Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOM! TOWN r1ELP5? MORE HOME GARDENS NEEDED Necessity Will Be Greater Coming Year and Organization and Co-op eration Should Be Begun Now. .Co-operation has been suggested as a solution of many problems in farm production, and now J. T. Rosa, Jr., of the University of Misouri college of agriculture suggests co-operation as a means of reducing production cost for the vacant lot gardener. The average city gardener is not in position to plow and prepare a garden plot himself. Mr. Rosa suggests that a number of gardeners in a given neighborhood em ploy a mun and team to prepare their gardens. In this way the expense can be divided among them and the man and team can be kept busy throughout the day. If the community garden movement is extensive enough men and teams may be hired by the day or week, and each gardener's plot can be fitted in turn. In this way the work can be done more cheaply than where each gardener hires his plot prepared hy the job. A great deal of trouble can also be eliminated. Other advan tages, such as purchasing fertilizers, ? manure, seeds, plants and other gar den supplies can be had through co- . operative effort. Since the spring garden should be planned in the* fail, Mr. Rosa suggests that organization be effected immedi ately. The advantages of fall plowing sind fall manuring have boen demon strated. The work should be done while the weather permits. Co-operation will also provide ef? dent means of marketing the surplus products. Mr. Rosa suggests that ev- : erv town have an organization of this sort. If the project Is not supported by some other civic organization, the j municipal authorities, or some indus- : Trial concern, the community garden j movement should be organized on an independent basis. If the movement is large enough a technically trained man or woman might he employed to super the work. This, would be advisable only where the community garden plan was extensive and where the garden ers were well organized. While it may not be possible to organize the whole town, it is entirely possible for neigh bors to obtain some of the benefits of the organization by co-operating in preparation of their garden plots. The necessity for home gardens will be j greater than ever in 101S. and plans should be made immediately, so that the garden %vork will be more efficient and give better results during the coming season. WINTER STOPS THE INSECTS Rlarlr firming RMI? onrt Ott??- *?-* Killed, But Merely Experience Suspended Animation. With the coming of the frosts and freezing weather the insects are si lenced, and as long as the temperature holds below 50 degrees Fahrenheit they are rendered also inactive, ac cording to a writer. Above that the hardier beetles and grasshoppers, along with a few spiders, are moving about, and when the sunshine warms the air mdre and more certain moths and but terflies and two-winged Hies, including the gnats, are on the wing. Some species of insects feel the ef fects of cold li.r less than others, and this does not seem to be influenced by sturdy bodies, hairy coverings or the situations in which they are found. The gnats aro among the most fragile species, but they and the slim-bodied water Stridors aro found active later in the autumn and earlier in the spring than any other creatures, excepting perhaps the mourning-clonk butter fly and the wasps, all of these crea tures responding lo the sunshine on the warmer, thawing days of winter. The black ground beetles also are quickly resuscitated by slightly warm er airs. This proves the fact that most In sects are not normally killed by cold, but merely experience suspended ani mation, and are ready to resume their activity after any length of time. Hidden Seas. In boring for oil, lt is a common ex perience for the drill to strike enor mons flows of salt water. Formerly , this salt water was supposed to be rain ' water, which soaked through beds of j salt on its way down to some chasm in the bowels of the earth, says Roches ter Union and Advertiser. The latest scientific opinion ls Inclined to believe that the salt water comes from prehis toric oceans, buried In the earth by geologic changes, In much the same way that burled forests gave rise to the coal beds. These hidden oceans are not conceived as lying in a subter ranean space or hollow, but as filling the billions on billions of crevices in beds of porous rock. Petroleum From Shale Banka. An important new process for ex tracting petroleum from the enormous banks of oil-bearing shale of certain western states is indicated in an nouncements from Nevada. Such a .process if successful would help great ly in solving the gasoline problem. The new process, which is now being test ed, was developed by a prisoner in the Nevada 6tate prison. A special pardon was granted him to give him an oppor tunity to continue his chemical work. Often Destroyed by Fire. Time after time, together with the rest of the city of Moscow, the Krem lin has been burned, the last occasion being in 1S12 when it was occupied by Napoleon and the inhabitants of. the city themselves started the con flagrations in all parts of the city. It i was indeed these tires which forced ! the little corporal to commence his j disastrous retreat across the snow-! hound steppes of Russia. Napoleon1 had his headquarters in the Kremlin, ' and while the Humes were not su de structive- lhere as in other parts of the city, yet they forced evacuation. Compressing Cotton. Scientific investigation has proved that compression of a high degree does not injure the fiber, and cotton is pack- J ed in other countries today at a den-1 sity substantially three times that of j ours by the most economical practice. Tlie Egyptian package has a density j of about 37 pounds a cubic foot; the Indian cotton is compressed to 45 pounds per cubic foot; while some In dian and Chinese baling plants effect a density of from 55 to CO pounds of cotton per cubic foot. The Arab as a Neighbor. The Arab makes a good neighbor. His love of the beautiful in architec ture is evidenced in a hundred cities where his handiwork survives. Every visitor to Granada knows what was left behind at the Alhambra. When the Arab met Rome, he produced Palmyra; having absorber? the Sassmian dynas ty of the nco-Persian empire in 037, jhe Arab created Bagdad; in overrun ning Spain, ne worked magic at Cor dova abd Secille. ^ To Remove Smoke Stains. This suggestion will be beneficial td housewives who have not the conven ience of electricity or the modern gas fixtures. Frequently the ceiling above an old-fashioned gas jet be comes discolored from smoke and heat. The discoloration may be removed If a layer of starch and water is applied with a piece of flannel. After the mix tun- has dried it should be brushed: lightly with a brush. No stain or mark will remain. Women Catch Fish With Hands. Fishing in Samoan seas is often done by tlie women, and without nets, boats or hooks. They simply wade into the water and form themselves into a ring. The fishes being so plentiful, they are almost sure to imprison some in the i ring. These women are very quick and active, and every rime they catch a fish with their hands they simply throw it, alive, iuto the basket on their back. Translation of Y. M. C. A. W. Gordon Griffiths of the Y. M. O, A. told an audience at Cefu that lu; was proud to be a Welshman although he was unable to speak the "language of Paradise." Ile had, however, learned one thine in Welsh anil that was that me ie UL-rs i. JU. U. A. may De trans lated to mean "Yma Mae Cyfle Arder chog".' ("Uere is a splendid oppor tunity.") Coffee a Nutrient. Coffee is net a stimulant pure and Simple, but a very considerable nutri ent. Justus Liebig proved that, by taking equal lots ol* men. working in the salt mines, feeding one lot bread and meal. Hie other bread and coffee, and comparing results. The coffee squad did more work and came out in better shape than the meat eaters. Strict Regulation. Freeman was visiting at his grand pa's home, and as he was a mischiev ous Utile chap, WHS constantly being told, "Don't do this," and "Don't do that." Finally, with a look of disgust on his face, he climbed up into a cbair aad asked, seriously, "What can a fella do in this house, anyway?" Studying Plant Life in India. In order to encourage arboriculture and the stud} ol' pfttut life the govern ment of India lias offered a series of valuable prizes to be awarded to those who are most successful in various lines in connection with the growth of trees and shrubs on government land, Neatly Put. We are told that Tom Hood liked best to work in a serious vein, on such poems as "The Bridge of Sighs." As he put it himself: "Ifs only for my livelihood that I'm a lively Hood." Boston Transcript. Endurance of Reindeers. The reindeer ls said to be able to endure more fatigue than any other draft animal except tho camel. It has been known to pull 200 pounds 10 miles an hour for 12 hours. Wrong Side Up. "Why didn't you toss a coln to de cide which to do?" "I did, but the darn thing didn't come down the way I wanted lt to."-Buffalo Express. Climbing. You can climb no higher than Jujl with your feet, but with your mind you may inherit eternity.-A Japan ese Philosopher. Cruel Enlightenment. He-"You seem to think I couldn't make any woman happy." She-"Oh yes, there ls one j your widow." Sunday School Times Points Oui to Mankind the Peril of Over-thinking. As we have known fanners to be come what is called "lund-poor" through acquiring more lauri than they eau ever work, so there are people who are "thought-poor" through excessive 'thinking. Thought plays so important a part in life, and so many experience such difficulty in thinking, that it seems impossible there should ever be such a thing as overthought. But there Is; and it keeps more than a few souls from the vitality and progress which ought to be theirs. They think every subject nearly to death. Horace Bushnell in his. early life found that thought alone would never let him into the secret of tho Christian life, and it took so much courage for him to say what he did that he found he had to think himself out of his overthluking. The intellectual power may be so ex aggerated that at last it fails of Its of fice. In the first place, we think too long over many matters. The time comes when we ought to stop and betake our selves to decision. Or we go on refin kig about something long after we have reached the main point, so that we weaken the force of lt. i Poor Kind of Thinking, i A pastor In ono of our great 1 churchesiliad had ?ii his mind for some j time a banker who attended his church i b?t had never connected himself with 1 15?; p?, overthought the case "of I ttifit banker A hundred times he had I tried to think up some way of reaching ' bim. But one day last autumn he I threw jiwny ids flunking and went , straight to the bunk and to the man's I desk. Tie did not know at all what he ; would say to h?m, but having gotten I there he told him without elaboration ! just what he had come for. Ile told him that he wanted him to come out ; and make a profession of faith In I Christ. That was blunt enough, j ' But feeling that so important a mat j ter needed a great deal of prepara tion, the banker mihi tn the minister that he had been thinking of that sub ject for a great many years, and bis tone implied that he would probably go on doing it a good many more I years. I "Well," said the minister, "don't you think that is a pretty poor kind of thinking which can go on for years and i never get anywhere nearer a conclu sion?" The banker smiled and said he thought that was a good point. It had been pretty poor thinking. It was not the kind thal had led to his success in business. And with that he cut short his thinking and let action do the rest. At the meeting of the elders who were to receive him into the church he was asked why he took this step, and he replied that the pastor had asked him why he did not take it, and that he had said he had been thinking of it Tor years, nut me pasror rom min time was pretty poor thinking and he thought so too. Therefore he asked to bc received into the church. He was hearty and happy nil tho days of his too brief membership, for it proved that he bad no more years in which to think ?he matter over. That year was his last. Pride Involved. There is no point in our whole make-up whore pride is more Involved HMM In the mntter of our thoughts. Perhaps that was what the prophet meant when he said, "Let the un righteous man forsake his thoughts." What thoughts? All kinds of prepos sessions about what God can do, all staggering at the promises through un belief, too much familiarity with what we call "human probabilities," and all those philosophies generated In our own brains and from off our own levels as to what life can become. The logic of our owu unaided thoughts tends generally I?' the direction of limitation and littleness. We make some scheme of what will be feasible or best, and then when it Is all tightly framed we ask God to carry it out. Forsaking such thoughts is hard business. God's great winds can hardly blow Into these tight-shut plans of ours. How is overthought and anxious care to be remedied? There Is just one way, and that is by taking God's thoughts. The Psalmist said, "In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul." You can see the man with his mind going round and round but unable to think anything out. and still Imposing upon his mind a burden to which it ls un equal. And then whon he could make nothing of it all there came In upon him eTkergles of another kind and a higher order, what he calls God's com forts, influences which come off from r&rher levels than lils own disturbed mind. They cooled him in his fever, they cleared his view, they brightened his outlook, cleansed his heart and in vigorated his will, and seemed Hke a sheer gift from God. It has been well said that God's thoughts are the only cure for care. Danger of Half Truths. Not toe violent contest between parts of the truth, hut the quiet sup pression of half of lt, ls the formidable evil ; there >s always hope people are forced to Msten to both sides; lt is when they attend only to one that er rors harden ?nto prejudices, and trutl Itself ceases to have the effect of *ruth by being exaggerated into falsehood. John Stuart Mill. Happiness. Happiness is where lt ls found nn<! seldom where it is sought.-Selected The Prudential Life insurance Co. as writes more Life Insurance than any company in America except one. They have lowest rates with dividends and free disability clause of all companies in the Lnited States. E. J. NORRIS, Agt. Telephone Courtesy The people who get the greatest amount of good out of their telephone are those who talk over it as though face to iace. Courtesy smooths out difficulties and promotes the promptest possible connec tions. The operators of the BELL System are trained to be patient and polite under all circumstances, but they will do better work if they meet with patience and politeness on the part of the telephone users. The fact that you cannot see the operator or the other party should not cause you to overlook this. The best results come through the practice of mutual courtesy. The voice wiil the smile vins SOUTHERN EELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY J. J. Roach, Manager, Aiken. S. 0. F. E. GIBSON, Presidenta LANSING B. LEE, Sec. and Treas. The Best Time to Build is Now Free booklets on Silos, Barns, Implement Houses, Residences, etc., with suggestions of great value. Also "Ye Planary" service through the Lumber Exchange of Augusta. Ask for further information if interested. The service is with out cost. Woodard Lumber Co. 'Phone - - 158 AUGUSTA - - - - GEORGIA Quality-MOTTO-Service -HB artford Fire iranee Co. tidred and seven (107) Writes more Fire lil ian any fire insurance i America. I be perfectly safe with Fire Policy. DORRIS, Agt. Keinp Bepair Shop. I have purchased tho interest of my brother, Call ison Kemp, in our repair shop and hereafter the busi ness will be conducted in ray name. I have employed Mr. R. X. May son to do ray hor?e shoeing and as be is an expert workman we want you to give him a trial. Bring your horse or mule to our shop when it again needs shoeing and be con vinced as to Mr. Mayson's expert shoeing. Weare prepared to do all kinds of repair work on short notice. A large supply of first-class material always on hand. J. D. KEMP. Edgefield, S. C. Notice to the Public. I have installed a FEED MILL for grinding meal, corn on stalk, velvet beans in pod or on vine, oats in sheaf, or any way you want ground. Your Patronage Solicited W. A. Pardue For Sale by G. W. WISE, Trenton, S. C. And All Good Dealers HARRIS' PRESSING CLUB I take this'means of letting the people know that I have re-opened my pressing club, and will appre ciate their patronage. I am better prepared than ever to clean and press all kinds of garments, both for ladies and gentlemen. All work guaranteed. Let me know when you have work and I will send for it and make prompt delivery. Wallace Harris Sheppard Building Down Stairs DR J.S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3.