Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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As to Biennial. Sessions. The bill for biennial sessions for the General Assembly having been in troduced as usual, let it be said that the arguments in its favor are weigh ty and its passage will cause no lam entations in Columbia or elsewhere. The measure should not be -passed, however, on the plea that it will save to the taxpayers a considerable sum of money or, for that matter, any sum worth mentioning. It is not at all likely bha't the General Assembly will be able to do the work in a 40 j day session held in alternate years j that it can do in a 40 day session held j each year. The General Assembly does not waste time. It is not possible for a parliamentary body to work with the constancy and expedition of a plowman in a field or an artisan at a machine. The legislatures are always pressed : for time. In 40 days it is well nigh out of the question to give full con bid eration to many measures of great moment. A legislative body must have time to find itself, to crystalize, to develop leaders and leadership. When a new thouse is elected, the members are scarcely able to become acquainted with one another at the first s?ssion and no body of men can be effective until it is thoroughly or ganized, not merely by the election of officers and appointment of com ; mittees, but by its members learning their places, where they fit in, and what che relation of one member is to another. In congress it is well jn derstood that a new member counts for little in legislation in this first term of two years although the con-, gress be in session six or eight "months in each year. If we could have in South" Carolina a legislature elected once in four years and meeting once in two years, to sit three, four or five months, it would in time give to the state num bers of legislators not entirely "green." If the bill for biennial ses sions be passed, the General Assem bly will be forced to sit at least 80 days and provisions should be made that the session continue longer, say 120 days, if need be. Repeated expe riences of late years have shown that a 40 day session once a year is scarcely sufficient and in the saying that the legislators trifle and waste time is neither truth nor justice. Al ways will be certain manifestations of foolishness in the General Assem bly, preposterous measures will be in .troduced and the chaff will have to be sifted, but so long as men who are after all, but representatives of their fellow citizens, shall not be paragons of mind and heart, this will be un avoidable. A constitutional convention should be held to make over the organic law of the state and the matter of legis lative sessions would have its atten tion. The remodelled law should pro vide a method by whicn the General Assembly could be convened in spe cial session witKout the consent of the governor. If the legislature could meet but once in two years a state officer or judge might run amuck for nearly that period without incurring a danger of impeachment." The leg islatures should be authorized to con vene in special session upon petition addressed by a majority or by two thirds of the members of each house to their respective presiding officers. -The State. ' Making Pictures, Popular. A circulating iibrary of pictures. In stead of books, has been opened by the T. W. C A.. of Brooklyn, N. Y. Good reproductions of the best pic tures of today and earlier periods are kept on hand to be loaned out for two weeks or a month. Accompanying each picture is a brief account of the art ist's life, the significance of the paint ing and data about the school and period of art to which the artist be longs. The idea behind the scheme Is to familiarize the subscribers with some of the best examples of art, which they might not otherwise ob tain and which they may eventually wish to own, after having lived with them a .short time. Threaten American Industry. Spain is one of the greatest iron ore centers of the world, shipping ore heavily to other European countries, aS well as to the United States, and while lt has some large Iron and steel works, its output of the finished prod uct has never been commensurate with its ore developments. Now, however, there ls a well-defined project of the Krupps to set up a great branch at Bllboa, Spain, to manufacture agricul tural machinery for the purpose of driving out of the market American companies who now have a large share of this business. The 157 Varieties. Of the 157 varieties of passenger cars made In the United States, thir ty-five come from Michigan. Indiana ls next with twenty-three, Ohio has twenty-two, New York fifteen and Pennsylvania and Blinols ?re tied at ten cich. There are 122 automobile manufacturing concerns outside of Michigan. .ELECT??C ^ Mi?dT^x?dvc BITTEBb Family Medicine* HOME TOWN HELPS TO A MAN'S TOWN What should a man boost more for than h!s town-' The p:ace that shelters all his lifo holds dear, Perchance, his grandsire's ashes and the tales That old tradition couples with his name? ?What should a man be prouder of than Just The harbor of his neighbors and MB friends, Wie place where smiles of greeting start his day And mark Us close. His town is this and more. It has been wisely said of man that he Has two homes. One is where he sits and reads When evening's come and where his chil dren are; The other one is that which makes him . . safe. Assures him protection with his friends, A home that keeps his home-and that's . his town. One is his heart's desire. He plans for lt And works and saves, then works and saves some more That he may have lt; and the other one Gives him the first one and makes lt secure What should a man boost more for than his town? -J. R. Adams In Interurban Labor Jour nal, South Bend, Indiana. UNITE TO BEAUTIFY HOMES Example Set by Women of New Mex ico Might Well Be Copied In Al most All tho' States. In one of the dry-farming counties in New Mexico the women have shown their interest in improving the sur roundings of their ranch homes by making home beaut??catlon a project in the county program of work. Through the assistance of the home demonstration agent, co-operating with the United States Department of Ag riculture, these women, during 1920. bought, planted and cared for 1,800 rose bushes which were planted In 21 home gardens. The roses Include va rieties which had never been tried be fore in that section of the country. Some of the varieties which made the lest growth are Red Radiance, Crimson Queen, Lady Battersea, Mad am Cochee, Sunburst. Old Gold. Dor Hybrid Tea Rose. othy Perkins, and Gold of Ophir. The roses were planted in well-fertilized^ soil and were protected from the winds until growth was- well established. In the fall the bushes are protected by turning a small nail Keg without a bottom over them and filling in with earth and manure. The beauty and fragrance of these roses tend to weld the people more closely to their ranch homes and thus make for more perma nent agriculture. In this connection it ls well to re member that there is no section of the couutry where roses cannot be made to thrive, with care. Small Town's Many Advantages. The small town rules America, be cause, instead of being a place of ho tels, restaurants and amusements, lt Is a place for normal living-where men walk home to lunch from their place of business and mow their own front lawns and weed their backyard gardens and bid their neighbors across elfter fence the time of day; where they not only live in today, but re member yesterday and plan for tomor row ; where families and communities reti.in, cherish and transmit tradi tions, there beats the heart of Amer ica-Dodge County (Minn.) Star. Sanitation Always Pays. Some people say that sanitation doesn't pay. Well, lt doesn't pay doc tors and grave diggers, says the Uni ted States public health service. Be sanitary; seek health before you need lt Take Care of the Trees. A city without trees is a desolate place. Yet any city which does not guard Its trees will some day be with out them. Keep Everything ?n Repair. iHffiefl '.i the street ure warning* agah..>t inure holes. So are holes in the graveyard. Repairs lu tim?: will both. FIND ASPHALT BY ACCIDENT Discovered in Switzerland and Us:d for Purpose of Extracting Valu able Bitumen. Asphalt, though covering thousands of miles of roads In all countries, was discovered quite by accident. In the middle of the last century lt was found in Switzerland In its natural state, and used for the purpose of ex tracting the valuable store of bitumen lt contained. In time lt was noticed that pieces of rock which fcll^ from the wagons, and were crushed by the wheels, formed a very fine road sur face when half melted by the heat of the sun. An experiment was made and a road of asphalt laid in Paris. It was so successful that the new road material became adopted through all the big towns of Europe. All sorts of materials have been tried since, from rubber tb seaweed. It is very likely, In fact, that In the future the streets of our big cities will be paved with some form of rub ber mixture which will be practically noiseless. Very extensive experiments have already been carried out with such a mixture. In New York several streets are paved with steel, and a steel road has been in use in Valencia, In Spain, for the last 20 years. Perhaps the most curious material for a road is sea weed. This compressed into solid blocks, Is used to pave the streets of Baltimore. These seaweed blocks are bound with wire and dipped Into boil ing tar before being put to use. DESTROY ROADSIDE WEEDS Because L They act as centers of weed in festation for adjoining fields. 2. They may be carried for many miles by passing vehicles and' animals. 3. They harbor harmful insects and plant diseases. 4. They create Insanitary conditions. 5. They are unsightly. Methods for destroying roadside weeds, approved, by specialists of the Weeds Along Roadside Harbor Injuri ous Insects and Various Plant Dis eases. United States Department of AgrI- 1 culture, are: By 1. Mowing twice a year while they are in full bloom, usually in June and August. 2. Utilizing the roadsides for grow ing hay. 3. Grazing with fevered animals. 4. Converting weedy roadsides Into lawns. GRADE ALL ROADSIDES SO THE WEEDS CAN BE CONTROLLED! WIRE MESH 'GOOD FOR ROADS British Army in Egypt Used Chicken. Wire in Building Temporary Routes in Sand. The British army in Egypt has used chicken-wire iu the construction of roads. Loose sand was smoothed and lev eled and then covered with chieken 'wire, which was firmly pegged down. The passage of troops or motor transports seemed to affect the road very little, while the passage of ani mal-drawn vehicles damaged the Im provised road badly. However, it was possible to make repairs quickly and the road was easily kept in good con dition. Of course this wire-mesh road was purely a temporary expedient for the military. The old Romans still hold the palm as the champion road-mak ers of the world. Many a foundation of the roads they made is still In use In Europe, tne surface alone being modern. Bad Roads In Way. The planter-the farmer-needs to reduce the cost of transportation; the laborer to provide homes and cheaper living; the merchant wants the coun try air. What opposes? Roads-bad roads.-Dr. Seaman A. Knapp. Line Highways With Trees. Now ;s a fine time to make plans for lining die highways lt your town ship w'iii treesi Don't plant them too thick; hf ty feet ox moro apart will do. SUBJECTS AND RULES FOI PRIZE ESSAY CONTESTS, FOR 1922. ?Scientific temperance instruct in the schools of the country is as tal now as it ever has been, and ? effects of alcohol and tobacco on human system and on the nat must continue to be emphasized a means of stimulating the interest both teacher and pupiL College Contest In a contest for a college prize local contest is held with a lo< prize offered, and the prize essay t tered, together with the other w ning college essays for a state pri: The state prize essay is forwarded the, national director of Scienti Temperance Instruction. Subject: Tobacco and the Colle Student. Prize: $100.00. Requireriient, n less than ten colleges from sev states in competition. Markings: The essay shall graded on clearness of thought, a curacy of statement and . originali of presentation. Number of words: Maximum, : OOO; minimum, 1,500. State Prize, $20.00. Teachers' Contest (Open to.school principals and e perienced teachers.) Subject: Best methods of Scienti ic Temperance Teaching. (Correla ing health and temperance teachir according to present-day methods Prize: $50.00. State Prize, $10.0 Normal and Training School Contest. (Open to students in Normal ar Training schools.) Subject: Best Methods of Sciei tifie Temperance Teaching. Prize: $50.00; State Prize, $10.01 Rules governing contests: Essa should conform to the state law whic requires that "Physiology and hj giene, with special reference to th effects of alcoholic drinks and othe narcotics and stimulants i the hi man system" must be taught in ai public schools. Markings: The essay shall b graded entirely upon presentation o subject. Number of words: Maximum, 2, 000; minimum, 1,500. High School Contests. In a contest ?for the high schoo prize, a local contest is first held an< the winning essay in each class en tered in a county contest. If ther< be no county contest, the prize essaj is forwarded directly to the state su perintendent ui Scientific Temper ance Instruction, who enters it in i competition for a state prize. Thf essay winning the state prize is for warded to the national director oi Scientific Temperance Instruction. Subject: What Two Years of Pro hibition Have Meant to Our Country. Markings: Essay shall be graded three fourths on subject matter and one-fourth on style and grammatical excellence. Number of words: Maximum, 1, 200; minimum, 1,000. Prizes: Senior-Junior, $30.00 Sophomore-Freshman, $20.00. State Prize, $10.00. Grade School Contests In a contest in the grades every child in the room is expected to write child in the room is expected to write. The teacher decides upon the best ten essays. A local contest is held and a local prize awaraded the writer of the best essay. In the larger cities a second contest may be held between the different schools and a second local prize awarded. The prize essay of the city is then entered for the county prize or else forward to the state superintendent of Scientific Temperance Instruction for compe tition in the state prize essay contest. The state prize is forwarded to the national director of Scientific Tem perance Instruction. Seventh and Eighth Grades Subject: What is the Harm in Beer, Wine and "Home Brew?" Prize: $25.00; State Prize) $5.00. Markings: Essay shall be graded one-half on subject matter and one half on originality, grammatical ex cellence and general appearance. Number of words: Maximum, 700, minimum, 600. Fifth and Sixth Grades __ Subject: The Harmful Effects of Tobacco. Prize: $10.00 State Prize, $5.00. Markings: Essay shall be graded one-half on subject matter and one half on originality, grammatical ex cellence and general appearance. Number of words: maximum, 600, minimum, 400. Poster Contests (College or High School) Subject: Alcohol or Tobacco. Size> 12x15 inches. Bristol) board. Prize, $10.00, State Prize, $5.00. Grades Subject: Alcohol or Tobacco. Size: maximum, 12x15 inches; minimum, 9x12 inches. Prize: $10.00. (.See that posters conform to rules in size.) # NOTE-All ?ssays and posters competing for national prizes must pass through the hands of the state superintendent of Scientific Temper ance Instruction, and be sent by her to the National Director not later than August 15, 1922.. NOTE-Prize essays- in local con tents should be read and prizes pre sented at a public meeting, or at the commencement exercises of the school. Helps on Preparation of Essays (Alcohol) Alcohol and the Human Body, Sir Cictor Horsley, $1.25. Gulick Hygiene Series of Physiolo gies, or any good text book on physi ology. , Set of 12 posters, "Why America Went Dry," $1.50. Graded Scientific Temperance Man ual, 50 cents. > Late copies of the Scientific Tem perance and Law Enforcement edi tion of The Union Signal, 5 cents per copy. (Tobacco) ' . Physical Effects of Smoking, Fish er-Berry, $1.00. Nicotine, Dr. Roman, 15 cents. Graded Scientific Temperance Manual, 50 cents. Posters: College Smokers and non smokers, 15 cents; Cigarets Con demned, 10 cents; How the Smoker's Package of laftlets, 25 cents. 2 cents. Law Enforcement and Benefits of Prohibition Package of leaftets, 25 cents. Late copies of the Law Enforce ment edition of The Union Signal, 5 cents. Method of Teaching. Graded Scientific Temperance Man ual, 50 ceni;s. A course of Study for the Grades, 10 cents. Tinling Booklets, set of 6, 95 cents. ' Package of Leaflets, 25 cents. Order from National W. C. T. U. Publishing House, Evanston, Illionis. -Palmetto White Ribbon. J. S. BYRD Dental Surgeon Office Over Store of Quarles & Timmerman Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 SAYINGS OF FRANCES E. WILLARD. You can not dream yourself into a character. Yo? must hammer and forge yourself into one. We do more good by magnifying in our common life the sense of brotherhood than by the gift of dimes and dollars. We all believe that one of the choicest fruits of Christianity will be the growth of a bond of brotherhood and sisterhood so close among all na tions, races and people, that we shall become truly kindred each to the oth er, and that .sreat word Humanity, like a rolling wave of the ocean of God's love, shall wash out from the sands of time the words, caste, creed, sex, and even that good word patriot ism, because we shall feel that the whole world is our country and all men are our kin. Every utterance of appreciation, affection and friend ship; every token of mutual co-op eration; every stroke of honest hard work undertaken side by side; every sincere prayer, helps forward this beautiful day that we call the com ing of the Kingdom of Christ. It is. women who have given the costliest hostages to fortune. Out in to the battle of life they have sent their best beloved with fearful odds' against them. By the dangers they have dared; by the hours of patient waiting over beds where helpless chil dren lay; by .the incense of ten thou sand prayers wafted from their gen tle lips to heaven, I charge you to give them power to protect along life's treacherous highway ' those whom they have so loved.-Inscrip tion on Frances Willard's statue. IIIHIIHHIIHIMIIHI no tax now LUDEN'S menthol GIVE QUICK RELIEF, _ Fsmctu YtUom P?c?dgt 53 Sold Ikt world or cr flow To (jive1 Quinine To Children*' FF.n R IL I >"E is the trade-mark name id ven to sa improved Quinine. It id a Tasteless Syrup, pleac? ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know it, is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults Who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor curie nervousness nor rinsing in the head. Try n the. text ti me you need Quinine for any pur? DQB<:. Ask for 2-ounce original package.. The vuxie KEBRILLN E is Mown iibottle 2S cen** We Can Give You Prompt Service on Mill Work and Interior Finish Large stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber on hand for Immediate Delivery. Woodward Lumber Co. QUALITY-SERVICE Corner Roberts and Dugas Sts., Augusta, Ga, COTTON COTTON SEED OIL W. C. TAYLOR Member of New Orleans Cotton Exchange and New York Produce Exchange. DAILY COTTON LETTER FREE TO ALL INTERESTED Greenwood, S. C. Commercial Trust Building-Phone 362 Genuine Ford Parts % We have just received a large stock of Genuine FORD Parts direct from the Ford factory. These parts were bought after the recent reduction was made in price, consequently we can repair your car with Genuine Ford Parts at lower prices. CALL TO SEE US i i Lyon Brothers