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Sfyat vxctonb ifalfl ntt 3 Na B?fpjtyer?. sam, tm tm* 'Sin hut a fattrg, nmtttnj 18g totting art. tyat tyu* ^frt tut mer* f?le fattrg ? # j ?ty pear* tye flU?tl? ha fBare tyan % mgrr^ at : Stye pamter itt Ifta tnsuii J?arqtyia small prare ; . SUI all tye twirt? itya HE INSTITUTION of the festival of the birth* of the Savior ls attributed by some authorities ; ti> Pope Telesphorus, who died A. D. 138. s In tlie early days of the Christian 'religion' it was one of the most mov able of feasts, being often con founded with the l?piphany and cele brated hy the ' eastern churches in -April and May. In the Fourth century the urgency of St. Cyril'of Jerusalem .obtained from Pope Julius^ I. an -order ?for an ' investigation to be mad? concerning the day of Christ's .nativity. The result of the inquiry, made by theologians of the East and the West, was an agreement upon the . twenty-fifth of December. * ? As told In the gospel of St. Luke, .Christ was born in the night. There fore, divine service is performed' on ithe night of December 24-25. It Is the custom in Rpraan Catholic churches to usher In Christmas day by the celebration of three masses, one at midnight, the second at early dawn, and the third In the morning. This custom dates from the sixth .century. Preparatory to Christmas the bells are rung at midnight throughout Eng land and rhe continent After the .solemn celebration of the mass in the . churches of the continent, which are 'magnificently adorned for^the festival, '.It Is customary for the worshipers to .partake ?f a collation. Senators Attack Report on ? / Cotton. Washington, Dec. 15.-Senators Smith and Dial have proceeded in the senate against the recent report of the department of agriculture on the cotton crop of 1921. The report pre dicted a production of approximately 2,000,000 bales in excess of the pro duction forecast two months ago. Senator Smith introduced a resolu tion which passed rsquiring the di rector of the census' to ascertain from ginners for the period from August 1 to December 1 ,the number ??t &mvcaxt? Iff ab ?mxB mtn te?plfc; ^lg htB?n?b If is gtorg Bp*ll*?. rn tn tipa irmtblri* ?plypri?, frankittmtfi*, an?i g?l? t pir?umi ipr*: mast tritt ?tttittt grorc ll tit??i bttttB?i ita bom. Christmas Games i . ?.. . _. . /Jj? ISTLETOE. Hang it up. Form J/4*l a circle- A flipper is required. Also a nice, slippery floor. The first player slides the slipper. He tries to land it under the mistletoe. If he fails another makes the attempt If he succeeds there is a lively scramble. It concerns the young lady toward whom the slipper points.. She must seize it ?nd got feway before caught Then the guests are given humorous gifts (previously wrapped), and are admitted (one at a time) to the Christ mas room, to deposit them in the stockings. Another jolly game is played with Christmas stockings., a number of which are previously hung up. , , These are'placed In a sepnrate^room and the name of the person for whom each is intended is concealed upon lt. Another Christmas stocking game calls .foi* a. huge stocking of tough tls siie pnper filled with toys of all-kinds. Each guest is blindfolded, given a light rod or cane, turned three times around and told to hit the bag. The first to break the stocking gives the signal / for a general scramble, each guest being supposed to get one of the trinkets or souvenirs thus scattered. Conserving the Tablecloth. When the t?blecloth Is partly worn cut an inch off one side and one end, and rnnke a new hem. When it ls Ironed the" creases will come in new places and the wear thus be redlstrlls nted. i of bales ginned by each ginner, to tal weight of the cotton ginned, aver age weight per bale and the total number bf bales ginned, the report not to include linters. ' Senator Dial proceeded against the alleged inaccuracy of the department report, deplored the fact that nobody paid serious. attention to it, and in sisted that the department needed re organizing and "overhauling." The recent ginners' report caused a terrific slump in the cotton and the belief of Southern senators is that it is not accurate. Tries Toil Plan to Market Cotton. "The- Warrant Export company, having a capital of $1,000,000 with headquarters in Birmingham, is ; en gaged in exporting cotton to central Europe on the 'tol' plan," said,J. J. Fretwell, a leading citizen of Ander son, in Columbia yesterday . "The toll plan," said Mr. Fretwell in response to nn inquiry, "means simply this: I ship 500 bales of cot ton, the company of Birmingham handling the transaction for me and charging me commissions for the service, standing back of me, to Czecho-Slovakia, where it is spun and woven, or both, by mills in that country. Mr. Freeman, the represen tative of the export company in Eu rope, selects the mills and; the manu facturing is done under his direc tion, that is, as to the kinds of yaifo and cloth manufactured. I have not' 'parted with the title of my property. The mills charge for the service* of manufacturing, which . is equivalent to taking toll for .what they do. Mr. Freeman markets the -goods Sn Lon don or Manchester. He does not han dh the money. When the sale of the goods is made they are n?id'for to me through a check good for .Ameri can dollars. That is the simple pro cess." Mr. Fretwell is 'now, through ihe Birmingham company, seeding a con siderable consignment of cotton' to Czecho-Slovakia to be manufactured, the goods to be sold for him. He safd yesterday that the company has (ar rangements by which 200,000 bales of "cotton are to be taken by Czecho slovakia. It has: an agency in Los Angeles and considerable quantifies of cotton raised in the Imperial Val ley is being shipped by it. In some cases in this far Western 'region cot ton is hauled by drays 150 mibas. .Mr. Fretwell's information is that in this'way producers1 are'realizing from 25 cents net a pound for their short staple cotton when it is spun into yarn up to 27 cents of 29% cents when it is made into cloth. . Of conditions in Anderson, Mr. Fretwell spoke cheerfully, althoagh he said that the crop would not be nearly so large this year as it was in 1920. The boll weevil caused consid erable damage. Numbers of farmers are, of course, heavily in debt. On account of the higher prices last spring for food and supplies, the cost of producing the crop this year was much higher than it was before the world war-the labor had to live. He spoke of negroes coming from the Southern part of Georgia and some of the counties of South Carolina into Anderson county seeking employ ment, saying that they were glad; to get work for shelter enough to keep, them and their families ,going.-The , State. San Jose Scale. I Clemson College, Dec. 17.-The sprays used for controlling San Jose scale on fruit and other trees can not be used on trees in foliage, but must be used during the fall and winter months when the trees are leafless and dormant, accoding to Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist, who urges owners of orchards to use ; limesul phur to fight the scale now' for the sake of fruit next season. The lime- ! sulphur spray may be prepared at home, either by the use of steam, or with fire, using an iron kettl,e. Direc tions for making are 'given-in Ex-] . p?riment Station Circular, 30 which ! may be obtained upon application. The liquid lime-sulphur may be pur chased also in some of the local mar kets with directions how to mix with water to make the proper spray. There are on ?the market several brands of dry lime-sulphur which are mixed with water at the rate of fif teen pounds of the'powder to fifty gallons of water. In buying limesul phur compounds it is necessary to obtain the mas fresh as possible and u^e theni^as soon as possible. The! drums in which the material is re ceived should not be open unneces sarily to expose the material to the atmosphere. This material * handles quite conveniently, but has the dis advantage of being more expensive. There are several brands of oil used for controlling scalp, and full information regarding these may be obtained upon request. When using oil, it is urged that ? simple separa tion test be made before spraying the trees, to make certain that the oil does not separate. Before the spraying, the tree should be properly pruned, with spe cial attention-to twigs and branches shot-holel by the twig bark beetle, and the prunings should not be left in the orchard-1 but should be burned immediately. Not only is pruning a necessity in fruit growing, but pruned trees can be sprayed more thorough ly in less time and with less material. 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