Ed ward?" asked Mrs. Sarventor pres ently, as she threaded a needle. "Oh. just men, you know." "Are they nice?" . j.?"*". "It depends on what you call nice. It isn't like a pink tea." "1 suppose you will all smoke like chimneys and play cards. Well, of course, you will go if you want to." "Why, certainly." "You needn't be cross about It, Ed ward. I'm not cross." "I don't see any reason why r,/j should be." "I might not like lt, though. I wouldn't wonder a bit if tney played cards for money-and that's gam bling." "Why, Adeline! Suppose It was a penny ante-enough just to give an interest to the game?" "The principle Is the same. But of j course my narrow views needn't stand ! in the way of your having a good time." "Oh, thunder!" "Now, you are losing your temper. Well, we won't say anything more about lt. You've made up your mind I that you'll go whether I like it or not or whether it's right or wrong. . I wouldn't say a word for the world to displease you. You know I wouldn't, Edward. I don't like to have you cross." , "But my dear!" "No. we won't say anything more about it. And then you'll be tempted to smoke more than ls good for you. I know you won't break your promise to me. but-" "What promise?" "About smoking more than one cigar in an evening." "Nonsense! You aren't talking rea sonably, my dear. You just don't want me to go." "No. I want you to go. If you pre fer the society of a set of horrid card playing men to your wife's I ought not to complain. I ought to be g-g-glad." "Why, Adeline, my dear!" "No, I'm not. You know Tm not You dud-dud-don't love me." "Of course, I do. You know per fectly well I do." Mrs. Sarventor put aside her hus band's caressing hand and dried her eyes. Then she said: "This Is very foolish of me, Edward. I ought to be ashamed of myself, and I ara, too. Of course, you must go, dear. You know, I would never oppose you in anything. We've been married over a year now and, of course, I ought not to expect that you wouldn't get Just a little tired of a silly girl In all that time." "Dearest," said Sarventor, "how can you say such absurd things? Tired of you !" "I suppose if I had made our little home more attractive-" "You've made it a little paradise." "And of course you miss all your old bachelor habits." "Miss nothing. I know when Tm well off." "Then why," demanded Mrs. Sar ventor, "are you so crazy to go to this horrid stag party?" "I'm not crazy about It I don't know that I'd go if I hadn't promised -at least I half promised" "Then you won't go? Oh, good!" "Not if you don't want me to, dear est." "Oh, but I don't want you to stay at home just because you know Td be hurt if you went. I want you to do exactly as you please. You'd better go, perhaps, dear." "Well, ? don't want to." said Sarven tor. "I want to stay and spend the ! evening with you, and that settles It" I Better Farmin SOUTHERN FARMER'S F South's Deposits of Phosphatic Mate C. A. WH Recently a Southern fertilizer con cern obtained a large order for acid phosphate from Holland at $55 per ton. Contrast this $55.00 per ton with $20'.00 per ton paid by the Southern farmer. If the Dutch farmer can afford to pay $55 per ton for acid phosphate and make it pay, how much more can a Southern farmer obtain when he can buy about three times as much phosphate with the same money? Dutch farmers are shrewd and thrif ty. They have developed agriculture to a very high state of efficiency, and they know quite well what can be done with acid phosphate at $55 per ton. Their land is not poor. To the contrary il is highly developed and fertile. Ev?ry rod that can possibly be used for agriculture is cultivated like a garden. They have found that no matter how rich their soil, fertiliz ing it pays. Out of their experience they find that it pays them now to invest as much as $55 per ton in acid phosphate. . Aids In Combatting Boll Weevil Under boll weevil conditions, early maturing of cotton is essential. Acid phosphate, of course, promotes the fru ition and maturing of cotton. All ag ricultural authorities are now recom mending liberal use of acid phosphate in fertilizers as an important measure in combatting the boll weevil. If the Southern farmer had to pay $55 per ton for acid phosphate, what a disadvantage he would face! Since he only pays about one-third this price, how fortunately situated he is! Na ture has placed here in the South great deposits of rock phosphate which, when treated with sulphuric acid, becomes acid phosphate, an ingre dient of fertilizer. Not only is the Southern farmer fa vored by reason of the natural de posits of phosphatic materials, but, in recent years, the South has become a great manufacturer of sulphuric acid. Sulphuric acid has an import ant place in many forms of manufac turing, and is one of the essentials in making munitions of war, hence large quantities of it have been drawn to the munition plants at enhanced prices. The high market for sulphuric acid has lifted the price of acid phos phate over that of foimer years, but not enough to prevent, its still being a most economical plant food. The Quickly Available Form Acid phosphate Is that form of phos Collett & PHARM, Large stock of Drugs ai on hand-fresh from the Prescriptions accurat drugs any hour of the da A Share of Yo Solic Spring Wi The spring sea replenish your w We can clothe ye merchandise hoi facturersandjob you get it here y What about a and color? We from. Try a pair of for the money. Large stock o? to select from. See our stock line ever shown i g in the South ERTILIZER ADVANTAGE ?rials an Aid in Boll Weevil Fight ITTLE. phatic fertilizers most readily availa ble as plant food. Hence this is why agricultural authorities are stressing its use in fertilizers for boll weevil territory, where the purpose is to has ten maturity of the plants and to get a3 much cotton set as possible before the weevil has developed in sufficient number to get all the new squares and the bolls that form, as it will do later on in the season. PUSH COTTON IN WEEVIL TERRITORY J. C. Pridmore, Agronomist. Inquiry-"How would you fertilize to beat the boll weevil to the cotton?" In growing cotton under boll weevil conditions, several factors must be given consideration. The land should be well drained and well supplied with vegetable matter. Good seed ci a va riety adapted to the locality should be chosen, and, of course, a variety that will mature its fruit quickly and resist wilt should be planted. Fer tilize liberally, and properly cultivate. On the heavier soils, such as the red clays and clay loams, the use of a fer tilizer carrying 10 per cent to 12 per cent phosphoric acid, 3 to 4 per cent nitrogen and a small per cent of pot ash, if it can be had, should be used. Apply at the rate of 250 to 400 pounds per acre. On lighter soils in which nitrogen, phosphorus and potash are all usually deficient, a fertilizer carry ing all three elements is desirable. Use 10 to 12 per cent phosphoric acid, 3 or 4 per cent nitrogen and 1 or 2 per cent potash, at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds to the acre. SOY BEANS IN THE ROTATION. Inquiry-"Will you recommend a rotation in which soy beans, cotton and some other crop will be used?" Soy beans are highly recommended. They are a legume and, therefore, do not require much nitrogen. The hay is abundant and the feeding value high. The oil mills afford a ready market for the bean, and the cake which is produced by the mills has splendid feeding values. 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