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Miss Florence Mims Takes Part in Northern Memorial Day Celebration. Dear Advertiser: They say here in Aurora that it rains on May 30th" every year. The 30th of May is the Northeim Memo rial Day. It looks as if the northern er might outwit the elements by changing the date of their celebra tion. Though the day was damp and .gloomy, the rain did not fall until later, so that we might sit out on the platform in the cemetery with un covered heads. The people were very much sur prised to find that we celebrated a different day for the commemora tion of the southern dead, and I had no explanation to make except to state that the circumstances seemed to require some difference of date; The exercises were in charge of the American Legion and when the post commander invited me to give Lincoln's Gessytburg Address on the occasion, he seemed to be very un decided whether or not I would ac cept the invitation, since both my grandfathers and one of my great grandfathers fought under a flag that was very different in design from the present national banner, but I told him I had no grudge and rather looked up to the good Lincoln and his admirable Gettysburg address. Whenever the subject was mention ed again, however, I could not help but laugh, to think in one sense of the ludicrousness of the situation, ,when my state was the first to secede from the union, a fact that I can never think of except with glowing pride, the reason of which, I cannot to save my life explain. I think I liked their daring. It would be foolish to carry any prejudice into a part of the country at once so remote and so foreign. There are no civil war veterans here, living or buried, and no Spanish American war veterans, and the only past battles which these particular inhabitants are interested in are the petty strifes that took place in their European homes and in the recent world war. The procession, led by the post .commander and the speaker of the day, Mr. Clarfield of Duluth, and fol-, lowed by a band and the American Legion and Auxiliary, marched from -the City Hall through the town and out to the cemetery. The ground was a veritable marsh with a wooden island, namely the platform, which I was glad to take refuge on. I do not think I ever en joyed reading anymore than I did that day, to the lines of men in uni form who as foreigners were in the "kindergarten school of democracy. At one end of the line stood the superintendent of the school district, Mr. Stanley Adkins, and at the other end a certain John whose other for eign name I do not know, the janitor, in one of the buildings. The khaki uniform literally transformed him and I thought then, as I have thought before, what a very leveller the army is. I thought of the great difference in such a celebration in Aurora and in Edgefield. In the former place there could be no feeling, for there "had been no knowledge and no suf fering during the war or the recon struction, for the ground on which the audience stood was in the 60's and afterwards covered with hardy trees and forests. In Edgefield, there are memories, memorials and associations with the War Between the States which Au Tora could not well imagine. The idea of the Aurora Memorial Day service centered around nation alism rather than sectionalism, and around citizenship in the nation rather than in the state alone, which is the only idea that can well be in stilled with profit into people who have so recently become members of our national family. FLORENCE MIMS. Aurora, Minnesota. May 31, 1921. J / _ Boll Weevil Insurance. Protect yourself from loss by boll weevil. I am prepared to furnish boll weevil insurance, guaranteeing 130 pounds of lint cotton to the acre. The premium or cost is $1.17 per acre. See me when in town. 6-8 E. J. NORRIS. Notice. Let me repair your shoes Men's half-soles sewed-$1.00 Men's half-soles tacked -_ .85 Ladies' half-soles sewed- .85 Ladies' half-soles tacked- .60 H. P. LOWE At T. J. Paul's Vulcanizing Plant. 6-8-4t. ?Cures OM Soras, Other Remedies Won't Curs. The worst cases, no matter of how lone standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's AntistpUc Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. Zi-, 50c. iia A Successful Modern Farme and How to Get Happiness on the Farm. (Essay written by Miss Lois Bia and won first prize in a contest the Trenton High School.) There is no doubt that fanning the oldest occupation known to ci ilized man. The Bible tells us that oi first parents, Adam and Eve, we farmers. They belonged to that cia called horticulturists because we a: told fhat they were placed in the ga den and commanded to dress and ke< it. Jacob of old was a scientific liv stock man, for we know that it wi his knowledge, peculiar as it ma seem, of livestock breeding that mac him one of the richest and most usi cessful farmers of his day, and th was in the very early days of man existence an earth. Later we fin Ruth, one of the most beautiful an lovable characters in sacred history following the reapers and gleaning i the fields of Boaz, and then we fin Moses, the meekest of the meek, sing ing of the increase of the field, th milk of kine, the fat of lambs, th kernel of wheat, and the pure bloo of grapes. Undoubtedly ?hen, w would say that farming is probabl the oldest occupation known to man and one which should be considerei the most honorable for we find tha God himself placed upon it his sea of approval and caused his riches benedictions to follow it. However, before we can give an^ idea as to what will characterize oi what should illustrate a successfu modern farmer, it will first be neces sary to discuss in a limited way, ai least the history, progress and devel opment of farming, or agriculture, a: it is called in these more modern days W e note that the early farmers wer? practically all livestock growers, They had nothing to do but herd their sheep or cattle on the hills oi valleys and watch them grow from feeding upon the grass of the rich meadows. People moved from place to place to find better meadows and richer fields for grazing, but when they began to build and establish homes they could not move so easily they began to plant and grow crops to supplement the feed for their cat tle or sheep in addition to that ob tained by grazing. Here we observe them using a crooked or forked stick for turning the soil. The crudest im plements were used in harvesting, threshing and preparing their grain for consumption. As population in creased and as civilization advanced there was a growing demand for in creased production of food and feed to be used by both man and beast. Necessity being the mother of inven tion numerous and various contri vances were made.which enabled the farmer to cultivate more and to cul tivate better, and hence reap larger harvests than formerly. In the mean time the law of human development has never ceased to operate, and when taking an inventory from time to time in the history of farming or agriculture we find unmistakable evidences of progress in every farm activity ,but shiuld we take time to stop and compare our agricultural de velopment with other lines of human activity we are compelled to ac knowledge that it has not kept pace with manufacturing, mining, engi neering, comma ?e or other industrial activities. It is only within recent years that science has been scientifically applied to farming, and it is exceedingly un usual now to find a farmer who stud iedly and knowingly applies any scientific methods to his farming op erations. On the other hand you can not find another successful occupa tion which is not based and exclusive ly conducted on scientific principles. For example, the miner, the engineer, or the trader b^ase all of their activi ties on purely scientific methods or principles. Some say that farming is different from every other occupation lin that experience is the only thing that counts or is worth anything in farming. We admit that experience frequently counts much but a knowl edge of problems solved by others and reduced to a science becomes a very valuable asset in agriculture. The lawyer, for instance, studies im portant decisions previously made; the physician studies the results of previous practice; and the engineer scrutinizes the plans and estimates previously made. Reasoning by com parison, we say that the training of the successful modern farmer should be similar to that followed by these other professions, for it will enable him to forsee difficulties and to meet them. This newer knowledge of farm management is changing methods rapidly, and there is no doubt that many problems in farm work, hereto fore called local problems, are really the same as those that appear in many other sections, for good farm manage ment in Kentucky or Illinois is very much the same as good farm manage ment in South Carolina or Alabama. The details of the management of a special crop may not be alike, but the fundamental question of soil fertili ty, tillage or cultivation, harvesting and successful marketing do not dif fer very widely, but on the other hand they are very much alike. In other words, a successful mod em farmer must not only be a man of experience, and he must not only J have a knowledge of various crops and their adoption to various kinds of soil, but he must know the scien tific reasons for the various changes or steps made in their successful pro duction and distribution. He must know how to apply the successful ex perience of others to his own local conditions, and when he is able to do this he is applying science and scien tific methods to his own operations, and the more capable he is in apply ing these methods the more certain he will be successful. And we might stop long enough to say that successful farming does not consist simply in growing large crops at a minimum cost, for some of the most miserable failures that I have ever seen; have been farmers who were able to make good crops and store up 'considerable money to be nothing more than a burden and a hideous night-mare during their de clining years. Do you think that sim ply because a man has plenty of cot ton, com and other crops that he is a successful farmer? Not by any means, for it may be that he is the most miserable failure in the com munity. Especially in these more modern days when scientific and suc cessful farming offers such great op portunities for genuine happiness and social development does the money element in success sink to insignifi cance. Really, there is not so much money to be made in farming, but it is an occupation in which the high est degree of success is possible. Jo seph E. Wing said on one occasion^ "There is more opportunity for hap piness in the country home than there is any where else outside of heaven." And we cannot think of the modern successful farmer who conducts his farming operations in a way so as to have lost motion or wasted time and labor, has a shelter for his wife and family and offers opportunities for proper development of his chil dren. Yes, there k no place on earth j that affords greater and better op portunities for the development of manhood and womanhood than the right sort of a farm home. It is here that the child is taught helpfulness, j self-reliance, industry and unselfish-^ ness-the four great attitudes of af happy, contented and successful life. Of course, the farmer is not the central figure in the farm home, un-] less the farmer happens to be a wo-| man, for it is impossible to conceive of^home apart from wife, mother or daughter, and it is very refreshing ] to know that the possibilities for suc cess and happiness of the farm wo man have not yet been revealed, for the reason that her energies in the past have been wasted in overmuch service. But the application of science and scientific methods to farming op eration by the modern successful farmer gives the farm woman a chance to come unto herself and of fers her an opportunity to dignify the farm home and magnify the op portunities there for social develop ment, culture, refinement and" gen- j uine happiness. And the man who owns a little bit of God's earth, where he can plant things and watch them grow, where he can build and adorn a home with modern conveniences, a spot where he can retreat and feel himself safe, a place where he can take a wife, well mated to himself, united in a common bond of ideals, labor, and hope, where she can bear her children and he can watch them grow and develop into virtuous, strong and courageous men and wo men, I would say that this man could be classed as a modern successful farmer and has provided a place for the attainment of the greatest hap piness on earth. Quarles-Lanham. Trenton, June 4.-One of the lead ing social events of the season tookj place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Quarks at 4:30 o'clock Wednes day afternoon when their daughter, Leila, became the bride of Wm. D. Lanham. The ceremony took place in the spacious living room which was beautifully decorated with a color | scheme of pink and white, and bril liantly lighted with many candles. While the soft strains of the wedding march were being played the brides maids, Misses Sallie Quarles and Em mie Sheppard, Dolly Quarles and Clarimonde Sheppard, entered, group ing themselves about a beautiful em bankment of ferns and carnations. They were followed by the bride with her maid of honor, Miss Lizzie Quarles, and the bridegroom with his best man, Preston Lanhom. The bride took her place beneath a lovely white bell, from which were suspended many festoons of pink and white. Im mediately after the ceremony a de licious course of cream and old-fash Take Advantage of These Low Pri?es This Week 36-inch White Homespun good quality at , . . 8ie. Percales in short lengths, 25-cent values, at . . lOc. Fancv colored Voiles, 25-cent values, at ?2le. 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She is the young est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Ruarles of Trenton and is very popu lar throughout Edgefield county. The bridegroom is a prominent young farmer, is the youngest son of ;he Rev. P. B. Lanham of Roper. The out of town guests were : Miss 2s Clarimonde and Emmie Sheppard md Sallie Quarles of McCormick, Miss Dolly Quarles of Ridge Spring, Prenton Lanham of Edgefield and Ben Lanham of Roper. Relativity. Relativity, relativity, Where in thunder is thy activity? Lord, deliver us from any proclivity To you of high brow scientists, Who connect up mechanism, immor tality, Astronomy, mathematics, immorality, And combine them with a technicality Anyway his brain may twist. Where have you been since all crea tion? What do you do for recreation? When will you take a vacation And let us have a rest? You make us all feel so green We don't know you like our friend Einstein, You cause cold chills' around our .spleen, Although we do our best. 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