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A Word for De la Howe. Several days ago an article appear ed in The State from the superinten dent of De la Howe, J. B. Branch, in which he discussed the "non-plac ables" among our destitute children5 The. problem is one that has not received the attention it should from the thoughtful and Christian people of our state. A good way to get at the seriousness of the situation and to feel the imperative demand for ac tion is, to somehow manipulate one's imagination and make one's self en ter into a helpless, homeless invalid. To go through the tortures of soul when you realize that you must con sent to separation for the good of your child, and having done so, to be told that no home can be found, that he is a "non-placable." Then, if you have enough of that imaginative ge nius, imagine yourself dead-go to your own funeral and see your lit tle fellows tearfully grouped about your grave-see them turn back to go-home? where?-then have the Child Placing Department say in de spair "non-placables." What shall become of your babies? You want to keep them together, and somebody says, "There's De la Howe." You thank God for De la Howe and are comforted* It is a good thing to put yourself in the other's place, it brings out the truth. . It seems to us that, unless we hold manhood and womanhood cheap, un less human life is worthless, all child hood must be held dear. Not that of our own, only, but all children. It seems to us that this must be the highest duty of our state. It is at the peril of our civilization to allow the waste of any chiliho?d. We can not safely let children die or grow up handicapped. That all shall have a chance to become strong, efficient and good should be the deepest anxiety of our age. That the least of these are not de spised in the thoughts of God, that their angels do always behold His face, gives dignity to childhood, and the heart that beats with sympathy for these least ones, beats in time to the march of the Son of God. Whether these least ones are In dians, Negroes, Chinese, Japanese or Anglo-Saxon, it makes no difference; we can not make a difference since God does not. It seems to us that it was Divine leading and guidance that caused Dr. the rescue work mat tanes xaiiusueu little bodies and minds and souls, and restores them to normal growth, the little out-casts, the little non-plac ables," is not to be spoken of in the class with Bowery (?) "Mission, bread lines and rescue work for grown-ups. It outclasses them so far as the east is from the west, for who can meas ure the potential good shut up in the heart of one of these little famished "non-placables?" Shall we not heed the call to save the lowliest, for it shall be the holiest of crusades. In deed, what nobler deed, what greater work can any state perform than that of rescuing her 700 homeless future citizens from the jaws of ignorance and vice, who are now appealing for help from South Carolina? And who can measure the possibili ties shut up in Dr. De la Howe's gift if we but give it a chance to unfold? We can pot afford to do anything else. The denial of sufficient appro priations, thus handicapping our childhood, our young manhood and womanhood is a shortsighted policy and spells disaster to a serious degree. To the readers of this column may we suggest that perhaps the ballot in your hands has a greater significance than you realize and perhaps you have been led onto the stage of ac tion for such a time as this. When you lie down tonight let your last lingering thought be of the 700 orphan children knocking at the door of South Carolina and many of them "non-placables," and let your waking thought be of De la Howe. E. A. D. Good Advice to Editors-and Others. Editor Pitt of the Religious Herald gives his brethren of the editorial fraternity some very good advice in a recent issue of his estimable jour nal. Editors, like their fellows of the dust, some times suffer from that aw ful malady known as "criterionism." This peculiar ailment affects a man thus-wise: It enlarges that certain j brain cell which renders the subject possessed of a magnified idea that he is set for setting his brethren right in their "orthodoxy." Dr. Pitt says:. "The editor of a religious weekly has a post of high responsibility, but he will make a serious mistake if he thinks of himself as charged with the To Stabilize Agriculture. An Individual Thing. To stabilize the farm, or in other terms, to make the farm worthy of bank credits-this is the great need today. But farms are just as differ ent and individual as men are for men, after all, have to run farms; farms don't run themselves. There are some men in the world who probably never will be worthy of credit while many other men certainly are highly deserving of it. lt is up to the individ ual farmer, therefore, to make his in dividual farm a safe thing for a bank loan. In thc Old Days. , Even in the old days cotton was not always a sure credit niatter. Of tentimes we overproduced in cotton. Many years guano men did not collect their bills nor did the merchants who advanced collect theirs. Advancing even under cotton conditions to some people was somewhat of a gamble and it was always a gamble whenever the farmer bought his plantation supplies and probably at a high cost, with which to make cotton. In the old day^s the weak part in'our agricultural sys tem was that practically on all plan tations farm supplies had to be bought out of the West and the south ern farmer, in turn, had to pay ex tremely high-time prices. An Advance. Agriculture lias made a great ad vance today in the fact that we no longer buy western goods for our farms. Southern farming today was never in all its history possibly more independent, sc far as a mere living is concerned, than it is the present time. It is quiv.e true, that the farm that has to buy its supplies today is far less worthy of credit than at any time in the past. So far as I know it is an exceedingly rare farm today that is not an independent unit in this matter of living. Kui Weevils. The first step in farm stabiliza tion is the independent farm. The second step is a process of killing weevils from October to October. ?The South has only made war here tofore upon tiie summer weevil and then only in a desultory way. Per sonally I believe strongly that by killing the fall weevils, by turning -/wH-nn and .thus killin^ make cotton growing a bankable mat ter. I repeat that I believe that cotton growing can be made a bankable matter just so soon as the farmer, in turn, is willing to use the complete boll weevil control methods. Already Some Bankable Farms. Professor Sewell at Hephzibah told me that on some of his share crop per and renter farms there had only been an advance last season of seven dollars per farm unit. These Sewell farms were certainly and already a bankable ma~ter. Mr. J. C. Lamar who told me that all of his thirty-two tenants at Kathwood, S. C., had "paid out" and had money to boot this Lamar farm unit was certainly worthy of banking credit. These two examples show that not all southern farms today have passed beyond a credit or banking status. All of these farms which an; today credit matters are interesting exhibits for examina tion. The great problem before the southern agriculture today, and this applies to every individual farm unit is to make itself a bankable matter. The formula is not the same for every man except that in boll weevil control, the formula is always the same. Ignorance and laziness is not going to control boll weevil. The fun damentals, however, of ^yeevil con trol are no harder matters for agri culture thaftj.was the elimination by it of the. Wpchase of western farm supplies.-N. L. Willett in Augusta Chronicle. duty of superintending the conduct of the universe. Even in the line of his own special work there are others who share his duties and obligations. When he undertakes to pose as a doc trinal martinet walking up and down before the ranks of the brethren, or dering one to elevate his chin and an other to pull down his vest, he is very likely, soone:: or later, to be reckoned as a public ruisance. Far better bear his witness i:or the truth as he con ceives it, in firm and modest fashion, setting his face against hurtful error, and remembering his own limitations and frailties, forbearing in love his brethren who.do not accept all his be liefs, granting to them some measure of that liberty which he claims and exercises for himself."-The Baptist Advance. Necessary to Save Shipping Costs on Water in Face Af Lessened Returns. BEST TO GROW NECESSITIES Specialized Farming Has Created Pe culiar Conditions - Poultry Is Quickest Meat Supply to Pro duce on Farm. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) "The American farmer is not going to be able this yeur to pay freight on water," said a department official. "Water makes up a large part of fresh fruits and vegetables. The answer ls that he must grow his own table food. He must also study the possibilities of substitution. ' This applies to vegeta bles, fruits, poultry, eggs and dairy products which must be transferred from commercial channels to ?orne consumption if they are to come with in the reach of the average fanner's family. I Peculiar Condition Created. "Specialized farming has created conditions of which comparatively few persons are aware. The grain farmer in many instances buys even his pota toes and green vegetables; the fruit fanner buys his dairy products; and even the man who raises milk for creamery, condensafy or cheese fac tory is likely to send his cream or milk away, feed the skim milk or whey to the calves, and not make his own butter. This year, just as far as pos sible for him to alter his system In a single season, the department offi cials advise that he get back to the old plan which was aptly described as 'living at home.' This means not so much remaining on the farm as it does deriving every practicable prod uct for consumption from the farm. "The average American fanner knows how to raise other crops than those on which he specializes, but lt has seemed good business, or at least expedient, to devote his energies to very few or even a single cash crop and buy his necessities, Just as is done in other specialized industries. The grain farmer is perfectly capable of raising his own potatoes, his green garden stuff, and melons, tomatoes and other garden fruits, to take the place of orchard fruits which in many parts of the country have been killed i- *-??- -?- T* how "The same may be said of poultry. With the increased freight rates this year, the general farmer's principal The Garden ls a Good Source of Home-Grown Food. meat supply will come out of his poul try yard, either in eggs or in table chickens and other fowls. Poultry is the quickest meat supply to produce, and tlie farmer will do well to build up a small flock as rapidly as possible. The increased freight rates on but ter and eggs, together with ' i farm mouey shortage due to the disappoint ing returns from last year's crops, will make it advisable for many farmers' wives to return to the butter-making arts which they learned as girls from their mothers and which have been largely discontinued as farmers be came specialists. "Fruit Is likely to be scarce in large and Important farming regions, but Its place can largely be taken by vegeta ble products. Two things are clear. In the first place, the average farmer, as It stands now, cannot afford to pajj freight on the water which makes ur, the larger part of both fresh' anc canned vegetables.and fruits. In tin second place, under existing: condition? he can rajse those things cheaper him' self tban he can buy them, and he car make many substitutes out of thf garden and poultry yard if he sets out to do it. He has the material foj the crops, while he is short of money It ls not good business to run lu debi except for essentials of production.' The Department of Agriculture wil be g.'ni co give Information and ad vice to those who wish to diversify their home-grown food supply. POULTRY CACKLES DISINFECTING DOES NOT KILL Painting Roosts and Dropping Boards of No Value in Destroying ? , Chicken Parasites. (Prepared by the United States Depart . >nt of Agriculture.) There have been many advocates of the theory that chicken lice ' can be killed by painting the roosts and drop ping boards or the whole interior of the poultry house with various oil mix tures, the iden being that the vapors or gases arising from these points penetrate the feathers of the roosting fowls and kill the lice. This method has been given a very extensive trial by specialists of the United States De partment of Agriculture, and not one of tlie 42 diff?rent preparations tested was found to be of any value. These preparations contained one or more of Dusting ls Most Satisfactory Method , . of Killing Vermin. the following ingredients: Phenols, tar oils, hydrocarbon oils, creosote oil, carbon dlsulphid, wood-tar distillate, benzol, nitrobenzene, naphthalene, an thracene oil, and pyridine. In these experiments the roosts and dropping boards or the whole interior of the house were thoroughly painted or sprayed just before the fowls went to roost, and all doors, windows, and ventilators were closed during the first in small boxes, it is apparent that the I ineffectiveness of house treatment is dui* to the fact that the fumes do not become concentrated enough to kill the lice. Tests were also made with lime sulphur applied in the same way; this also was found to be of no value. GIVE CHICKENS FREE RANGE Growing Fowls Are Enabled to Obtain Quantities of Bugs, Worms, Green Feed, Etc. When the garden crops have reached maturity or aro far enough developed to suffer little damage from chickens the flock should be given free range. There are times in late summer and early fall when the boneflt received by the poultry will exceed the slight Injury some garden products may in cur. Free range enubles growing chick ens to obtain quantities of green, feed, bugs, worms and other things. The chickens therefore require less grain and are less liable to sickness or dis ease. Exercise and ability to range for even a few hours a day Is bene ficial to a flock that has been kept In confinement during spring and early summer. CONTROL OF LICE AND MITES J Dust Bath Will Aid Materially, but Should Not Be Depended . Upon Entirely. While It Is well to provide a good dust bath for chickens, It cannot be depended upon for louse and mite control, say specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. It ls far better to eradicate the pests completelj'. The main difficulty about depending upon dust baths ls 'hat some fowls seldom dust themselves, and those which dust freely never completely free themselves of ice. The dust bath should be kept under cover and may consist of fine road dust with coal ashes added. I WATCH HATCHING DUCK EGGS Care Must Be Taken That Empty Shells Do Not Telescope Over Eggs Just Pipped. When hatching duck eggs under s hen, watch the eggs while ducklings are hatching and romove empty shells from the nest at once. Sometimes empty shells telescope over eggs just pipped, causing the death of the un hatched duckling. If the hen is at all nervnur. and Inclined to tramp on th? i duck'.inin, lt is well to remove then as soon as hatched to a warm lined basket until all are hatched. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. THE STRONGEST BANK IN EDGEF1ELD : ; s SAFETY FIRST IS AND WILL BE OUR MOTTO Open your account with us for 1922. At the same time start a Savings Account with us, or invest in one of our INTEREST BEAR ING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable papers. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. . y WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS Selected Seed FOR SALE LIMITED quantity SELECTED Wannamaker-CIeveland Cotton Seed. $1.00 per bushel (bulk) in lots of|more than fifteen bushels. TERMS CASH. Average yield for year 1921 (last year) for total acreage of eighty-four acres, 1183 pounds of seed cotton; 409 pounds of lint cotton per acre. Mulberry Hill Plantation W. M. BOUKNIGHT JOHNSTON, S. C. O^$OOOOO?^$O99OOO?OOOO$O9O9O?OOOO$OOO0OO?9OOOOOO?OO I * S Large Stock of I Jew eh to Select Fr cm ? . 2 0 . 2 We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store o 8 when in Augusta, We have the largest stock of o 1 DIAMONDS S * WATCHES S '.ASS AND SILVERWARE vn. It will be a pleasure to show partment is constantly replenished with the newest aesigns. We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has every improvement. Your watch or clock made as good as new. Work ready for delivery in a short time. ? 980 Broad St. J. REIMKL Augusta, Ga. ARRINGTON BROS. & CO. Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Corn, Oats, Hay and all Kinds of Feeds Gloria Flour and Dan Patch Horse^Feed Our Leaders Corner Cumming and Fenwicv Streets On Georgia R. R. Tracks Augusta, Ga. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED See our representative, C. E. May. Notice. All persons are notified not to ?hunt or trespass in any manner whatso ever upon lands of the undersigned. The law will be enforced against those who fail to heed this notice. This notice is meant for everybody and for all forms of trespassing. . J. H. CANTELOU, J. R. CANTELOU, J. M. MAYS, JR. Hemstreet & Alexander 647 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. Dealers in Guns, Revolvers and Fishing Tackle. Repairing of Firearms, Bicycles, Safe*, etc Key Fitting a Specialty. Telephone 679 vR.KING'$ NEW S?COVEtlt mi Surely Stoo Thai Co?t?. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oily Gin, Saw, Grist, Cane, Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies ami Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangen;, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing Hose, etc Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sa win? and Feed Grinding Outfits. FOR SALE; Nice, gentle 800 pound, six-year-old pony, will work anywhere, $75; nice three-year-old mule, $125; nice three-year-old horse shows extra style, $125. Pure Poland China beauties four months old breeders, 2 sows and six boars, $8 each. Can be seen at my farm. S. B. MARSH, 2-l-3tpd Trenton, S. C.