The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, August 22, 1917, Image 4
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Uol . ... oUiaHTtU WOOD
Chestnut Timber Not in Its First
Years of Life Still Available
for Many Purposes. .
i Blighted chestnut timber resists
decay as well as timber from healthy
trees, and barked dead wood is milch
more durable than unpeeled live
wood, so far as a three-year test will
determine, according to the forest
service. The blight is otherwise
Jcnown as the chestnut-tree bark distalso.
In 1913 poles, ties and posts
out from blight-killed, blight-infect
od and healthy chestnut trees were
carefully tagged and placed in position.
A recent annual inspection of
the experiments determined that all
of the material was in good condition
except for deterioration of sapwood
and knots. The sapwood of
chestnut is not durable, and that on
ties and on butts of poles and posts
nnd on unbarked posts is now mostly
decayed. Round posts cut from
small limby trees suffer early decay
in the knots, which carry the decay
into the post and thus weaken it.
The chestnut durability experiments
to date indicate that blightkilled
or infected trees yield timber
just as durable as that from healthy
trees. In fact, a piece from a seasoned
dead tree is more durable
than an unbarked piece from a live
tree. No one should therefore hesitate
to use timber from blight-killed
or infected trees for purposes for
which chestnut is suitable and durability
is a consideration.
HORRORS!
"Why did you quit your last
job?"
''I couldn't stand de strain. It
was weedin' a patch o' watermelons,
* an' dere was soapberries an' scrub
oaks growin' all-around."
BRITAIN PREPARING AIRPLANES.
Rear Admiral Peary, U. S. N., is
responsible for a very remarkable
statement concerning preparations
in n.urope lor' extending the sco]>c
and power of aerial warfare.
"Development of the airplane will
mean a revolution in travel and com.merce
as it has meant in "war," Hear
Admiral Peary said. "In France
there are said to be more men in
the aviation service than are in the
army of the United States, and in
Great Britain more than in our
navy. Germany is said to have 10,000
airplanes. Great Britain is preparing
for an aviation army of 100,000
men with a fleet of 20,000 airplanes.
The time is near when the
air service will be more important
than the army and navy combined.
It is the belief of many statesmen
that the decision in the great war
may come in the air."
INEXPERTNESS.
"What picturesque variations you
have introduced into your dancing!"
"I am entitled to no credit," re__
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pnea miss vjayenne. "What you call
variations were the efforts of my
partner and myself to quit stepping
on each other's feet."
THE REASON.
Weary?Do you know why this is
such a hard world ?
Walker?Yes. Because all the soft
places are occupied.
NO PAVING.
Bill?And her father would not
pave the way for her wedding.
Jill?Sure. He refused to furnish
the rocks.
THE PE8SIMI8T.
Flatbush?Do you believe that
love makes the world go round ?
Bensonhurst?Sure, 'round to the
divorce court.
UNDECIDED.
"Is your husband going south
with you?"
"I haven't decided whether to ask
him or not"
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MAY BE OF VALUE TO ARMY
8mall Motorcycle, Operated at Small
Expense, Expected to Be Adopted
by War Department.
Some interesting experiments
were made recently by Capt. Prank
E. Evans of the United States Marine
corps with a view toward establishing
the practicability of a small
motorcycle recently designed by a
well-known inventor.
A private, equipped in heavy
marching order, tried out the machine,
says Popular Science Monthly.
He had had no previous experience
with, automobiles or motorcycles,
yet his success in operating
it has led to the belief that it would
he a welcome addition to the fighting
equipment of our soldiers.
The machine will carry as much
as 300 pounds and attain a speed of
25 miles an hour, although its
weight is but 50 pounds. It takes
hills easily. Private Davia, who
tried it out, found no difficulty in
ascending a 14-degree incline.
The machine is so small that it
will turn around corners without
danger. It is also so light that it
may be lifted over any ordinary obstacle.
One of the tests consisted
in riding it up to a four-foot fence,
stopping the engine, and lifting the
machine orer the fence, all of which
was done with very little delay.
The dimensions of the little machine
are 48 inches by 9 inches by
18 inches. It is small enough to be
a plaything. Yet it will carry 300
pounds for 50 miles at an operating
expense of ten cents.
SPACE AND MATTER
"One body cannot occupy more
than one place at the same time."
"Huh! Did you ever see a fat
woman in a street car ?"
HEAT COST MAKES ICE HIGHER.
The high cost of keeping warm
has had a direct effect on the cost
of keeping cool, the Philadelphia
Ledger says. In other words, it was
announced by one of the largest ice
companies in the city that its price
on ice would be jumped ten cents a
hundred pounds to the consumer.
The abnormal price of coal, it is
said, has been one of the principal
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lacwiB reisponsiuie ior.tnis increase.
Fifty cents a hundred pounds instead
of 40 cents will be charged by
this company for ice delivered to the
consumer.
It is quite likely that the price of
ice will he raised by almost every
company in the city. This is the
}K?rsonal belief of an ice company
official. '"We have been struggling
along, barely making ends meet," he
declared. "Our profits have been
eaten up by coal prices."
EXPERT OPINION.
"Do you think it a waste of time
to say 'pleaVe' over the telephone?"
"Not any more a waste of time
than half the other conversation that
goes over the wire," replied the
cynical operator.
DEFERRED.
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Mrs. Knicker?Have you a reference
from your last place?
Bridget?No, mum ; Oi haven't
gotten the place yet.
NO MORE DODGING.
J ouch?Motor cars are very dangerous.
Williams?That's the reason I'm
going to buy one.
SPICE OF LIFE.
tCT-W _ ? . .
nave you mucn vanoty in you*
hoarding house?"
"We have three different names
for t he meals/'
FORTUNE'8 FAVORITES
She?Cholly says he can't get a
girl to marry him.
He?Now isn't that just fool's
luck! ^
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The Business Farmer's Calendar:
Five Things to Do This Week s
Buy a grain drill for the fall d
seeding. If you haven't suffi- i
cient acreage to purchase a drill a
for vour own use. go in with v
your neighbors and get one. n
Drills are of too great value in s
increasing yields for us to be c
without them. 1
2. If lime is to be used on _
any of the fall crops or the pas- s
ture, now is a good time to order b
it, thus making sure that it will
be on hand when needed.
3, Will vou have a fall gar- c
den or a weed patch? This t
question must be answered right v
away now. c
4. Don't let any weeds go to '
seed anywhere on the farm.
Now is a good time to cut close- I
ly those in the fence corners, on c
the ditch batiks, around stumps s
and in other out-of the-way s
places.
5. Plan for a big fall grain a
acreage, and order seeds and t
fertilizers early.?Progressive t
Farmer.
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The Laziest Farmer \
"While traveling through Ala- t
bama a young salesman was one ?
day forced to dine at a farm ?
house. Not being very well s
satisfied with his meal of corn
bread and bacon, he asked if he t
might have a glass of milk: c
"'No,' replied his host, 'Ah (
don't reckon you'll find any miik r
around here since the dog died.'
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amce me aog aieu.-'' echoed 1
the stranger. 'What's that got c
to do with it?' . I
" 'Why,' replied the farmer, i
'who do vou reckon's aoin' to go i
an' fetch the cow?' " <
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A high grade preparatory school designed to give
the best training to boys and girls of this section of |H
the State. The students who have gone out frora ^Hj
this institution prove the quality of the work done.
A strong, clean, moral atmosphere pervades this
school community, and makes it easier to begin Christian
living and service.
Excellent Literary, Music, and Bus incss courses of I
fered. Prepares for college entrance without exami*
nation. Tuition very reasonable, and board at twelve
dollars per month. Manv students do light house- j^H
keeping at very little cost. Literary societies are do
ing fine work. Enter the first day and give us a trialThe
Fall Terms opens August 21, 1917, For cata- flfl
log address
J. G. CARROLL, Principal, I
Wingate, N. C.
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23 Billions??! Ci niellos wore
moked in the United States
uring 1916: 7 billions more than
n 1915. Putting our population
it 100 millions, and omitting
tromen and children, this total
[leans that every boy and man
moked 62 1-2 boxes each of
igarettes during 1916. And yet
lov^ many thousands of us
lever smoke a cigarette. So the
dual total for each cigarette
moker must be nearly 100
njA.es a year:
Jane Addams was crossing the
cean once and, having been ill
lerself, started to sympathize
vith an Iiishman in the second
'abin, who apparently was havng
a very active time.
Laying her hand gently on the
rishman's shoulder, Miss Adams
:ried; "I am very sorry you are
o ill, my good man. Your
tomach is only weak, that's all."
"Wake stummick nawthin',"
inswtred the Irshman. "Oi'm
hrowin' as fur as any man on
his side the ship, mum."
A young fellow from the
:ountrv called on Henry Ford in
lis workshop, the other day, and
he manufacturer, not knowing
?xactly what to show him, pick
:d up a powerful magnet and
;aid:
"That magnet will draw three
jounds of iron from a distance
)f two feet. There is no natural
>bject on the earth that has
nore power."
"I dunno about that, Mr.
<ord," answered the young
xnintryman thoughtfully. "I
tnow a natural object, wrapped
n muslin and frills, that is draw!
ng me every Sunday evening
)ver 15 miles of plowed fields."
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