Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm - mm ? TREES HAVE ECONOMIC VALUE Every One That ls Planted Adds to Wealth of Community as Well as to Its Beauty. The most striking living landscape ?feature is a tree, therefore wherever a tree grows the lund is more or less [habitable. No matter what kind of a tree it is, if of large size, it proclaims that the land it adorns is not a dei err. Tree have been objects of love and Teneration since the dawn of history, &nd as their attractions und uses are many and varied, he who plants a tree plants wealth and adds to the capital of all. Trees beautify homes, parks, streets .and even as orchards their beauty is mot the least of their several specific eval?es. They cool the parched earth ?and heated atmosphere in summer and .protect from biting cold and stormy "wind in winter, says the Los Angeles Times. They purify the air we breathe ?and prevent winds from contaminating it by arresting storms of dust and oth er injurious matter. They add very -.materially to the value of all property jeven aside from the esthetic consid erations ; their pure economic value is mot. questioned. There are not, there fore, any reasons for not planting trees .and so many reasons why we should, Ithat it is best to place them wherever rand whenever the opportunity pre sents. It is indeed easy to get rid of them if improperly placed. Therefore ?)e ever planting a tree, for it grows ?all the time, even while the planter i?leeps, and is adding to the wealth of jail on earth and all to come. PERFECT LAWN NEEDS WORK *One Who Expects to Get the Best Re sults Must Expect to Expend Much but Not Difficult Labor. To have a perfect lawn requires much but not difficult labor. As a rule the land conditions to be met may be .divided into two classes : First, where there is a sufficient depth of good loam, but where the grass has gradual ly been allowed to die out, and, second, where the lawnmaker has a poor grav elly soil, seemingly without greensward possibilities of any kind quite regard less of what may be done to lt. The treatment in the first case cited is sufficiently simple. It will not even be necessary to spade up the ground and re-seed, for just as good rej tits are produced by a simpler method and in much shorter time. Take a sharp iron rake with good sharp teeth, and, after-digging out the weeds, scratch deep into the soil, breaking it up as .finely as possible. After doing this sow the best grass seed obtainable, :using a grass seeder, of which there are several kinds on the market. The wheelbarrow seeder where the space to be seeded ls a new lawn, for exam ple, will prove a labor-saver. Where the space to be re-seeded is small, a broadcast seed sower will do excellent .work'; it is carried by a strap about the shoulder, and will sow not only grass, but all kinds of grain. Bringing Country to City. Denmark has solved the problem of gardens for city dwellers in a particu larly efficient manner, according to the American-Scandinavian Review. An article entitled "Bringing the Country to the City" tells how 40,000 garden plots have been added to the produc tive area of Denmark through the uti lization of vacant lots and waste lands in or near cittes. The land is bought or leased by a company, which does all the preliminary work of building roads and fences, laying water pipes, install ing a sewerage system, and preparing the soil for cultivation. It is divided Tip into small gardens, which are rent ed at a price of $2 to $4 for the sum mer. M?.ny families raise enough veg etables for their own use and sell a considerable amount besides. Others .prefer to build a little arbor and plant a flower garden, which becomes their irefuge from the grime of the city. Decoration of Schools Urged. Importance of proper environment jin education was emphasized by Rev. ?Dr. John Van Schaick, Jr., in a brief address before the League for the ?Decoration of public Schools ut its ?annual meeting at Washington. Dr. Van Schaick declared that proper artistic environment makes not only .an esthetic but a moral appeal. He intimated that the time would come when more public funds could be "used for the decoration of school ?buildings. He commended the work tliut is being dune by the league, and pointed out that it was private initia tive which first awakened public senti ment to the need of kindergartens, hospitals and other institutions now supported by public funds, but first .started through individual effort. Back-yard Fences in Boston. '" George Gibbs, special investigator for the Boston city planning bourd, wants wooden back-yard fences abol ished in that city. He believes such fences are a nuisance In crowded, dis tricts and an eyesore elsewhere, and should be replaced by metal fences of an ornamental type. For high-class residence districts Mr. Gibbs favors brick or concrete walls for dlyldlug "Ines between b^ck gards. ^ ? Better Farming in the South ORDER FALL FERTILIZERS EARLY Railroad Service is a Serious Problem-Fertilizer Dealers Will Be Required to Accumulate Orders So That Full Carloads IL Only Shall Be Shipped-Railway Authorities Say I?& Fertilizers Can Be Handled in Half Number of '%LLu.t Cars Ordinarily Used - A War Measure. ,. Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. C. A. Whittle. The world is hungry. To get more food is an alarming problem. How can the farms produce more food when labor is so scarce? How can more acres be planted to food crops or how can more work be given the acres usually planted with out more labor? Increase of labor is hardly to he expected, but there is one important means of help which the Southern farmer has been utilizing in the past and that is Fertilizer. But this too is beset with difficulties. Fertilizer can increase production without increasing labor 'except at harvest time. The warring nations appreciate this fact, and are giving all the encouragement they can to the use of fertilizers. The railroads can't do the busi ness expected of them unless every freight car ls loaded to full ca pacity. To load them to full capacity the fertilizer dealer must have enough orders in to make up a full car load before he can reasonably hope to get a shipment The earlier the carload orders are placed the better chance, of course, of getting a shipment. Be cause of the shortage of equipment, the railroads should have as much time as possible to plan for moving the fertilizer. Early orders will give them a knowledge of the number of cars that will be needed. Government Authorities Backing lt The National Council of Defense has sent out a bulletin on this very subject, urging farmers to order their fall fer tilizers early so full carload- shipments might be made and the largest amount of human food produced. The United States Department of Agriculture through the States Re lations Service and Bureau of Soils; and agricultural colleges and coun ty agents, are advising the same. The railroads are very urgent about the matter. The fertilizer manufac turers are offering to help the dealers and farmers as much as possible to overcome the transportation difficul ties. Half Cars Can Be Saved Railway authorities have statistics to show that half of the cars ordinari ly used for hauling fertilizers could do the business, if only they are load ed to their maximum capacity. Where a full car load can not be made up for one destination, then it is to be filled with orders for neigh boring stations along a railroad. More Wheat and Oats From the South Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga. The South will be expected to take care of its share of wheat and oat production. Discouragement from the winter kill of the last season and la bor conditions make the task of keep ing up production no small one, but the countiy needs more of these crops if it is to take care of its allies. The prices which they are bringing, of course, do not discourage production. Even if the acreage cannot be in creased the prices which the small trains are bringing justify the very best seed bed preparation and the maximum use of fertilizer. Growing cereals, of course, do not require as much labbr as growing corn and Mon, it is true, bul corn and cotton will take their turn in every well planned farm. The scant oat crpp should be hus banded for seed this year. No oats are as good for planting in the South as those grown in the South, especially if they are grown in the region where they are to be planted. The same is true of wheat unless in a given sec tion the best variety for that section has not yet been used. Good seed should be ordered early. Unless fertilizers are ordered early, so that dealers can ship only in full carload lots it is quite probable that farmers will be disappointed when seeding time comes. The railroads will probably have more than they can do even with full carload shipments. It is a national necessity to see that no freight car space is wasted. Here is a message to suffering women, from airs. "W. T. Price, of Public, Ky.: "I suf fered with painful...", she writes. "I got down, with a weakness in my "back and limbs...! felt helpless and dis couraged...! had about given up hopes of ever being well again, when a friend Insisted I Take The Woman's Tonio I began Cardui. In a short while I saw a marked difference... I grew stronger right along, and it cured me. I am stouter than I have been in years." If you suffer, you can appreciate what it means to be strong and well Thousands of wo men give Cardui tho credit for their good health. It should help you. Try Cardui. At all druggists. E-73 Opinions from Folks Who Know For malarial headache, Granger Liver Regulator entirely relieved my trouble.-J. Height, Wetumpka, Ala. Had heavy headache. Vomited twice to six times a day. Four doses of Granger Liver Regulator made me well.-Loundas P. Brindley, Somer ville, Ala. Mother had sick headache. Granger Liver Regulator did her more good than all the medicine she had taken before.-Pearley Davis, Pacio, Ala. I never expect to be without it in my home.-Jenie Usey, Gadsden, Ala. It is a great saver of doctors' bills. -Louis N. Kent, Honoraville, Ala. There is none better.-Dr. T. E. Cothram, Alexis, Ala. ^ All druggists sell Granger Live? Regulator-25c, Try it. To Preveut Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur ??cal dressing that relieves pain and heals at fie s<un? time. Mot a liniment. ? 25c. 20c. Ji.oo. The poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it.-Sterling. He false and falsehoods will haste to you; love, and adventures will flock to you, throbbing with love.-Maeter linck. SEASONABLE DISHES. Some of these dishes may find favor, adding variety to the diet and furnish ing new combina tions. Chili Stew.-Cut In small pieces, or grind, one and a half pounds o f round steak. Add to it one and a half tablespoonfuls each of olive oil and butter, add six tablespoonfuls of chopped onion und one clove of garlic, fry until a light brown color. Add one nnd a half tablespoonfuls of wor cestershire sauce, and three tablespoon fuls of chili powder, stirring well. Pour in enough hot water to cover the bottom of the frying pan and cook with the meat 15 minutes, then add three cup fuis of tomato. Blend one and a half tablespoonfuls of flour with some of the tomato juice, add to the stew and place in a casserole to cook well cov ered for an hour. Serve with rice or noodles. Spring Salad.-Mix together three cupfuls of finely shredded cabbage, half a cupful of diced apple, one fourth of a cupful of diced celery, one cupful of grated pineapple, all mois tened with boiled dressing and served on lettuce. Fish Souffle.-Make a white sauce of two tablespoonfuls each of butter und flour ; when well blended add a cup ful and a half of milk, cook until smooth and tfdd to this a teaspoon ful of grated onion, a tablespoonful of minced parsley, and a large can of fish flakes which should be picked apart with a fork. Beat three egg yolks until light, add to this mixture and then fold In the stiffly beaten whites. Bake in a buttered dish until Arm in the center, then serve at once with tomato sauce. Fried Chicken de Luxe.-Sift a fourth of a teaspoonful of baking pow der Into the flour -in which the ^hick en is rolled before frying. Beat one egg, add crumbs and baking powder, beating well; then dip veal br any. meat to be breaded in this mixture, frying as usual. This method gives a richer crumbing than simply egg with crumbs. mia ron /MJ. [OiStWiS Or THC uv ER I PR>CE 25* Used for Twenty Years Always has given satisfaction. Red Cross Liver Medicine is one of the dependable old-time reme dies. All over the South lt has relieved sufferers from BlIloiiHnean Liver Complaint Bilious Colic Rheumatic Vaina Co*tIvme*H Sick Hoatlacne? DyHiiejpiila Sour Stomach Red Cross Liver Medicine Purely vegetable; does not sicken. Sold In powder form; may be used dry or easily made into liquid. Thc KennlncRcd Cross LlTer Medicine Is made only by CASH BROS DRUG CO., Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. 25 Centn a hm, at drug-grlnfe and In general ?tores, or postpaid from thc manufacturers. For Sale by G. W. WISE, Trenton, S. C. And All Good Dealers BITTERS Family Aledicine. A Larger Motor-More Refinements THE new Briscoe has arrived. See it at our showrooms today. You will fail in love with it at first sight. This latest model, B-4-24, has everything you want inj a motor car. Building it entirely in our own factories makes possible the price, $725. THE Half-Million Dollar Motor is larger, gives 40 per cent more power. Its rotary-balanced crank-shaft enables in creased energy with unusual running smoothness. See the roominess of this car-stretch out in it. In comfort and up-to date conveniences Briscoe B-4-24 is easily the car of your choice. "P\ J "Ll A/"0UR satisfaction is our success. Let an immediate demon UCpCndclDlC ][ stration prove the car. Then let our readiness to serve at all times make you glad you have become a Briscoe owner. New Complete Five Passenger Touring Car $725 Four Passenger Roadster $725 Coachaire $850 Delivery Car (Canopy Top Body) $725 All Prices F. O. B. Jackson H. E. QUARLES, Cold Spring, S. C. 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