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Judge Kenyon and the '-'Farm / Bloc" Former Senator Kenyon, now a United States Judge, during the^ brief deriod of private citizenship en joyed between his resignation as sen ator and* taking the oath of office as a Federal Judge, made an address be fore the students of the University of 3Iissouri. Among other public ques tions discussed in this address was the "Farm Bloc." Judge Kenyon, while in the senate, was the recogniz ed champion of the farmers and the ?eoder o'f a body of senators who be lieved that the quickest way to im prove economic conditions in this country was to restore prosperity among the farmers. To do this an or ganization wa? formed consisting of both Democrats and Republicans and this organization was called the "Farm Bloc" by those whose interests were closely associated with "Big Business." In connection with the remarks made on this subject by Judge Ken yon, we quote the Iowa Homestead as follows: " 'We were not,' explained Senator Kenyon, "seeking an undue advant age over any business, but we did lope to see the great agricultural in terests of the_ country receive a square deal. As soon as it was known that our meeting had been held, there went up a hue and cry against the .fram bloc, so-called in derision. Now, there had been a Wall street bloc, a Standard Oil bloc and other blocs, none of which alarmed the interests which saw in the agricultural bloc something highly dangerous.' i "Senator Kenyon, in defending the agricultural bloc, called attention to the insidious influence of the social bloc. 'If we had joined this bloc, in stead of organizing a farm bloc, if we had put on dress suits and gone out and attended dinners, the ene mies of the farm bloc wpuld have .hailed us as among the Nation's greatest statesmen, men wise and safe.' "Before completing his references ito the farm bloc, Senator Kenyon re viewed at some length the various measures which have been passed largely through the influence of the bloc, or which are now pending. He told of how the bill providing for the appointment of a representative of agriculture on -the Federal Reserve iBoard had passed the Senate. 'I wish you would help get it out of the house,' he said. There are 40,000, O00 farmer folk in the United States. It is right and proper, then, that a representative of agriculture should lave a place on the Federal Reserve Board.' " The "Farm Bloc" is proving a thorn in the side of "the big Eastern interests who are not accustomed to laving their monopoly of "Blocc" in Congress disturbed. Eastern papers depending upon Wall Street interests for their support are already suggest ing the defeat of Congressmen who are favoring the farmers. They wlil be well organized, but it is doubtful that they will find the farmers, and those interested in the welfare of those engaged in the agricultural and livestock industry, either asleep or unorganized. Those who oppose giv ing the farmers of the country fair and necessary legislation can be out voted ten to one.-Farm and Ranch. Timely Notes on Beef Cattle. Clemson College, April 3.-Keep a master's eye on the thin cows that will drop calves this month. A little feed and attention while cows with young calves are being turned to pas ture will insure the raising of a good calf crop and will mean a better calf crop for the next year. Give the cow and her calf an even start with the coming of 'the new grass (that is, feed them a little longer), and they -will both do welL The calf will get ready for the market quicker and the --cow will bring you. a better calf next year. * Do not let the bull run with the ..cows this month for this will make next year's calves come in January, .which is too early. Feed the bull well and have him in good condition when you turn him in the pasture in June. Castrate all scrub and grade bull calves and get a purebred bull for breeding purposes. Dehorn all yearlings that you fail ed to get in March. Cut horns close io the head, taking of a little skin. Select a calf that you are going to kill this summer in the "Beef Club" and keep him growing and fat that you may have a good quality of beef for yourself and your neighbors to eat. flow To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRIUNB is the ?rade-mark name gives tc an ?Unproved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pi ear ?at to take and does not distnrb the stomach. Children take it and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate net c?use nervousness nor ri n g i ng i n the head. Tr; rt the . -C3:t time you need Quinine for any pur pose. Ask for 2 ounce original package. Th? -?ame FSBRILINg ia Uow lu bottle- xScenAi ADVANCING YEARS. When first you find within your mind For quiet Joys a preference; Or when,'again, Borne younger men First treat your views with deforenc*! When you'll confesa to more or loss Political perplexity When first you gape adown your shape At manifest convexity; When first you choose some easy shoes That strike your wife as hideous; But with the care you give your hair You're more, not less fastidious; When first you feel your blood congeal To hear an unlicked laddie call "Old-fashioned guff" the daring iftuft That you considered, radical But most of all, when first you ?all Will "undermine society;" When first you say some modern way A new idea "impiety;" You are not old-your heart ls bold You've courage, strength, ability Yet you have passed the peak at" last You're headed for senility! -Ted Robinson, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. BAGGED BOTH FISH AND FOWL Dover (N. H.) Man Shot Drake and Got Pickerel That the Bird Had Been Carrying. George Hayer of Doyer, N. H., tells a remarkable hunting story, which is vouched for by witnesses, says the Manchester Union. Walting patiently behind a blind at Ayers pond In Bar rington, Hayer and his companions saw a large s he ll drake alight on rock just outside of gunshot on the opposite side of the pond, and after making quite a lively turn tnere took to the air again and alighted in the water 30 yards from the blind. Hayer fired and killed the drake. An abnormal bunch or swelling no ticed in the bird's throat, which ap peared to 'have nearly shut off the breathing, was not Investigated until the return to town, where lt was found that"the drake had captured a large pickerel and had devoured the head after which lt had attempted to swal low the rest of the fish. The body of the pickerel stuck in the drake' throat. It measured 14 inches in length. The drake weighed, without the fish, four and one-half pounds Hayer and his friends were served drake with pickerel on the side at the spread that followed the hunting ex pedition. "AEROPLANE" NO NEW WORD Was First Used by French Inventor to Describe Flying Machine, . In the Year 1879. ' The word, "aeroplane," only recently admitted to the dictionary, has bi*en traced back to trie year 1879. In that year a Frenchman named Tatln, ap plied the name "aeroplane" to a flying machine of his own Invention driven by compressed air. Possibly It was from Tarin that was borrowed the corresponding English word (similar save for the accent) by Ella Merchant and Alice Jones, joint authors of "Unveiling a Parallel" (189?!). The hero of this novel is'a birdraan who soars in his "aeroplane" to Mars, where, among other wonder ful things, he finds woman on terms of perfect equality with man. Fifteen years later H. G. Wells used the word, "aeroplle" in one of his novels, but the term didn't become popular. And nowadays the word is being condensed into the two-syllabled word, "airplane."-The Leatherneck. Swallowed Snake While Drinking. A New Burnswick man while mak ing hay, took a drink from a spring. Not long after he began to feel an In ternal pain which continued to in crease gradually until after a year or so he was operated on in a New Eng land hospital, and a snake six Inches long was found In the lower part of his Intestines. He thinks that he swallowed the snake, when It, was small, while, drlnkln ; from the spring. As he had no cup or other drirfklng vessel he could not have seen the snake. He has had the snake pre served. TIMES HAVE CHANGED Excited Person: I want you f insert this ad. In your "Lost and Found" column fer your next edi tion. Newspaper Clerk: Yesslr! What Is It? Excited Person: Lost one 7-pas .Benger touring car, containing one ease of five year old, bottled In bond. Finder please return case and keep automobile. No questions asked. Greedy Young Rooster. On a farm in Nova Scotia where chickens have a fine range, the family was astonished one day to see a half grown rooster trying to swallow a brown snake about IS Inches long. After many unsuccessful efforts he succeeded In getting down the wrig gling and live morsel, much to the jealousy of his brothers and sisters, and giving himself a terribly overload ed appearance. Mouse ana Cat Comrades. An Alberta reader of the Montreal Family Herald states that at her home In Yellow Head pass, B. C., she was sit ting one quiet afternoon, after putting down a saucer of milk, for her cat, when she saw a mouse slip out from behind tho stove ind drink at the saucer with the va\ until the milk was finished. They -teemed to bo on the best of ?-The-* Scrap Book HAVE MANY KINDS OF BELIEF Almost Every Denomination Would Seen i to Be Represented in Con gressional Membership. That the churches are well repre sented In both houses of congress is evidenced by a statemeut Issued by the board of temperance, prohibition and public morals of the Methodist Episcopal church, which recently made a survey and issued the following statement : Out of the total of 435 members of congress 24 are non-members, and church affiliation of 98 could not be ascertained. The following are the church affiliations: United Brethren, Mormon, Independ ent, Mennonite, Dutch Reformed, Evan gelical have one member each. There are two ?nlversalists. There are three members of the Quaker church and three of the Jewish church, five Uni tarians, ten Disciples, ten Lutherans, ? Christians, 18 Catholics, 23\Congre gationalists, 85 Episcopalians, 29 Bap tists, 56 Presbyterians and 99 Meth odists. In the senate the survey showed that out of a total of 96 senators the church affiliations nf 23 was unknown and only four were non-members. There was one Protestant Episcopal ian, one Christian. The Lutherans, Dutch Reformed, Unitarians and Mor mons all have two members each. There are six Catholics and six Bap tists, seven Congregationalists, ll Presbyterians, 12 Episcopalians and 17 Methodists. STARTING A FAD Mrs. Fussbody: If you must wear patched trousers while you're doing my work why don't you use patches that match? The Serving Mah: Oh, dear mel Didn't you notice? These pants are the very latest. It's the popular camouflage pattern, copied from the army motor lorries. ------ Shows Footprints of Dinosaurs. The department of geology at Monnt Holyoke college, in replacing collec tions lost by fire, bas obtained a slab of Connecticut valley sandstone on which are found fossilized mud cracks and ripple marks of bygone ages, and with them seven footprints made by giant dinosaurs. The slab is ' an un usually good specimen, as both sides have marks of geological interest It measures 12 by 6 feet The ripple marks were made In the ooze millions of years ago, when the region of the present Connecticut val ley was a large river bottom, occa sionally flooded. They are unusually distinct. The footprints show that at least two dinosaurs, one a big one, the oth er apparently Its young, roamed over the mud flats on their hind legs. The larger tracks are about 8 Inches long and the Indicated stride 4 or 5 feet African King's Curious Custom. In Central Africa is a little kingdom that has a ferocious king that has an old and curious custom of frightening his subjects, no matter whether they wish to speak to him or he to them. If one of his subjects wishes to in terview the king, the subject must cough three times and th? king will roar at him and try to frighten him away. If the subject is unafraid and repeat.4) his cough, he can gain audience with the king, but if he shows the least sign of fear and starts backward, che king follows him until the man Is off and away. Tom Cat "Adopted" Turkeys. An Alberta woman who owns a farm says that she had two turkeys hatched out late In the summer, by an old hen. The hen would have nothing to do with the chicks so she brought them up around the door yard. At night she covered the birds up but io the daytime they wandered at wIlL A young tom cat took a fancy to the little turkeys and it was a common sight to see Tom curled up in the tun shine with a turkey on either side of him. Lived Long With Broken Neck, A teu-year-old Walsall, Staffordshire, Eng., schoolboy went to school regu larly for five weeks with a broken neck. The lad, when in a hospital for treatment, made a slight movement which caused pressure on the spinal cord and Instant death. The surgeon said that the boy had been protected by nature's own 'method of contrac tion of the muscles. Ancient Legislative Body. It ls said that the "House of Keys" of the Isle of Man, which ls the Island's parliament Is the most an cient existing legislative body, as lt dates huey to many years before the NornuL conquest. The laws are still, promulgated ia thc Manx language, a J Variation of Gaelic. ? m. J?ow ?n Ihn Cb ?7 %1 Size 30 x 3 Fa 30 x 3% ' 30 x 3lA Cc 32 x 4 33 x 4M 33 x 5 HOW the cost of b level in history * to the stockhold? L AU inventories t 2. Increased mam < overhead 58%. f 3. Stiling costs rm Mr. Firestone state; advantageous buying fa 100% stockholding orga "Due credit mustb a smaller margin of pr owner." The saving through Firestone economy and ? . Mo1 ; .rn Indigestion Many persons, otherwise D vigorous 'and healthy, are Q bothered occasionally with jj Indigestion. The effects of a g disordered stomach on the Sf system are dangerous, and ?* prompt treatment of Indigos- D tion ls Important. "The only Q medicine I have needed has mm been something to aid digea- jj* tion and clean the liver," Q i writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a m* McKinney, Texas, farmer. ~f D "My medicine le S Thedford's S BLACK-DRAUGHT for Indigestion and stomach trouble of any kind. I have never found anything that touches the spot, like Black Draught I take lt In broken doses after meals. For a long time I tried pills, which grip* ed and didn't give the good results. Black-Draught liver medicine ls easy to take, easy to keep, Inexpensive." i Gflt a package from your druggist today-Ask for and Insist upon Thedford's-the only genuine. D Get lt today. EM Your Prescription Business We solicit a share of your prescrip tion business. Prescriptions compounded with utmost care and only fresh drugs used. Large assortment of Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Candy and Drug Sundries to select from. .COME IN TO SEE US Mitchell & Gantelou Pharmacy FOR SALE: 10,000,0.00 Porto Rico sweet potato and '.ed Beauty tomato plants $1.50 per 1000. Cab bage and Onion plants $1.00 per 1, 00C all f. o. b. Prompt shipment; large orders special price. foxing's ta B?SCWS-T .ULft THE COUGH. CITES THE LUNGS* istone Has Reduced ti of Tire Seroice bric < ?rd ?y Jan. 1921 Prices $18.75 22.50 35.75 56.55 67.00 81.50 Jan. 1922 Prices $ 9.85 11.65 17.50 32.40 42.85 52.15 Reduction 47% 48% 51% 43% 36% 36% u?ding quality tires has been brought down to tie lowest ras explained by H. S. Firestone, President of the Company, era at the annual meeting on December 15? 1921. ind commitments at or below the market. ifacturrng efficiency and volume production reduced factory j 1uced38%. 1, "This reduction in prices is made possible by our unusually ] crilities, and the enthusiasm, loyalty and determination of our ? niz?tion. I e given to Firestone dealers who are selling Firestone tires on ont. This brings every Firestone saving direct to the car* i i first cost plus the saving through high mileage doublet ' is daily adding new fame to tl}? Firestone principle of service-) Host Miles per Dollar ii i; 1 Wanted! Cross Ties PLUM BRANCH, S. C., February 6, 1922. SPECIFICATIONS:-QUALITY: Ali Ties shall be free from any defects that may impair their strength or durability. Ties shall not have sap wood more than two inches wide on top of tie between twenty and forty inches from the middle. All ties shall be straight, well manufactured, cut #quare at the ends, have top and bot tom parallel and have bark entirely removed. All Ties must be 8 feet and 6 inches long. White and Post Oak- .? Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Size 6x6 Size 6x7 Size 6x8 Size 7x8 Size 7x9 30c. 40c. 60c. 70c. , 80c. Your particular attention is called to the fact that a piece of timber must square the above sizes in order to make the grades, and that it will be more economical in getting all grade fives, if possible, and. by all means cut out ones and twos. Inspection will be made and cash paid as ties are hauled in and properly placed on Charleston & Western Caro lina Railway Company's Right-of-Way at Plum Branch, S. C. Prices subject to change without notice. R. M. WINjN Plum Branch, S. C. Lombard Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works and Mill Supply House AUGUSTA GEORGIA Cotton Oil, Gin, Saw, Gris:, Cane, I Shingle Mill, Machinery Supplies and Repairs, Shafting, Pulleys, Hsngera, Grate Bars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packmg Hose, etc Cast every day. GASOLINE AND KEROSENE ENGINES Pumping, Wood Sawing and Feed Grinding Outfits. WU Surely Sion Thal Couot NOTICE. All persons who have not paid their 1920 taxes will take notice that on April 15? I will be forced to sell all personaL property and real estate upon which the tax has notjbeen paid. All o^lmo^enis; should make paye ment to me for 1920 taxes by that time. W. R. SWEARINGEN, Sheriff. " J. STBYRD V Dental Surgeon Officn Orer Store of Quartos St Timmerman Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 yjfTCOO BILIOUSNESS - ?381 TSRS AND KIDNEYS