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SWEET POTATO CROP DAMAGED BY WEEVIL .Outline of Successful Measures of Eradication. Review of Work Done in Florida and Georgia Where Situation Was Worse-Use of Clean Plant ing Stock ls Urged. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) A method of rendering negligible the heavy damage that would otherwise be Inflicted by the sweet-potato weevil has been found by the United States Department of Agriculture. A review of the work done in Florida and Georgia is contained in depart ment circular 201, bureau of ento mology, United Stares Department of Agriculture. Measures successful in the eradication of the pest in that sec tion are outlined briefly as follows: The old field should be thoroughly cleaned over at harvest, the vines be ing fed to stock or burned, and the field hogged over. The potatoes should be hanked as far away as possible from the old field and from the site selected for the next year's potato field. All potatoes on the farm should be disposed of early. No potato or plants from the old crop should be used on the farm and no draw-bed should be planted. Old potato banks should be cleaned as soon as empty. Only draws from sources known to be free from the weevil should be used. The Georgia-Florida location was se lected for the test because the situa tion there was serious, the section in land, climatic conditions adverse, and many growers unused to ways of co operation. No more unfavorable con ditions, it was thought, were likely to be encountered anywhere in the country. All these, and other minor difficulties, have been surmounted, however, and the department, in its circular, announces the following con clusions : "The results of the work offer con vincing proof that the same methods, ' followed with painstaking care, will be successful in eradicating the sweet potato weevil in almost any infested locality where abundant wild food plants do not offer a fresh and con tinuing source of new infestation. Careful sorting of the crop, the use of clean planting stock, and an annual change of location fdr the main plant ing, even in a continuously infected locality will reduce infestation of the tubers to a practically negligible quantity. "There is no more reason for al lowing a sweet-potato crop to be de stroyed ann ? V -. ! . .? i .? . : ?* ?nr h-.'i-t: :.' ..? v h : ! to the department at Washington, D. C. SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT POKE Device Recently Invented to Prevent Animal From Forcing Itself Thwugh Fences. The Scientific American in illustrat ing and describing an animal poke, the invention of H. Gerdes of Benkelman, Neb., says: An object of the invention is the provision of a poke of simple and efficient construction which is formed Showing the invention as Applied. with spurs mounted to automatically engage the neck of an animal when he attempts to force his way through a fence; by means of a lever the spurs are so held that they will not engage the neck of the animal under nonnul conditions. PRODUCE HIGH-GRADE SEEDS Many Farmers? Are Not Careful to Prevent Mixture and Keep Out Harmful Weeds. Even in communities where a sin gle variety of a crop Is raised almost exclusively there is a place for the production of pure seed for local sale, says D. W. Frear, extension specialist in field crops for the Missouri College of Agriculture. Many farmers do not go to the trou ble to keep their seed up to a high standard but allow it to become mixed, weed-infested and diseased and are glad to pay a good price every few years for high grade seed. Those who are favorably situated can produce pure seed to meet this local demand. Seed produced for ?his purpose must be of high quality ?nd considerably better than the average in the cr-mmunity, because farmers will ?H* pay an advanced price for seed that is very little belter thau their own, LUCK SURELY WITH CARNEGIE In His Autobiography the Ironmaster Has Told of an Amazing Piece of Fortune. Business acquaintances and rivals of Andrew Carnegie's used to declare that in addition to his remarkable abil ity and farsightedness he was blessed I with amazing luck. An incident early in the ironmaster's career seems to justify the assertion. A piece of care lessness that might have ?ruined an other man resulted, in Carnegie's case, only in a brief scare. One morning, he relates in his auto biography, he set out from Al toona for Pittsburgh with a package of pay rolls and checks under his waistcoat for the package was too large for his pockets. He was a very enthusiastic railroader at that time and liked to ri$e on the engine. It was a very rough j ride over the mountains, and at one place, uneasily feeling for the pack age, he was horrified to find that the jolting of the train had shaken it out! "There was," he says, "no use in dis guising the fact that such a failure would ruin me, for to have been sent for the pay rolls and checks and to lose the package was a dreadful show ing. I called the engineer and told him that it must have been shaken out within the last few miles. Would he reverse his engine and run back for it? Kind soul, he did so. I watched the line, and on the bank of a large stream within a few feet of the water I saw the package. I could hardly believe my eyes. I ran down and grasped it. It was not damaged. Need I add that it never passed out of my fi?m grasp again until it was safe in Pittsburgh? "I never ventured to tell the story until long afterward. Suppose that package had fallen just a few feet farther away and been swept down by the stream ; how many years of faithful service it would have re-? quired to wipe out the effect of that one piece of carelessness! *T have never since believed, says he, In being too hard on a young man, even if he does commit a dreadful mis take or two ; and in judging such acts I have always tried to remember the difference it would have made in my own career if I had not found that lost package."-Youth's Companion. That "Groundhog" Belief. According to popular superstition, the groundhog has his day Febru ary 2. According to biological and weather experts, Mr. Groundhog is a pest and no prophet. The people that believe in the "six weeks more of winter," if he sees his shadow are fooling them selves. Whether or not the sun shines February 2 and casts the shadow of the groundhog, who may come out looking for something to eat, the weather will not be aff * -mdhog nave examined the records fer the past years, and they find that whether it was sunny or cloudy on past February 2nds, the weather for the succeed ing six weeks goes on in about the same way.-Science Service. Che?p Living in Germany. An American visiting Germany has written to the home folk a letter cov ering several features of living costs . In that country. Here are a few sarr.ples: A ride from Hanover to Hamburg, six hours, first class, 25 cents. Lunch for two on the dining car, consisting of asparagus soup, a good drink of schnapps, a good por tion of fish, roast veal, vegetables, coffee, pudding, bottle of good red wine, two liqueurs, at a total cost for two of about 70 cents in American currency. A taxi for two hours cost in American currency 40 cents. Din ner for three, including poultry, ev erything from soup to nuts and a bottle of wine, at a total cost of 00 cents. Laundry bill for ten handker chiefs, seven collars, five pairs of socks, one suit of underwear, one pajamas, 10 cents. Until recently a handsome suit of clothes could be bought at about $10. Derby hats, 50 to 75 cents, and so on. all along the line, he writes. -Topeka Capital. Harvard's New Astronomer. Harold Shapley, just elected as tronomer at the Harvard college ob servatory to succeed its long-time as tronomer, Edward C. Pickering, who die?' before his great life work was finished, is only thirty-five years old. He made his world-wide reputation in the Wilson observatory, California, in what may be called space-sounding, a process accomplished by the super science, celestial spectrum photog raphy.-Argonaut. ' Important Omission. "Tour collection doesn't seem com plete," said the visitor to the Natural History rooms. "What do you mean, sir?" "I don't see here that most.baleful of all insects, the one that brings dis appointment, spoils pleasure, causes divorce, deceives the credulous, frus trates, hope and leaves the fondest ex pectations unfulfilled-1 refer to the fly in the ointment."-Boston Tran script A Test of Skill. "The co-stars make love beauti fully." "The fact that they are married to each other is apparently no handi cap." "Mm ?Md wife, eh? Then they are artists to their finger tips."-Birming ham Age-Herald. THE MISSING MISS. Returning: home at close of day, Who quietly chides my long delay? Who greets me in a cheerful way? Nobody. Who caters to my every care? Who makes me take the easy chair? Who puts my cosy slippers, there? Nobody. Who has my dinner steamlng'hot? Who for my welfare cares a lot? Who heeds if I am sick or not? Nobody. But who will presently do this? Who's going to give me cheery bliss? Who-Must you knuw? Well, it is Miss Somebody. -Wayside Tales. AFRICA LOSING WILD GAME Unless Speedily Afforded Protection Many Species Will Shortly Be come Utterly Extinct. South Africa, which has long been regarded as having an almost iuex haustible supply of wild game, is threatened with extinction of several of its most valuable species, animals for which explorers aud hunters like Colonel Roosevelt sought in modera tion, and which others have slaugh tered wantonly for their hides, horns, or merely for the pleasure of killing. In an article in the Zoological So ciety Bulletin, A. K. Haagner, direc tor of the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa at Pretoria, says that many wild animals may soon be as scarce in Africa as others are in the United States. The white rhinoceros, the graceful nyala-a species of antelope-the bontebok and the mountain zebra, a quaint little animal with the stripes in which children at the zoo delight, are rapidly vanishing from the South African hills and plains, and those In terested in their pre. ^rvation are find ing great difficulty In arousing the people of the country to the necessity for protecting them In preserves. EXPLAINING KNOTS ON TREES They Mark Spots Where the Branches Have Left the Parent Stem or Trunk. Trees are formed of three parts the roots, the parent stem or trunk; and the branches. When the trees are cut up Into lumber, the first of these parts ls useless, and generally Is left in the ground to be salvaged later for other purposes. The branches of the tree are also comparatively useless, but the trunk produces a number of valuable planks In proportion to its diameter. In spite of the fact that the branches have been lopped off, they leave their mark upon the parent stem in the shape of hard, round or oval spols, which AC call "knots." Each of th s>4 ' -? where the limb ot rLe '-.cruse the lini^ ' -art of the Meetly at the base of the limb than farther out. Weasel Displayed Cunning. A fair example of cunning was af forded by a weasel at a sawmill In Bruce county, Ontario. The animal took ^n the job of killing a number of rats. After exterminating the lot excepting one large fellow, the weasel dug a hole under the corner of a lum ber pile and then tackled his heavier antagonist, which chased him into the hole. When the sprrtators thought the weasel was "done for" he came out the othi?r end and went in after the rat. It was not long before the ingenious weasel came out with the dead rat. On Investigation lt was found that the weasel luid made the hole small nt one end so that the ro dent could not k'et through, and lt was then attacked from the rear. MEASURED UP Aunt Lucy-I'm afraid you are get ting too familiar with Mr. Huggins. You know I told you he should be held at arm's length. Vera Pflippe-Yes, I held him at arm's length, all right and the length of my arm was Just enough to reach around his neck. Two Trees in One. At Greenspond, Newfoundland, there Is the rotted remains of an old tree, still standing. A new tree has grown up right through the heart of the rot ten tree. Oh, You Naughty Daddyl Little Pansy Peavish says the rea son they didn't have brandy sauce on their Thanksgiving pudding was be cause papa got Into the kitchen while marinna was sweeping the porch. Dallas News. Wonderful Alpine Plant. One of the most wonderful little plants to be found In the Alps ls a little Alpine Soldanelln. This plant can melt Ice with Its own bodily heat. Partridge Paid for Dinner. When dressing a partridge for din? ner a hunter in Victoria, county, N. B" found a gold nugget in the bird's gir Old Chronicles Tell of Some Re markable Centenarians. According to Newspapers and Maga* zines of the Last Century They Were a Rugged Lot. Tales of the prodigious feats of cen tenarian and near-centenarian ances tors have been handed down in many families for generations, until now.they are accepted only as the fanciful dreams of the aged, exaggerated by retelling. A study of old magazines and newspapers, however, shows that during 'the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth centuries, remarkable men tal and physical powers were attrib uted to very aged people. Many such stories are found in the "intimations of death" found in old English newspapers. The custom in those days was to give in these no tices a brief outline of the activities of the deceased as well as his position in life. These notices gave quaint pictures of life of the times, as they recorded the death of many well known men and women they have great historical value. Early volumes of Blackwood's Mag azine tell of many instances of men and women attaining the age of 120 and even 130 years. A writer in The Scotsman who selects a few interest ing examples from Blackwood's tells of the death of Mr. Dirrane of Galway in his 120th year. "To the last he could read without glasses, and until the last three or four years could walk some miles a day." An entry on May 27, 1920, shows that Anna McRae, the widow of a Kin tail fanner, died at the age of U2, The notice concludes, "Not many months ago she could run a race with any of her sex of the third and fourtl: generation." The notices record th? death of a colored woman in Jamaica at the age of 140 and another at 13( years. One unusual record concerns th< death of William Heginbottom at th? age of 95. The intimation states "H< was father of ten, father-in-law to ten grandfather to 131, great grandfathei to 153, great-great-grandfather t< one, in all 305, the last of whom h< walked 32 miles to see in his ninetietl year." Margaret McDougal, who died Ir Garth in 1823 In her 103d year, wai also a woman of extraordinary vigor "When above 100," the notice reads "she thought little of walking fron her own house to Weem or Aberfeldy a distance of seven miles, and return lng before "breakfast. Last year sh< traveled to Drummond castle, whicl is 30 mile? distant, and returned tin next day." !l j Did . Boston naruoi, tum it was on one o these annual joy rides that the mein hers of this gallant crew got a distinc shock; they were captured by tl? British. By mistake their little boa got outside the harbor and was snappee up by the British blockading squad ron. They were confronted by the terri ble thought of what was going to hap pen to them. But instead of bei nj hung as spies, they were actually ban tmeted by their enemies. The Britisl officers were probably tired of thei own company, and here was an oppor tunity for a good time. That was be fore the eighteenth amendment. B; the time it was time to go home, thi Harvard navy had to be slung over thi sides of the British vessel in the sling which were used to bring tbe horse: aboard, and how their own ship go back to port will forever remain I mystery. Rabbit Sandwiches Are Good. Oakesdale, a hamlet near Othello Wash., is known as the sandwich towr of the Northwest. Overland train.' stop at Oakesdale and there are al ways many hungry folk on board. Comely lasses, wearing whit? aprons, enter the cars or sell from tl? platform an endless variety of sand wiches, said by experienced traveler! to beat anything ever seen elsewhere The trains are delayed long enougl so that all west-bound tourists hav< an opportunity to taste Oakesdale'i newest and most popular sandwiches jackrabbit or sage hen. The roastet meat of these two local products, be smeared with butter and eomforte< between two slices of fre&.i bread, ar< the temptation placed before new comers. For 15 cents a traveler may buy om of thirty varieties of sandwiches, eacl as large as a pie plate.-New Yorl Sun. Suspicious Conduct. "No wonder the Gadders don't ge along well together. Why, when Mrs Gadder goes away for weeks at i time Mr. Gadder doesn't even writ? to her, but lets his stenographer typ< letters saying how lonely he is. Wha kind of a man would you call that? "A very, very busy man," said Mi Bibbles, with a far-away look in hil eyes, "and I'd give $9 in nickles t< know what he's up to."-BIrmlnghan Age-Herald. Steam-Heated Bed. An inventor of Chicago has mad< an arrangement of mattress corabin lng with ?t the tubing of a radiatoi und tty bitching this up to the stean or hot-water heating system, the bet ls heated. THE FARM] OF EDGEFI THE STRONGEST BJ SAFETY FIRST IS AND Open your account with us for Savings Account with us, or invest ING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSF Lock boxes for rent in which to All business matters referred handled. 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