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HOME 10WK HELPS PLANNING FOR SPRING WORK Wintry Days Aid In Mapping Out Landscaping to Be Done Very Early in the Season. The dreary days of winter cause many to reflect on how much more beautiful they could have made their grounds the past summer, and already plans are being laid for landscaping the- coming spring. All landscape gardening should ex press some thought or feeling and a deep study of the site and surround ings should reveal upon what specific foundation the theme should be built. If for a home pince for a man well along in years, retired from business, it should have an fdr of quietness, se clusion and retirement. This concep tion would be most easily realized on a country place of some acres and would more closely conform to nature than any other type. Fortunately this would wreak few changes In the na tural aspect and would closely ap proach the ideal In landscape or na tural gardening as distinguished from other and more formal or picturesque styles. Landscapes may also be bold or gay, or even florid-perhaps lurid, says a landscape gardener; but when they get to be too bizarre it passes out of the realm of landscape gardening, which is to either build close to nature or merely assist nature In touching up bare spots or insufficient and unsatis factory effects in the existing wildness. When the process is finished it should present a picture, a perfect picture. The true test is : Will the artist come to paint or to photograph? For, insofar as you attract or repel him, just to that degree have you succeeded or failed. Harmony must also be the keynote, a picture is not composed of a collection of interesting objects or features except these are in harmony. Neither will change in topography or mere planting make a picture, for good pictures are strong in character and this is possible only in a broad com prehensive plan ,lhat first considers and treats the landscape as a whole all effects, grading, planting, even buildings are, or should be, but inci dentals ! USE FOR THE OLD MATERIAL Second-Hand Lumber and Other Build ing Necessaries Can Be Picked Up for Little Money. One of the most interesting and prof itable ways in which one who contem plates building a house and wants to economize ia doing it can spend an hour or more is in one of the estab lishments devoted to the buying and selling of second-hand building mate rials. . There is one which is particularly in viting to "prowlers." It faces on twp streets in aa out-of-the-way part of the city and consists of a number of old buildings with yards between, in which there is an overflow of old statues, columns of porches, metal spouting, garden seats and other "junk." One could pick up many a thing here that could be incorporated in a new-old house, but inside the buildings there is a greater wealth to chouse from. Here one may find hard wood floors, as good as new, taken from houses that have been torn down to make way for larger and more mod ern structures. Here are beautifully carved mantels of marble and wood, some of them having cost hundreds of dollars, which can be purchased as cheaply as a commonplace one that wus turned out from the factory yesterday. There are doors and casings of beauti ful wood, bookshelves with glass doors, ceilings, cabinets Of all kinds, side boards, windows, bath tubs and all bathroom fittings; ?inks, tubs and all the paraphernalia for the kitchen. It ls hard to think of anything that is needed in the construction of a house that is not here or of anything that is here which would not fit in some kind of house. Next Transportation Problem. That aerial rapid transit lines con necting the roofs of the world's large cities may be the next transportation problem to demand solution was pre .dicted at a recent convention of own ers and managers representing the bulk of the big building interests of this country. Congestion of traffic on street and elevated lines is not the only consid eration leading to this conclusion, re marks Popular Mechanics Magazine. Time and convenience are also essen tial. Plans for connecting adjacent skyscrapers by means of aerial tram cars running on cables and operated by haulage cables, such as are used to connect several peaks of the Alps, have been proposed to meet this problem. Lighting Problem. The importance of the lighting prob lem in the home is being more and more recognized by the architect and the builder, and greater attention Is being given to design than ever before. For many years past there has been a tendency among the designers of build ings to bring about n pleasing harmony between the architecture of the new home and the style of lighting fixture to be icr:rall?d, and with the entrance of electricity as a necessity and not a luxury, this Idoa is rabidly grow:Dg> (Copyright. 1&17, Western Newspaper Union.) No matter how long or dark thz night, no matter if it was the bright est moonlight, always and ever there was a light shining in the parlor al cove window in the home of widow Janet Graham. The neighbors and townspeople ger> erally related a weird tale connected' with the familiar beacon. The widow and her son, Verne Graham, had come to Roslyn and had rented the pretty little cottage. The young man was brisk, industrious, always had a smile on his face, and it was no wonder that he attracted the attention of Marjorie Dale, who was the nearest neighbor. Her life was devoted to the case of a crippled father and an invalid mother. She was one of those sweet, patient souls whose face is irradiated with i purity and gentleness almost ethereal, and when Verne was called to a mots promising position in the city her pride mingled with that of the fond mother, and they built great hopes as to his business future. A year went by and twice Verne vis ited home, and each week he wrote to both the dear ones. When he had first left them Mrs. Graham had looked ear nestly into his eyes. "Verne," she said, "you see the light I have placed in the window. It shall be there on the dnrkest night, your beacon. Think of it, cherish lt." One day Mrs. Graham and Marjorie were seated conversing, when a keen eyed, hard-faced man knocked nt the door. He edged his way into the room, glancing about sharply. "I am looking for Vern* Graham," he announced In a tone of assurance and command that somehow chilled the hearts of mother and fiancee. "He ls not here," Mrs. Graham ad vised the visitor. "It ls three months since we saw him last. Even his usual letter missed us last week. Oh, slrl I trust there is no trouble." "Sorry to say there is," bluntly re sponded the stranger, "and I am a de tective looking for him. He disap peared from his work ten' days ago, taking with him twenty thousand dol lars of the funds of the company In trusted to his charge." "My son a thief!" cried Mrs. Gra ham. "It is false !" The man shrugged his shoulders in differently. "I do not believe him!" breathed Marjorie, agitatedly. "There ls some error, some plot, oh ! be assured of that. Mother Graham, I am going straight to the city to ferret out all the details of this terrible thing." Marjorie Dale was received at the place where Verne Graham had been a cashier by the manager, a Mr. Thorpe. The man was coldly polite and matter of fact. The money and Verne Graham had vanished together, this man told Marjorie. Marjorie carried a breaking heart' back to the little country village. She told her story amid the tears to the stricken mother. "Oh, it is vain!" cried Marjorie. "Verne will never come back." "He will come," solemnly* declared the mother. "Of his innocence or guilt what can I say, but he is always ray son, always welcome, no matter how black his sins may be. Some night Verne will come back to the light in the window." Then came a break in their compan ionship. Marjorie's father died and a brother insisted on Mrs. Dale making her home in his household. Marjorie went to the city and became a nurse in a public hospital. One night the word went round that a terrible rail road accident would send in many suf ferers for treatment. After the sur geons had attended to one victim in her ward, he delegated the patient to Marjorie's charge. The man was In sensible and had sustained frightful injuries. Marjorie was startled as she recognized him. He was the plant manager, Mr. Thorpe, whom Marjorie had called upon in regard to ?the dis appearance of Verne Graham. Marjorie sat down by the cot. She became conscious that the eyes of the patient were fixed upon her. She met the glance. "I've seen you before," spoke Thorpe. ! "You were the sweetheart of Verne Graham." "Try and keep quiet," directed Mar jor'" gently. "It will harm you to talk." "I've got to talk!" almost shouted the man, in a wild strain of excitement, "I want you to send at once for Mr. Woodson, the head of our house. It is vital, it must be done, and more for your sake than my own." Marjorie consulted the head nurse and Mr. Woodson was sent for. He arrived within the hour. As Marjorie placed a chair by the bedside of the patient and moved out of hearing, the latter called out insistently: "No, no-she must henr, too. Mr. Woodson, Verne Green never stole that I twenty thousand dollars. It was I who did it. I worked out a plot against him and hired some persons as wicked as myself to hold him in captivity. Take down my confession and tho details of where this man whom I have so cruelly wronged can bo found and rescued." Thorpe breathed his last the next morning. The wealthy and humane Mr. W'oodson at once Insisted that she accompany him on the journey that was to restore to a loyal, faithful girl her lover, to a patient, loving mother her cherished son. "The house will make all due amends for the fearful work of Thorpe," pledgsd Mr. Woodson. And the light In the window wel comed Verne home at Inst 1 Meet Trouble. Rise abo-\ e small things. The wom an who lets small things worry her will be completely undone the first time she meets with a really big prob lem. It is disintegrating to your men tal and nervous condition, not to men tion your physical condition, to worry. You needn't be resigned to fate nor slip your troubles off as the old friend duck's back throws water. But you can meet troubles with a will to con quer them or adjust them-and, after that, "they should worry," but not you. -Exchange.. Boys Drowned, Cat Escaped. The tables were turned in a tragic manner at Port Elizabeth, South Af rica, recently when two young boys who attempted to drown a cat-at the request of the animal's owner-were themselves drowned in a small bay about three miles from the city. The cat struggled when the lads tried to hold its head under the waves and be fore the boys realized their danger they were swept ou* to sea by the out going tide. The cat escaped from the water and returned to its old home. Utilizing Rice Hulls. Experiments have been made with rice hulls in combination with differ ent binding agents, but while the re sulting briquets gave every satisfac tion from the standpoint of heating, yet the initial cost of the various bind ing agents made their cost too high for practical purposes. The experi ments, however, are being continued, and it is hoped that in the future a briquet can be manufactured tha. will be satisfactory from an economic standpoint. A Leaking Faucet When the faucets ta the bathroom or kitchen leak or do not allow the water to flow freely they need a new washer, and the washers cost five cents each, To put on the washer, turn off the water, the rod is usually under the sink or in the basement, and unscrew the faucet ; take off the worn out washer and slip on a new one and turn your water on again and presto! the work is done and no repair bill to pay. Make Windows by Hand. In making stained-glass windows ev ery blt of the work is done by hand, and it is amazing to realize how many times each piece of glass must be han dled. An operator tells of counting up one day and finding that no less than twelve times were necessary. All the leadwork is done by hand too, even the opening of the little slots Into which the glass is fastened. Record Floods in China. The Celestial kingdom has been the scene of some of the most terrible floods on record, observes London Tit Bits. In 1801 the Yellow river over flowed and destroyed nearly 2,000 vil lages and towns and 5,000,000 people. Two years.later there were great inun dations in Mongolia, caused by ty phoons, resulting in a death roll of 6,000. Do Your Work Properly. Make up your mind that you will do what you have to do the very best you know how. There is very little work that is really difficult. But all good work is painstaking. If you put your whole soul into your work, you will learn to enjoy it, and you will become constantly better, and more worth while. Cupid Makes Early Call. An American professor who has spent his life investigating and has collected tho evidence of 1,703 young people, declares that both sexes start being wounded by Cupid's darts at the age of three and that a woman's love reaches maturity at twenty-two and a man's at twenty-four. Velvet-Making. Velvet was developed" and originated from fur in China. Thence velvet making was introduced into India, and in the fourteenth century into Italy, where that sort of fabric especially appealed, 'and where the art of velvet making reached its height. The Potato. The potato was first introduced into Spain by Hieronymus Cardan, a monk, in 1553; into England by Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake In 1563, and into Ireland by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1580. Fertile Land Untouched. The mountain regions of Cuba In clude many ridges and valleys of ex tremely fertile land, nearly all untouch ed, and existing practically as they did before the time of the Spaniards. As the World Moves. "Love makes the world go round/* quoted the Parlor Philosopher. "Yes, but marriage generally squares things," added the Mere Man.-Town Topics. Worth Consideration. Pleasure comes through toil and not by self-indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.-Ruskin. Sir Oliver Lodge's Faith. . "I will not believe thnt it is given to man to have thoughts higher and nobler than the real truth of things." 2SSS?SD25I The Prudential Life Insurance Co. 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 United States. E. J. NORRIS, Agt. The Hartford Fire Insurance Co. is one hundred and seven (107) years old. Writes more Fire In surance than any fire insurance company in America. You will be perfectly safe with a Hartford Fire Polic}r. E. J. NORRIS, Agt. Increase the Yield of Farm Crops l^TOW-when we face the most critical food situation in America's history, it is imper? is tive that every acre of land .be made to produce its utmost. Crop production must be speeded up - methods must be devised to insure heavy harvests, for we must pro vide food, not only for our own countrymen-but for the starving countries of Europe, as well. Corn, cotton, truck, barley, wheat, oats-these, and all other crops, will bring phenominally high prices, and a little attention given to the proper soil dressing NOW, will repay you a hun dredfold later. Planters Fertilizers are especially suited to the needs of Southern soils. They have been used with unvarying success throughout the South for years. Ask any farmer who has used them and he will s?y: For every crop you plan to sow, there's a Planters Fertilizer especially designed to increase the productiveness of your soil. Ask our agent in your town for information, free advice, or prices, or write us direct-NOW. Remember, you should be careful in ordering to specify PLANT ERS FERTILIZERS-other brands are unsatisfactory substitutes. Look for the well-known Giant Lizard Trade-Mark, stamped plainly on every bag. It's your protection from dissatis faction. Do not accept it unless it bears this distinguishing mark. Orders should be placed early to avoid delayed deliveries, due to the congestion of freight and traffic due to the war. Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate Co, CHAR! 3? MANUFACTURERS ? CHARLESTON. WANTED Crocus Bags, any size. Bring j them to our store and we will pay market price for them. DAITCH BROS. Next Door to the Farmers Bank cures Old Sores, ?tnsi Reineuies ?Won't Cuni The worst cases, no matter cf how lon jr standinc are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Di Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve! ?ain and Keals at the s?m* ,;-;c. 25c. 50c. Sl.V Notice. The County Board of Commis sioners of Edgetield County wish io borrow twenty-live thousand dol lars for ordinary countjT and special road pur poses for the year 1918. payable as follows: Ten thousand dollars January 1st, 1919, and fif teen thousand March 1st, IS 19. The loan to be secured by a pledge of the taxes levied for ordinary county and special road purposes for the year, as authorized by act of the General Assembly. The County Board of Commissioners are to meet on Monday, March 25th, 19.18, at eleven o'clock a. m. at Laborers Wanted For work at the quarry at Parkshill at $1.50 per day. Rock breakers can make from $2.00 to $4.00 per day. I guarantee regular work. John M. Schroder Trenton, S. C. their otlice at Ldge?ield, S. C., for the purpose of arranging the above loan, and will receive open bids from any parties wishing to make the loan. The money loan will be desired by the first of April, and the loan must be completed by that lime by successful bidder. K. N. BROAD WATER, Supervisor of Edgefield Co. S. C. March 5, 1918-2t. Modern Mantels In keeping with modern tenden cies of architecture. TILING for your Fire Places, Floors and Bath Rooms. ROOFING Youngblood's Old-Style Tin. All grades of Metal and Composition Rooting. NePonset Products American Twin Asphalt Shingles, American Ready-Roll Rooting, NEPONSET WALL BOARD The Youngblood Roofing: and Mantel Co. 625 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonie is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON, lt acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.