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vT > TOLUME I, KUHB1B 100. SEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1912. TWIC1 A W1IK, |UI A YIAJL , LENT HERE EARLY IN YEAR OF 1913 Easter Sunday on March 23, Lent Opening February 1-.?Affects Wiifiinpsc ilUCiuv uc ? " ?Charleston Evening Post. The inauguration yesterday with the first Sunday of Advent a time of .special prayer and penitential works, suggests the fact that the season of Lent, to which that of Advent bears * similarity in respect of its observance, will come early next year, about as 1.. no? ho Ollirpd 11 llOn. its Llie jcaouu v^uii vu? ?z, , . with Easter Sunday falling on March 23. For only the fourth time since 1788, 125 years ago, Lent will begin this year as early as February 12. In all the periods of the 40 days of fasting and prayer by the church, Easter Sunday has never come earlier, ex * -t eept in 181S, when it. was ceieuraieu on March 22. Consequently the moon is being severely criticized by various business) people?by caterers, who furnish ice cream, cake, tea, punch and other accessories of social functions, by furniture houses that rent out chairs for 'balls and dances, by stationers who engrave invitations, 'by florists who " -'I * fl/vnroro rent potted palms ana sen cut JLiU W^i. o, j "by professional bandsmen and others who furnish music, by livery stable peepers and automobile men who hire out carriages and machines, by depart\ ment and nevelty stores who sell "favors," by employment agencies, who ""send in" extra cooks, footmen, waiters and maids, and by many others who are yielded a profit on the various happenings of what is called the "so -oial seeson." Owing the the early arrival of Lent, the "season" will be one of the shortest on record. I Charleston being very much of a church-going city, Lent is generally observed here. Easter frequently has fallen in the past as late as April 15 or April 7, and probably will hit in around so.-ne of these dates between 1914 and 2013. In the latter year, ac cording to the churcn aimanac, me 4iate again will be March 23. So those who suffer by a falling off of business this winter in consequence of the ?arly date need not look for a repetition of the situation during their lifetime, for it will not happen again for an even 100 years. In the past, Easter has come as1 early as March 23 in * 1788, 1845 and 1856. % The moon is responsible, and, ac cording to officials at the Federal nau- i tical almanac office at Washington! this responsibility for such changes \ dn dates is not borne by Luna, but | by another moon, called by thees offi-j cials "the ideal moon" and "the ec-' clestiastical moon." . I "Easter," one of these officials said, ! *"and with it, of course, the beginning of Lent, is a movable feast, and is fix-1 * ^ j y? ? I ed by the 'ideal moon' aaopieu uy mc-.churches hundreds of years ago, when they were attempting to settle upon a fixed date for Easter. There is very little difference between the true moon 1 and the 'ideal moon' in their phases. Sometimes the 'ideal moon,' or 'ecclesiastical moon' may just miss the true noon. It is a complicated astronomical subject, but it is safe to say that Easter comes 'on the first Sunday after the first full moon after March 21.'" In the early church, Easter was iden*: ?1 :-- J~~ T?ri+l-? tho Poccnvpr in LIU <11 1U UitLC llltu mv i uww?. V, , fact, the two festivals are identical in their root. After the Nicaean council of A. D. 325, Christians adopted the Jewish method of reckoning time by lunations, which are the movements of the moon. These lunations do iiot tally ?.i*V. ?V> ^ nf oi-trnnnmv rPhp T*fi V> 1 til mc iavt-5 acuuuviu;. suit i$' that Easter calculations are so extraordinarily difficult as to lead to occasional mistakes, such as that of 181S, when Easter was observed on the wrong day. >ew Books at the Library. The following books have come to the library recently: The Lady and Soda San (a sequel to the Lady of the Decoration)?Little. Red Pepper Burns, Strawberry Acres?Grace Kicnmona. Riders of the Purple Sage?Zane Grey. C?ase Firing?Mary Johnston. Knocking the Neighbors?George Ado. The Steering Wheel?Mason. The Upas Tree?Florence Barclay. i Corporal Cameron?Ralph Connor. Puck of Poows Hill?Kipling. Mrs. J. E. Norwood has given "The Lighted Way" by Opp mheim. A copy of the Absurdities of the Common Law has been presented to the library by the author, Williams Welch, of Washington, D. C. n \. nirkert Chanter. The D. A. Dickert Chapter, Children of the Confederac * 'ill meet Saturday afternoon at 4 01. k with Mrs. J. Y. McFall. Cornelia Mayer, Secretary. Wheeland >ews Little Mountain, Dec. 4.?Thanks giving was greatly enjoyed by all. \ Quite a number of young folks enjoyed the evening at the home of Mr. E. L. Sease on Thanksgiving. Among the amusements, was the guessing of names. The prizes were won by Miss Minnie Fulmer and Mr. Tom Sease. On Saturday night there was a "Cake Walk" at the home of Mr. P. D. Lindler. The cake was won by Mr. Author Arnold and Miss May Frick. Mr. Allen Bowers visited relatives in Lexington Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. John Metze and West Lindler are busy making shingles. Mr. Author Enlow and sister are attending the graded school at Little Mountain.' A little infant of Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman was buried at Little Mountain Wednesday A. M. Mrs. I. C. Xunnamaker and son, and Tom Sease, of Columbia, were pleas1ant visitors in this section last week, and the boys enjoyed a hunt on Thanksgiving. "The Rosary." At the present day when so many plays are being presented which deal with questionable sujects, it is a relief to turn to a drama which breathes purity and good fellowship and leads the way to a brighter view of life and humanity. Such a play is "The Rosary," written by Edward E. Rose, expressly for Messrs. Rowland and Clifford, ?aid produced by them. * The theme of the play concerns a onri a woman haDDilv married and surrounded with every .luxury that money and culture can secure. 'But the husband is an. unbeliever, an atheist, without faith of any kind. There is1 a jarring note in the household harmony, a personality at war 'with the peace and love of its members. No one notices this until a "friend of the husband comes, Father 'Kelly, a priest of the modern world 'with a deep insight into human rature "and a divine love for his fellowmen. And when stress1 and trouble come, 'when the home is wrecked and hus'band and wife are brought down to the depths of suffering agony, it is the priest's calm courage and faith that j saves them, drives away the clouds' of suspicion, doubt, mistrust , and brings them both into the sunlight of hope and love. This play will be the next attarction at the opera house with Mr. Harry 'Nelson in the role of Father Brian Kelly, the priest. National Corn Exposition School for' Boys. i A grea^ deal has been said and written regarding the National Corn Exposition School for Boys to be held in connection with the National Corn Exposition, Columbia, S. C., .Jan. 2S? February 8th. 1912, but there are probably many people who are not familiar with the details. The first question to consider is what is this school to be? It is to be a source of information and inspiration and at the same time an outing for the prize winning boys of the Boy's Corn j club of the entire South. An effort is being made to have every county in each Southern State send the two boy? making the best records. These wilN be properly cared for and well supervised in Columbia. Each day they will be divided into squads and given in struction by the experts' in charge of the exhibits from the different states. A pleasure trip to Charleston and a cruise around the points of interest at the city has be?n pl?)ned, thus giving . the boys an opportunity to see the historic place. At the close of the week's school, thr> boys will bp given iI diplomas or certificates showing that each boy has taken the work prescribed. On the last night of the school, the city of Columbia will give a banquet to all the boys attending, where the- toastmaster will be the boy holding the best record in the entire South. Here they will have an opportunity to meet boys fro mall the Southern States 'and many of the northern as well. They will study the exhibits of all the J slices represented, thus getting direct | information as to the products of i States. The problems being worked out by different experiment stations will be studied and the importance of each problem stressed. These are only a very few of the things the boys will1 get from this school. The inspiration given the boys here will be worth j fuliy as mucii as a years vvuit ju luc | ordinary school. The school will be conducted along semi-military lines-, members of the senior class of Clemson college acting as officers. The school will be under the direct charge of Mr. J. B. Hobdy, an experienced man from Alabama. A regular schedule will be made out and every boy expected to follow same. Details of this cchedule will be published later. Many of the counties in South Carolina have already arranged for the I two prize winning boys to attend this school. Those having notified this office are as follows: Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Cherokee, Chester,, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, | Greenville, Hampton, Horry, Laurens, Lee. Marlboro, Orangeburg, Oconee, Richland, Sumter, Union and Williamsburg. Other counties may have ar j ranged for the /?ys but have not reported to this office. In making the arrangements all that is neoessVy will be to obtain funds for transportation both ways from the county seat to Columbia and a fund of one dollar per day while the boys I are in Columbia. The boys will be required to bring blavznkets, towel?* etc. Rates from each county seat may be obtained by applying to Geo. H. Stephenson, Gen. Mgr. aPlmetto Bank Building, Columbia, S. C. As soon as arrangements are made the special agent in charge of boy's corn clubs, ciemson College, S. C., should be notified. Any further information regarding this schools may be had by writing the above agents. C. B. Hadden, Special Agent, j , Fifth National Corn Show. Columbia, December 5.?"An Invitation to American Farmers" is1 the title j of a handsomely illustrated folder just issued by the Southern railway, calling attention to the Fifth National Corn Exposition to be held at Columbia, January 27-February 8, 1913. A large' .number of these folders1 will be circulated among Northern and Western farmers and they will also be placed in the bands ofj farmers throughout the South. The folder not only sets out the attractions of the National Corn Exposition but gives interesting facts con - - I cerning the agricultural possiDilines j of the South which should appeal es- j pecially to farmers in other sections of the United States. In getting out this folder^the South-1 ern railway is1 aiming to cooperate for j 'the success of the National Corn Ex- j position at Columbia anu at the same j time to call attention to the South as I a corn country in the hope of attract- j ing desirable farm settlers to this sec'tion. Underpaid for Carrying MaiJ. Washington, D. C., Dec. 5.?That the ?:1 ? ~Qtotoo u rp nn railways ui uic l micu C4.*v ?.?I derpaid for carrying'the mail and that | despite this fact the postmaster gener- j al is not only seeking to have the | "present rates of pay reduced, but is i planning to force the railways to transport without any compensation whatsoever the enormous additional amount of mail matter expected to be offered by the public under the new parcels post to be inaugurated on i ?:tu* I January 1st, sucn service whijuuu) compensation to continue on the railways of the Southeast until 1916, are some of the startling statements "mvincingly set out in a pamphlet just issued by the committee 011 railway mail pay, representing 268 railways, or^rntin<r 214.27.") miles of line. The pamphlet shows that the railways receive a smaller rate for the < space on their passenger trains devoted to the mail service than they do for the space assigned to passengers or express. As every one knows that the passenger trains ervice of the American railway is less renumerative than the freight service this makes carrying the mail the poorest paid ser- J vice which the railways render, j' During the last twelve years the post office department has made great i reductions in the pay for railwry ! transportation, btu has not reduced total of its other expenditures or the proportion of such expenditures to its total revenues, all savings in the department's operation having been made I Miln-ouc | at Uie CAjJCnaC1 U1 UlC laiiuaja. Having repeatedly failed to get repress fro .mthfc post office department for either the unjust reductions in pay or the numerous' burdensome requirements made of them, the railways have determine/f to take their case directly to the people, feeling that when the facts are known the American people will not sanction the meth ? ?1- --1-"1 4-* f V?a nnc?t Otis wnicn LlltJ UiliUiciis U1 iu& puoi \jt. fice department have adopted to make a record of economy for themselves by unfair tratment of the railways, which render the one vital service of the mail system, that of transportaing the mails from one section of the country to another. Fooling the Hens. Owners of hens are frequently greatly annoyed by tbe persistent aeisire of -their fowls to set, in season and out, on eggs, stones or other objects to hand, but a western man has evolved a plan to circumvent the hen in this respect, says the New York Press. The cure consist of a cheap watch, with a loud and clear tick, inclosed in a case that is white and shaped like an egg. When one of the hens belong ing to this westerner manifests a desire to set out of season he gently places the bogus egg under her sheltering breast. The "egg" ticks cheerfully away, and soon the hen begins 'to evince signs of uneasiness and stirs the noisy egg around with her bill, thinking no doubt that it is already time for it to hatch. She becomes 'more and more uneasy as the noise continues, and soon, jumps off the nest I and runs about a while to cool off. | Soon, however, she returns to her self 'imposed t^sk. Matters gei worse ana worse; she wiggles about and cackles, ruffles her feathers and generally "shows distress. Finally, with a wild I'squawk, she abandons the nest for ( good and all, and the incubating fever : is broken completely. The westerner has found use for half a dozen of these noisy eggs, and he claims that they pay for them- j 6elves again and again during the year by holding hens to their business of laying and preventing them from wasting the golden hours in useless | 'incubating. | Others. A teacher in one of the primary grades of the public schools had noticed a striking platonic friendship that existed between Tommy and little Mary, two of her pupils. Tommy was a bright enough youngster, but he wasn't disposed to prose-1 cute his tudies with much energy, 'and his teacher s&id that unless he i stirred 'himself before the end of the year he. wouldn't be promoted. i "You must study harder," she told TT ! him, "or you won't pass, now wuuiu j you like to stay back in this class another year and have little Mary go ah^ad of you?" "Oh," said Tommy, "I guess there'll be other little Marys."?I^ondon Standard. School Tsese No Textbook. One public school in aKnsas City, which does not use text books nor + orr*ommur onri where nothing is ICdl/ll UiUlUUi ^ taught any pupil which will not have some practical use for the boy or girl later, is the Lathrop. Every subject studied begins' with something that has a bearing on aKnsas City, says the New York Herald. The Lathrop is intended for pupils who have failed in other schools. Children who are not book-minded learn about townships in arithmetic by figuring out what parts of the city were owned by early settlers. A ciass ?r, crpr>crrnnhv and history studies about the French and other settlers. The boys are building i nminiature an ex act representation of the first log ?abin. They will furnish it with relics , Jn the civic class, pupils are learning how the city is governed and will work into state and national affairs. | Lvery child has a bank account and deposits money very morning. Stamps ['are given, and when fifty cents1 has been saved an account is opened in the child's name in a downtown bank. | Manual training for boys and girls occupies half of each school day. An Avoirdupois Party. Time: Friday, December 6th, beginning at 4 o'clock. Plaee'The vacant store'in the McCc.ughrin block. By whom: The ladies of the Methodist church. What: Everybody come and see. At the , rate, there will be plenty to eat for the men. Larkin goods for the housekeepers, candy for the young folks, fancy articles of every kind for( everybody, and fun in superabundance, and a hearty welcome to every one. So, come and find out what an Avoirdupois Party really is. Advertising. "So you bought a gold brick and let r + V>o. on-c (rot <ltl /lVpr town." said the irate friend. "Honestly, I thought you knew better." '? "I'll tell you the truth," whispered "the 'barber. "Business was bad and I only paid four dollars for that brick. Now people come from all over town to kid me, and business looks good )iov a month or more. By that time I hope to have another little scheme."? Washington Herald. ill Sharkey's Beliali. ' Tom Sharkey, the ex-pugilist, runs a cafo in New York. He has a reputation tor frugality that is almost national. When the subway was being dug along Forty-second street a stranger, evidently from the deep woods, came along one day and contemplated the 'sight. In a jagged cavern 40 feet below the street level hundreds of'men were digging with picks and shovel, while steam drills puffed and steam scopps swung and mighty derricks creaked. The countryman turned to a citizen. "Mister," he said, "what are all them fellers diggin' for?" "Tom Sharkey lost a quarter!" said the native.?Saturday Evening Post. i A Warm Tribute. It was in a little country town in the west of England, says the Bristol Mirror, and Mr. Goodman, excellent citizen and kind hearted man, allowed himself to be chosen mayor for the fourth time. After the event he met Mr. Jones, one 01 111^ Wdl UlCOl. uu I mirers, who shook him heartily by the hand. "I'm right sorry, Mr Mayor," said the worthy man, "they've putten on you the trouble of officiating for another term, with all your many calls and worries of business; a far worse man would have suited us?but that 'was just the trouble. We couldn't find him?and it's my opinion as he ain't to be found."?Youth's Companion. Tarp of Seed Corn. It has come to the notice of the Sta. tion that from time to time in the spring on the number of farms in the State, there is a scarcity of good seed corn. The question of how to prevent I I such a deplorable condition then arises j and the usual advice given for meetI ing this poor seed corn situation is to I test the germinating power of each I ear. This is good advice when it does not become a yearly habit; but, the germination test is very discouraging unless the seed corn is gathered and dried early in the fall, thu^ causing the seed to retain full productiveness | which the germination test cannot 1 Vn I restore or even properiy revcai. .-w matter how carefully the seed corn may be tested in the spring, the best seed and the highest vitality cannot be had unless selection of mature seed that have all the vcharacteristics of a good yielding, acclimated variety 1 has begun in the fall and good care taken of it during the winter. < It has been demonstrated that the " ~c r>r\m rs)r?k<; will early tan use ui sccu ^ increase the acre yield of corn by sev- , eral bushels on practically all farms. The initial cost is slight and the racks can be used for a life, UfctfV"\vhen pro perly takan care of and stored away, when not in use. The sure way for the farmer to avoid using land and labor in plating, seed of reduced productiveness is by selecting seed early and caring for it. A small house G?uld be built on each farm so that all seed for spring planting could be kept therein. Such a house should be ana venuiatea ana so constructed as to be inaccessible to rats and mice. This could be done by inverting a common galvanized pan over the pillars. Then beginning about 2, or 3 feet from the wall a1 tier of shelves is built upward from the floor. These shelves are made preferably of slats instead of solid planks so as to allow of sufficient ventilation between the ears. About 6 inches from this tier another tier of slatted shelves is built and so on in pairs across the room. Two or three feet is left between each pair of tiers to permit a man with a basket to nass through, placing the ears on the shelves. The husked ears are placed on these shelves after selection in early fall, and will soon dry out, thus lessoning all danger of freezing and thereby loss of vitality of seed in spring. A cheaper initial cost can be had by stringing heavy wire 1 1-2 feet apart across from one side of)the building or in dry, well ventilated house on the farm and hanging the corn up to these wires by means of a double string. The ears are laid in the two strings of ears which are then crossed, another ear put on, and so on until the string is just about two feet from the floor when tied to the overhead wire. This method permits of perfect ventilation between the ears but the weight of the undried com sometimes breafcp the wire or pulls it out from its fastenings. Another method in common use is$o use the upright wires of an old electrically welded wire fence. The diagonal wires are cut off short enough,to roach about 1-2 the-length of ear, and. ihe ears of com are stuck on these diagonal wires, tips upward. Usually these wires are bent upward at a. slight angle to give firmer support for the ear. These wires should be hung on a supporting wire as in case of the strings. When the building in which they are stored is proof against rodents, these wires can be hung on nails from the cross pieces. Any on? of these methods insures the farmer against moldy, diseased corn and against seed of low vitality caused by alternate freezing and heating. F. H. Jeter, Asst. to Director. "" ) JOHJi T. DOCAJi LOSES CASE AGAINST WIFE Columbia, Dec. 3.?That John T. Duncan shall pay Louise T. Luncan, his wife, $1,409.17 as amount due on note and rents, was the order of the (supreme court handed down today, dismissing the appeal of Duncan from * tlxe circuit court. Mrs. Duncan brought suit in Greenwood county for the money she claim- ' ed that Duncan owed her for on a note she held against him and for rents which she claimed Duncan collected. on property Deiongmg 10 ner. She became separated from Duncan and brought suit for the recovery . of the money. The circuit court granted her. a verdict, but Duncan appealed to the supreme court, who sustained the decision in favor of the estranged wife. THE 0>LY "REAL GOVERNOR." Gilchrist, of Florida, Says so Himself?He's Not Carried. Richmond, Va., Dec. 3.?Governor Gilchrist, of Florida, is the only "real governor" in the Union. He said so himself today. "If there is a man here who is the real governor of his State, whose wife does not rule instead o? he," announced Mayor Ainslee, of Richmond, in welcoming delegates to the governor's conference in session r*o 11 on him tn stand nn and be :ounted." Governor Gilchrist, amid cheers and laughter, arose and vas fcounted? alone. He is unmarried. r - - ?? 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