VELVET BEANS Th* Best and Surest Summer Legume for South Carolina-Great for Feed and Fertility, Says N. E. Win ter?, Extension Agronomist. Clemspn College, April 25.-Ot the great variety of legumes which may be grown in South Carolina for feed, pasture, and soil improvement, velvet beans probably head the list for the following reasons: They make a fairly good growth on the poorest land in the South. They make a bigger growth than almost any other legume. Because of their growth they take a largo amount of nitrogen from the air; and when plowed under or pas tured off and all residue and manuro incorporated with the soil, most of this nitrogen and large amounts of or 1 gantie matter are added to the soil. I Every ton of growth may add to the soil from 25 to 30 pounds of expon ' sive nitrogen. They will mnke moro milk and meat i per acre as a pasture next fall and winter than anything farmers can plant this spring. I Last, hut not least, when planted-ln corn they help to check that "Fodder : pallin' disease," an antiquated and ex pensive method of making feed. Varieties. Probably thc best varieties for Routh Carolina are the Early Speckled or Ninotv Day, and the Osceola. Thu ' former matures in about 120 days and tho latter in about 1G0 days. The Os- I toola makes a larger growth of vino and foliage and larger pods than tho Karly Speckled; but as lt needs about .10 days longer period, it is not so well adapted to tile upper part of the state. ; The Early Epocklod matures any where in South Carolina, Livestock usually eat tho Early Speckled more readily than the Osceola, although they like both. Method of Planting. Vol vol beans make more seed and bettor pasture if they have a trellis to , run on, and corn ls the most profit able trellis. Most velvet bean grow ers plant them in tholr corn, in alter-1 nate rows with the corn, using corn j rows 6 1-2 to 7 foet wide. If the length I of season permits, it ls a good plan to plant the beans from 20 to 30 days j after the corn, which permits tho corn to make more growth before tho beans begin to entwine around lt, and results in the corn standing up better at harvest time. Another method adapted to tho up per part of the state especially ls to lay off all rows about four foot apart and plant every third row to velvet beans with corn In the two rows be tween T-hls ls especially advisable where ? heans are planted at tho same time ns the corn, ns it takes longer for tho vi mw to cover the corn and usually leave: a better opening between the two cora rows In which one may walk In gathering tho corn. Amount of Seed Per Acre. Farmers are using from one to two pecks of seed per acre for planting in corn, planting from 12 to 24 inches apart In the drill. If planted alone in rows, about one bushel of seed per acre Ir required, or about six pocks broadcast. Effect on Corn Crop. The first year the beans may re duce tho yield of corn about two bush els (about the same reduction as pull ing fodder causes) ; but the next year following n crop of velvet beans tho yield of corn is likely to be increased about 33 per cent, and cotton about 25 j percent. On poor soil the Increases are often more than this. Fertilization and Inoculation. It is usual ^o fertilizo the corn aa you otherwise'would and let the volvot beans use what the corn doesn't got. Some farmers ineroaso the amount of their corn fertilizer for the benefit of tho velvet beans. It ls never neces sary, however, to Increase the amount of ammonia in tho fertilizer for vel vet heans. Velvet benns use the same Inocula tion as cowpeas, peanuts, and lespo doza or Japan clover, hence inocula tion is practically never necessary, as our soils aro already Inoculated for them. Velvet Beans-Good Business. Velvet beans are the safest and surest summer legume for South Caro-1 Una, and wo are not going to be the prosperous state that Cod Intended i until every cornfield In South Carolina ls wrapped up in velvet beans evory j year. In most of our soils nitrogen is tho limiting element In crop production. It is also the most expensive part of the fertilizer that we buy. Nearly thirty million dollars was spent in 1020 by the South Carolina farmers for nitrogen; yet It Is estimated that ono square mlle of the air contains enough nltrogon to supply the wholo world for fifty years for crop produc tion. There are 85,000 tons of nitro gen In tho air above evory acre just j walting to be pulled down and made available for growing crops by using j volvot heans and other legumes in tho ( rotation. Humus, the very foundation of soil j fortuity, Is also the crying need of our soils. Velvet beans will help ns much or more than any other crop In building up the supply of humus In the soil. Tho marketing problem will bo well on tho road to solution when growers are willing to cooperate with their notghbors instead of competing with them. Dc wea realize that your county I agent is one of tho most valuablf assets to your county? Subscribe for Tho Courlor. (Iles?.) POSTMA?TJBRSHIPS ARE REINO ' -j Considered by President and Iii? Ad viser?-Muy Rescind Wilson Order. Washington, April 20.-President Harding to-day tackled the problem of po8tma8torshlps throughout the country, their removal and appoint ment on a basis that would make for efficiency instead of political In efficiency, i Postmaster General Will Hays talked at length with the Persldont about the executive order issued by | President Wilson whereby postmas ters were placed under civil service rulos. There has been much mis understanding about tho 'Republican desire to remove that order. It has boen called a return to the "spoils" system. Mr. Harding ls unwilling to have that menning attached to the plans of his administration In respect to postmasters. Ho does mean, how ever, to see to lt that all postmasters shall bo appointed on a merit system. Although no definite announcement cnn be made as yet, lt looks as if the administration policy would bo some what ns follows: First. Revocation of the Wilson executive order whereby only ono man was eligible for appoint mont out of a group of applicants who had passed an examination. Second. Substitution of an execu tive order putting all postmasters under civil service rules and requir ing examination, but permitting ap pointment from any one of the top I li reo on tho eligible list. Third. Recommendation lo Con gress thal legislation be enacted to make tho system permanent, so that every time a new President is elect ed the post olllce system shall not bo subject to the whims of executive or ders, but that the responsibility for changes shall lie with Congress as a whole. In support of the Harding plan, the argument ls made that many of tho postmasters appointed under tho Wilson administrai ion were placed ! in the civil service classification j without examination, and that lt is uot fair to permit the Democrats to remain In olllce without taking their chances in an open examination. It is insisted that both Republicans and Democrats who passed their exam!- ! nations under the Wilson executive order will not be disturbed. The now arrangement would apply only to postmasters who hold their jobs by political appointment and who never wore obliged to pass any examina tions. Of course there are objections to tho examination system on (he ground that a school teacher could answer the questions asked on an examination paper more readily than most applicants with executive abil ity and little book loro. Put Post master General Hays insists that the examinations will cover executive talents, and, indeed, the selections will bo based on organizing ability rather than mere book knowledge. The Postmaster ?General is heart ily in favor of the merit system be cause he thinks it is the only way to put the post office department on an ellicient basis. He is full of enthusi asm about tho future and realizes the responsibility of his task. He therefore ls urging President Hard ing lo make it possible for postmas ters to be selected on an elficioncy basis so that an improvement In thc entire mall service may result. lt is probable that Mr. Harding will accept the advice of Will Hays and put all the postmasters under ' civil service rules and require ex ? mutilations of all incumbent post masters who got. their jolis through politics. The new Postmaster General also has the full support of Mr. Harding in tho plan to humanize the post ' 'lice department. There aro many places throughout the country where' the conditions under which clerks are working are conducive to bad j health. Mr. Hays declares the gov ernment should keep pace with pro-' grosslvo employers, who are spend ing large sums of money for social welfare. Ile has called a conference euee of tho heads of the employees' organizations and will begin to-mor row a careful study of the whole sub ject. All (ho energy and Industry which Will Hays exhibited as chair man of inc Republican National cam-j pnign seems to havo been transfer-: red to the post Office department. Ho is alivo with now plnns and now j schemes for efllcienc.,. lt will not he his fault If tho country before long does not find an improvement in the mall service. j Railroad TltllOS. I (Brooklyn lOngie.) Passenger "I wonder if my watch is right. Would you tell mo tho time?" j Conductor--"OnA-Fifty-Kight!." J ; Passenger-"Thanks; I have two to two, too!" Nw Quinine That Does Not ?ffest the Head necnuneof Its tonic niul lnxntive effect, I.AXA TlVIt BROMO Q?ININB ls l>cUer than ordinary Quinine mid doc? ?ot cnusc ncrvouMttl nor ringing In henri. Remember the full name and look for the signature ol li. W. OKOVBi 3Uc. A Seeker Who Found ?jj By REV. H. OSTROM, D. D. Extension Department, Moody || Bible Instit ute, Chicago. TEXT-A man read EsalaB the prophet. -ActB 8:27, 2?. Here Is a mun who wants to know. Here ls a genuine inquirer. He Is not -I caught In the cur Srent of careless ness, as If he did dread Its results. Tills Ethiopian ls defying und deny ing Him would he lu make war ho tween lils own attributes. Such n thing ls Impossible, But this man Ss rending the righi kind of literature. Reading thu theories of unbelievers, viewing vile pictures, and hearing "shady" songs represents no favorable ground on which lo lind u Holy Hod Thal cull of Hod a fier the first man "Adam where url thou?" suggests thal man should answer to Hod for bis at titude. livery man ls responsible foi bellin an earnest inquirer after God Admitting must give place to inqulr lng. Such a man may expect to sight bj faith, Jesus Christ as Savior. Now He has been all tho while revealed li that very chapter from which the mai was rending, but he did not see Hin with the eyes of his heart. Whei .Phillp made the word clear to bira then he had no further need to Inqulr "of whom?" Ile was where fnltl could easily root and fruit. Bein there, lt ls little wonder that he ask for the charlot to stop that he may b baptized. He has it all settled nov thut the person "of whom" the propbt wrote ls none other than our sncr flclal and donth-?onquerlng Jesus. The change has been quick. Nc he ls rending but not seeing, again h ls accepting and proving. Like a ma looking nt a field and seeing broa acres ; but, now with a drill he strike oil, and that field, that very same Heb contains his fortune. We do not se him take time to turn to another pa of t)u> roll nor do we see him haugh Hy lay the roll aside. Ile ls, we thin looking still nt that very same selc lion-so short is the time.-and 1 sees Jesus. After nil He Was the: revealed, and not obscured. Many man has lost his pen behind his ov ear. Is lt there. All he needs is find li. So ibis man discovers Jesi in the Bible. The charlot surges some awkwardness, moving over tl uneven way, but THE WORD fits an where when a soul ls inquiring. Mi have boon saved on shipboard, barns, In forests, In graveyards. > mountains and plains. There ls : geography mentioned In the Invita'tlc You can bo saved where you now ni One says, "I am In the meshes bad habits." Well, God will beor honest Inquirer from there. Just lot look, look to Jesus from where y nre. Men snv, "Wc are Infidels, uni Hovers, agnostics." Well, God \\ take you from there. There is no rectlon given ns to the starting pla AH have sinned, nnd sinners con saved by accepting Jesus. Start fri anywhere?. Start from where you ni are. If you will accept Jesus, you ci not overtax His power to save. R' Hons of people say that they were s' prised with salvation. They had i expected it five minutes before tl: were sure they lind lt. They wi thinking of the long list of refor they must work out first. But one lc to Jesus, the surprise was theirs. A lt was everlasting lifo ? Something gain ! *. Whatever may have caused this m to be interested in what" he was re: lng, he lind struck a portion of Sci ture which gave him to see the er of Christ, and who could see tl without being surprised? No man < see that with the eyes of his heart ii not be saved. He sees that what 'needs cannot he bought or traded; ls n gift. "The gift of God Is eter: life." The place where he rend t about the lamb being led to the slnu ter; lt had tho word "humiliation" it too. That is lt, lt ls Jesus, r Jesus for him, What n discovery! There ls the price paid, and there nothing more to pny ; so he takes i gift of salvation. Phillp knew well how to help t man. Ile gives forth not the slight uncertain note about prophecy, i does he appeal In his own argume born of his own opinions to the in How ninny who read this will ti Isaiah's prophecy, chapter flfty-thi and read lt? But if you do read lt. \ you cast aside theorizing nb "who knows" or "how cnn this I and Just look to see who Is hero forth, and why? When the chap uses the word "our" (for the time lng) lei the word "my" be inserted Its place; how can you fall to see h your Savior? Talk about d Iscover I Finding n continent! Discovering musician or an artist ! When you li seen Jems here in Ills Word, you hi discovered riches of grace. And lt free. Subscribe for Tho Courier. (Bc r I Som M I OHIO AUK AUTHENTIC 1 how many Ford Care and 1 how many have boon sold January . February . March. Total Productio Showing tlutt actual Halos f< Ford Curs and Trucks'. APRIL REQUISITION! estimated April output of tl THESE FACTS OLEAR much faster than mamifacti storks, which are now bcitl| polled to wait, for their Gum plus of orders will prevent IF YOU WOULD EH H should place your order HOT Piedn WALHALLA, ? CLOUDLESS SKY POURS RED-HOT Metal Over in Georgia-.Meteors Ex plode With Terrill?; Force. Pitts, Ga., April 20.-Meteors of the aerolite type that traveled through the air, apparently in a southwesterly direction, exploded with such violence close to the earth hero to-day that buildings were shaken. One negro, at work in the field where a six-pound piece of tho red hot metal struck, unearthed the fragment five feet below the surface and fifteen minutes after it fell it was too hot to handle. A shower of these aerolites fell near here. Many pieces wore picked from nn opon field into which most of 'her. toll, the largest being sent ; to Allanta for auulytdts. T r; explosion hore was heard for mil? . Fanners telephoned here to determin? the cause of tho explo sions. Tho nerolite, of vivid bright ness, was plainly seen In the cloud less sky, and its trail was visible for two minutes. - No One Reported Injured. Macon, Ga., April 20.-A meteor or a series of meteors passed over Middle and Southern Georgia about I) o'clock this morning, exploding and showering hot metal as heavy as iron, according to reports received here to-night. It was seen at Macon. It exploded over Cordele and Pitts, thc latter place some distance east of Cordele, and Albany, southwest of here. At Pitts, in Wilcox county, more than a dozen heavy explosions were heard, followed by a sharp cracking in tho air for several minutes, and red-hot metal, some pieces weighing as much as six pounds each, fell to the oarth, trailing black smoke. The sky was cloudless. The majority of the pieces fell In open fields, and so far as known to night no ono wns injured. People Par Away Mysteried. HawkinsvlUe, Ga., April 20.- Res idents here believed that an explo sion high over this city at fl o'clock this morning was an aeroplane, and that the machine and its pilot had been destroyed. Pulaski county was combed for wreckage, but nono was found, anl lt was not until reports of aerolites falling In Wilcox county, twenty miles south of hero to-night, that tho mystery was solved. Hall'sCatarrhMedicine Those who are in a "run down" con dition will notice that Catarrh bothers them much more Ullin when they are In good beni til. This fact proves that while Catarrh ls n local disease, it is greatly influenced by constitutional conditions. HALL'S CATARRH MKD?CINR is a Tonic and Blood Puri fier, and nets through the blood upon thc mucous surfaces of the body, thus reducing the Inflammation and restor ing normal conditions. All druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. KntertaJnment at Earle's (hove. A vory interesting program will he rendered at Karie's Grove school house on Friday night, April 2flth, ai S o'clock. Tbero will bo no ad mission chargo made. All will wc cordially welcomed and an earnest endeavor will he made to please and entertain all. Faculty Earle's Grovo School. THE UNIVERSAL CAR MOUHES from tho Fort! Factory at 1 [Yucks have been built each month sh tu rotuli customers in tho United Sta Produced. .2?,88'l . 35,305 .?1,88? n .127,071 Total Item 11 Sall >r tile first three months of 1021 exe? S already specify 107,71l> additional io Factory and Assembly (Mauls eonil ;IiV SHOW that the demand for Fori iring facilities to produce, and were i ; rapidly depleted, many more custon i. It. will he only a matter of weeks, anything like prompt deliveries, ll'III'] of having your Ford Cur or Tl'tli iv. Don't delay. Phone us or drop in . nont Moto? S. C. WESTI PHONE 34. L'S F OF POiSOX (?AS IX FUT HUE Wars to Ile Hellish Art-Inventor of Deadly ..Lewisite" Discusses lt. West Point, N. Y" April 21.-A plan for the protection of battleships at sou against an enemy's poisonous fumes by the installation of a "gas mask" for a whole ship was outlined in an address to ofllccrs and students of the military academy hore yester day by Prof. W. Leo Lewis, head of the chemistry department of North western University and inventor of the deadly gas, "Lewisite," perfected just as the World War closed. "We face the possibility in the naval warfare of the future of armor piercing toxic and tear sholls, smoko screens, toxic smoke clouds and in visible toxic fumes,** s'a I fl- Prof. Lew Is. "We also may confider in this connection parallel defensivo meas ures, such as a gas mask for a whole battleship. "Gas weapons capable of a much finer adaptation to purpose than ex plosive weapons will be. devised and the future will see worked out a great deal of scientific refinement in the development of gas weapons for all types of military operations. "Future battles will not be to the strong, but lo the superior Intelli gence. Warfare will become less a matter of brute strength and rela tive man-power, and more and more a matter of scientific acumen. Pat ties will be shorter and moro decis ive, and hence Innocent populations will suffer loss." Prof. Lewis declare) tlmt the pre vailing impression of the uncivilized and inhuman character of toxic gases as a military weapon is not well sub stantiated. "Tlie purpose of warfare is to break down the enemy's man-power as quickly as possible," ho said. "The three criteria by which the humane ness of any particular method might be judged are, first, the method to produce wide casualties; second, the per coin of deaths among the wounded, and, finally, the complete ness of recovery of the wounded. "The efficiency of toxic gas lo pro duce widespread casualties was am ply demonstrated in the last war. As to the lost of humaneness, the death rato from bullets and shrapnel wounds in the last was among the American soldiers was in round num bers 24 per cent, while the gas rate ran about two and one-half per cont. Thus n soldier wounded from gas has twelve limes tho chances of recovery over a soldier wounded from shrapnel, without the chance of permanent disfigurement." Oer ma ny Asks Harding's .Mediation. Herlin, April 21.-- The German government has formally asked (he President of tho United States to mediate in the reparations question. Tho note ombodving the request was forwarded Wednesday by Lorlng Dresel, ?he American commissioner in Herlin, to the S?ato Department in Washington. The note was signed by Chancellor Fahrenbach and Dr. Walter Simons, the foreign minister. wmm mm For Expectant Mother? USED BY THREE GENERATIONS Wirri poa BOOKLET ON MOTHIRHOOD ?MO TM BABY, rift URAoriiLD KLOULATQR CO,, Dm. s-u, ATLANTA, QA. bout r )c(roit. They show you Just iou .1 ninia ry 1, 1021, ami tes: Delivered to Retail Customers 57,208 o&ooa 87,221 cs. . . 207,0.12 ?oded production by 80,058 Cars ami Trucks, and the lined mils for only 00,0001 1 Automobiles ls growing t not for tho deniers' liini(e