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WATER REDUCES BACTMiA COUNT Investigators Show How the Moisture in Paris Sub way Cut Down Germs. MO l STL' UK decreases t tic num ber of bacteria In t ho air enormously. French ?<?! i: lists counting microbes 1 the air be fore and after a rainstorm In Paris have found wide variations in llie totals. In a cubic meter of air gathered uj: iieir the Place CJIchy Messrs. A Sir tory and Marc Luuglais found :1,noii (terms oil a wet day at [> p. in and 16.000 at the same time on a dry day. Similarly In the Parts subway after the tracks had been sprinkled thor oughly only 410 bacteria were found to 'he cubic meter while two hours laier, when the tracks were dry. the Investigators discovered IIS.OOO. Taking advantage of such findings, officials of many communities are ad vocal. ng more generous sprinkling and in many Instances have applied calcium chloride to road surfaces to lay the dust. That chemical, which In Itself has high germicidal value, absorbs moisture as well as killing germs. Good Road Facts Henceforth, civilization can bp no bolter than Its highways. More than SI.wOii.ihkmmhi wa.s jjpctr in improving highways of the tnilm States Imt > r (lood roads are a fiiic tiling, but I is well to remember that tiny loir away from the farm as well as to it. All roads leading to the four gate ways o: Ycli'iwstoiie National pari* are repoitcd to be in excellent cond t Ion. The national parks, seven In tin United States and three in Canada are now linked together by improved highways. The Defense highway, shorteniin | the di stance between Washington am' j Annapolis. Md . by eight miles, will hi | completed this year. Twenty times around the world' Sticli, at any rate, is the distance American motorists could travel on their SOU, 000 miles of surfaced roods The Arizona highway depart men has taken consideration of the pede> trinn on the roadway and has nind< oilicial recommendation that ho wall on the left side. Minnesola hn<; li.a.oOi! miles of ;-nl lie ie:id:; of v. hlch ".'a n are truii! hiK'pvays ir-aled by special patro ma i ni . n. i lie; . on \ ! h there has beei expended daring \ ; :!s| five yjrs ? m.o,( t'O anauully . his state' l< large user of e..lcium cliloitde for * I ? : . ? laying a. el highway in iinteiiaiu e a Ra'-Iic... * . ;? -.g-.'s for Farmers to Make. To tlie I'M i tors and Bankers of South J t n r< lina : ? Now that the farmer is beginning to interpret the handwriting on the wrl!, r.l.=o to realize the penalties h' t w II nee ssarily follow if he con tinues in the old rut, he can clearly ' o Mint at least fi radical changes are '? <nt:ve, ns follows: 1. Economic soil building. 2. Variety standardization. 3. Community cooperation. 4. Better cultural methods and more judicious use of commercial fer tilizers. f>. Making mass selections for planting seed. 6. Maintaining higher standard? of purty of the planting seed by pre vent'ng gin mixing. The'-p problems entnil large pr' ventab'e losses. They are primrvily the problems that are directly up to the individual farmer and his com munity, more particularly under pre vailing conditions, when more good seed are being used than ever b?f >r The customary methods of ginning have contributed perhaps more to the rapid degen' racy of planting seeds than any other one unit factor. While our farmers have been pro ducing a ''drug on the market" our manufactures have been forced to buy their cotton elsewhere to secure a grade and staple that could jir.t ns well have been grown in South Carolina. The ginner's profit lies in the vol ume of bnles hn can turn out, not purity of the seeds, which latter is directly up to the farmer, to see he bas ways and means provided by ?which be can have bis cotton seeds returned 100 per cent pure. Under direction of The Agronomy Division of Clemson College, a Stat? Wide Campaign is now in progress to materially aid the farmer in help ing himself by insisting on methods of preventing gin mixing of planting seed, a subject in which every indi vidual cotton producer and communi ty should be vitnlly interested. ^ J AS. I,. CARBERY, Ext. Agronomist. Spartanburg, Juno 1, 192R. OIJR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS Kershaw High School Graduates The Kershaw High school issued certificates of graduation to the fol lowing pupils last week: Cecil Barfield, Frank Lowry Belk, Minnie Bell Bowers, Iva Lee Carson, Beulah Marjory Catoe, Ferris E. Catoe, Edna Mary Clyburn, Anna Mae Coats, Jean Reynolds Culvern, Frank L. Elder, Juanita Alma Faile, Frohn Ferguson, Mary Elsie Gardner, Fredda Elizabeth Gay, Mary Abigail Gregory, Mary Alyce Hilton, Virgie Mae Holden, Wilbur Horton, Nita Annebell Jones, Jaqueline Ivirklcy, James Thomas Mothtrshed, \\ illiam David McDowell, Rosalie McGuirt, Benjamin Andrew Neal, Mary Ruth Pace, Annie May Roberts, Margaret Elizabeth Seawell, William Ariel Shaw, Jr., Jessie Robert Truesdale, ; Mary Marie Truesdale, Mary Ruth Truesdale, llattie Welsh Jersiy Consignment fSale, At Green ville on June 14 I Grec nvilH, June 2. ? The annual eon si^nment sale of Jersey cows and heifers by the members of the South Carolina Jersey Breeders Association will be held in Greenville at the Camp Seviir site, on Thursday, Jun; 14, win n fi.-rty choice animals belonging to breeders over the state will bp effered for sale. These animals, says W. F. Howell, i f Lam-aster, secretary of the Jersey Association, were selected by a very discrimininating sales committee which was very careful to sekct only the very best individuals of approved breeding, and t lie cnttle offered are therefore very high class in every respect, being in many eases the best animals in the herds from whie'h they were selected, and all of them are from blood lines that are in popular demand today. This sale is being prompted by the Jersey breeders to encourage the dairy industry in gen eral and the breeding of Jerseys in particular, and the Jersey cows and heifers that art offered are animals that could not be bought privately from the owners. Greenville, through iis Chamber of Commerce and W. R. Gray, county farm agent, are making elaborate plans for the sale. The visiting Jer sey breeders will be given a banquet on Wedjr selay night before the sale. The officers of the State Jersey Breeders Association are: president, I)r. E. F. Bell, Spartanburg; vice president, H. T. Warner, Greenwood; s.cretary, W. F. Howell, Lancaster. Those desiting catalogues of the I sale should write to the president or i the secretary, i __ Sweet Potato Demand Good Ciemson College, May 20? Without any sweet potatoes available for at least a month, there has arisen the greatest demand for them known for I many a <la.^, writes T. B. Young, gen eral manager of tho Carolina Coop eratives Consolidated. "The reason for this", Mr. Young explains, "is that the demand, which was normal through the enrly part of the season, consumed every pota to that we could get ard although we are* searching North and South Caro lina and Virginia we have nothing to ! offer the hungry trade. Of course the cool weather and the short supply of greeiv^vegctables accounts for some of th'> demand for potatoes, luit the i facts are that for the past three or four years we have never had enough potatoes to last u; through the sea son. Even much uncured stock from banks has f<.und ready sale this spring." j Regarding prices Mr. Young state., ?that their sales of the 1920 crop brought an average of $l.ir> per bun hel package for cured No. 1 stock and that the 1927 crop, the business of ( which in now being closed up, will probably he a little bettor than that, lie gives the Wowing price averages received per package per year; 99 .cents in 1922; $1.85 In 1923; $2.07 in 1924; $2.15 in 1925; $1.15 in 192(5. As to future prospects Mr. Young says that he sees m> reason why un jdc-r present conelitions sweet potato growing properly handled should not prove profitable. But Mr. Young and the Extension Service of Olomson College lay stress on moderate acre age per farm, proper cultural methods to produce the maximum of No. 1 Rubers, and most of all proper hand of the marketable potatoes in curing houses. , FOR SALE. ? Mouse and lot on Fair street., formerly owned by John Hin ! son- I'rice reasonable. For terms etc., s<?e BURNEY HINSON. VALLEY FORGE PLANS TWO MEMORIALS TO HONOR HEROIC SOLDIERS OF 1778 Library and Non-Denommational Church Will Rise on Broad Acres Near Philadelphia ? Celebration Arranged for June to Mark 150th Year. VALLEY FOUGK. scene of the I Continental Army's martyrdom | and heroism in the depressing days of 1777 and 1778, nil', furnish the background for a great national ob servance of the 150i.li anniversary. Imposing memorials aro planned for the big cantonment outside of Phila delphia, chiefly a Washington Memo rial Library and a Washington Memo rial Church, non-denominational. Whllo the details for the celebration have not yet been announced, it Is j believed that they will be most com | fjrehenslve and picturesque, Including ! participation first- of all by the thir teen original states and then by all forty-eight states. The Washington memorials will rise on the site of the Zulich mansion, de stroyed last spring by fire. The Rev W. Herbert Burk, founder and rector of the Washington Memorial Chapel, has received assurances of gifts that will make the memorials possible. * Ills congregation has bought a site covering 15 acres for the buildings and an unidentified donor has promised funds for the Library, tlio cornerstone Should Spray Fruit Trees L. \V. Johnson, York county farm ag. nt, says: Indications point to a big crop this season and everyone should try to spray their fruit at least once or twice to make it sound and free from insects and fungous diseases. Just at this time a spray I of Dri-tonic Lime Sulphur would be J a great benefit to the peaches. This is a powdered form of lime-sulphur which merely has to be dissolved and applied at the rate of two pounds to fifty gallons of water for peaches. Friedheim Bros, have this in stock, which is economical and effective in preventing brown rot on peaches. P aches tr.at are wormy will drop off soon and should be picked up and destroyed until the dropping off ceases, or in large orchards where this is not practical either plow un- j dcr or otherwise destroy. If they ?re left on the ground, the worm in the peach will develop another cor culio and t.hero will be a second crop! of worms in the mature peach which is the most objectionable generation ' of worms. 'Die Dri-tonic spray is not difficult to handle and since it only has to l>e dissolved, anyone can use it.- The Kershaw Kra. paper is making an investment. It is a sure getter of trade. Some pro pie think they are advertising when they litter the streets with hand bills. How many people do you see carrying handbills along as compared with t>h< se who carry newspapers under their arms ? MATTRESSES ltKNOV A T E I > I will make regular trips to Cam den for the purpose of renovating mattresses about every two weeks. I make standard mattresses and will renovate your old mattresses at reas onable prices. All of my work is ab solutely guaranteeel. Orders may he left at The Messenger office and I will call at your home and get the mattress and then deliver the same to you in first clas.t condition. W. L. RUSHINO, Unionville, N. C. Washington's Headquarters and Memorial Arch at Valley Forge. The Walk Approaching the Arch Has Deen Chemically Treated. for which will bo laid Juno 10, lOL'V as tho closing feature of the Sosqul < Yntennial observance. History only will have a place en the library shelve:'. Kach state will Ik' r< presented by works dealing wi'h the history of that state and the li brarv will have, therefore, IS alcoves Valley Forue continues to bo the renter of interest of thousands aatl thousands of visitors from every see tion of the country, as well as from abroad. Railroads and automobile bus com panics regularly run excursions to thi famous old shrine of patriotism and on Sundays and holidays even the broad acres of Valley Forge are tax"d for space by the huge throngs, in addition many visitors travel by pri vale motor cars over the excellent roads, kept in splendid condition bv the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All roads to Valley Forge run through a landscape of remarkable beauty, artists agree, and these roads aro treated, as necessity arises, with chemicals, especially calcium chloride, to lay the dust. Only 32 miles from Philadelphia, tho shrine has long been one of the favor ite objectives for daily excursions for Philadeiphlans, as well as for visitors to that city who have combined the Valley Forge trip with a tour of othei places of historic Interest, such as Independence Hall, tho IJetsy Ilos^ House and o'Ser relics of the Revolu tion. That Interest Is expected to be stlm ulated by the forthcoming celebration Hens Say It With Eggs. Clcmson College, May 2(5. ? An av erage income over feed cost of $45.9."> per flock is reports d to hte poultry division here by poultry demonstra tors for April, 14H farm fiocks aver aging 130 liens being included in tV? report. The average number of eggs laid per hen in these flocks was 17.8, which is (50 per ccnt, a good average for April. The reports show that 1'ced costs per dozen eggs during the month were 20.3 cents and that the average price received was 25.8 cents per dozen ?>?gs, or $.">2.1 1 per flock of 130 hens. This income from eggs was supple mented by an income from fowls of $34.94, making $X7.(>5 for the income per flock, from which the average feed cost of $41.10 being subtracted leaves $45.95 profit over feed cost. Fifteen commercial flocks of 500 or more hens averaged 10.8 eggs per hen in April at a feed cost of IS cents per doz' n, the report shows. Seaboard Airr Line Railway Is iivs At tractive ,New Folder on Wriglits ville Beach, Virginia fleach and Tidewater, Virginia. Distribution of an attractive new, illustrated folder just issued hy the Seaboard on Wrightsville Beach and other beaches in North Carolina, Vir ginia B ach and points of historic bi tterest in Tidewater Virginia is being made by Mr. C. W. Small, Division I Passenger Agent of the Seaboard Air ' Line Railway at Columbia, S. (I. ! "With vacations near at hand, we are having many calls for this new folder," said Mr. Small, ''as it gives much interesting and valuable infor 1 mation and shows n list of hotels with both daily and weekly rates. Though Wrightsville B' ach and Vir ginia Bench are featured, because of their diversified amusements and un usually attractive surroundings, and 'hunting, fishing and golf opportuni ties are described and historic Cape Henry, Norfolk-Portsmouth, Ocean View, Old Point Comfort, Newport News, Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, etc., are included with many I illustrations and much information of I interest to prospective visitors." Short Course at Wintf\rop for Rural Wumcii and (lirls. The State staff of the Home Dem onstration Departnnnt in a confer ence recently completed plan.- for Che Annual Short Course for rural women and girls, to be held at Win throp College, June Sth to the l."?th. ( Through the personal efforts of Dr. D. 13. Johnson, with the help ot J the State Council of Farm Women, I the Short Course ha- been madi pos- J sible. Due to a lack of funds, it was ' not held last year, for the fir*t time ! in many yeai*. This uim<uiuc? nient j will bi' received throughout tin- S;atc? | with great rcj-.'ning. a- 1 1 1 . ? State Short Course at Wiiithiop is looked ' forward to by both women and girls for months in advance, as the big event of the year. All are an.\i> us to att'. nd, and consequently eagi rly *om p!y with all requirements in orde.* to avail themselves of t!ii., splendid op portunity of a week's study at Win thr< p College. Til" theme of the Short Ci-nrse this ' year centers around the health of the , homemaker. A splendid progtam of lectures, demonstration-, and labor atory worlj has bout planned. In ad- ! iitioii, time will be given to recreat ion, swimming, and various forms of entertainment, wit!: Chapel each] day. A similar but separa*. pro cram is planned for the girl who wil j attend. j On the la-t two days the Annual j meeting of the Slate Council oi Farm i \V. men will be In 1J. .Mrs. M. W. Me- I Klmurry, of lieech 1-lan.i, the pre-i dent, presiding. A splendid .iri^ram for this Meeting is being planm d. Out of-Stnto Speakers and Instruct ors who will assist with the Short C< urse are: Dr. Louise S'anley, Chief of Mi r.ureau of Home Kco i:omies. \\ a-hington, D. C., Miss l.uc Marvin Adams, of Atlanta < la., form eily of ih ? National V. \V. <'. A., and Dr. Maud Presley, of Charlotte, N. C. Six members from the women Home Demonstration Clubs an 1 si\ from tin girls' -1-11 Clubs are given this -plendid opportunity, an. I ever> County should have its quota there. In those Counties where there i- no Home Demonstration Agent, the Farm Agent or Superintendent of K:iucatioon has been asked to sehct -ix women and six girls to att -n 1 thP Sho^t Course, at whieh tin orly expense will be rail road faro and $1. for handwork materials. Sand Hill Home Demonstration CI Has Good Meeting The Sand Hill Homo Domonstrat Club wa> honored on last Tuosd by having Mrs. Dora Doo Walk iiit'iv al't\ etionateiy known by } fronds a< '"Mother" Walkec, t founder of Homo Demonstration wo in South Caorlina, as a visitor a worker. The Club had a splem ativiuiaf.ee, twenty-four nu-mbe present, and with sueh an inspiratli s wa k.mu by "Mother" Walkt ,.ioi.^ with ti.i help a:;,i eooperati* if Miss liur^i--. 1\< : haw Coun I H nil'!:.-', i ;it :oii anent. uitieh w 11 .h eompIiaJi I. Plans ato heir.;: "ia< to transform the old Sand Hill seho h u-e into a lovely Com munity Hous ?. n on Sunday. .June when l'>i she of the north and south Georgia 001 !' ?? renoo of the Methodist ehurcl p ft aehe> the hai/ealaim ate sermoi The i .v'iv; es will be held in the uni wi-ity auditorium. Ain.thi-r lValur< of iho commence! ijh ul siast n t h i < year will hr thl ..iwmui ivuniot:.-. mi Monday. .1 vi 11 o ?'f w'.csi classes whose numeral i n<I in i ? it and three. 1>i. (itmclruh Cl \\ ! . i t r , iKa"i of the Collc^o of Art! \\ . 1!. lleam hamp. pre>i,!in>j office* ami Si'ii 1K-' will 1 >c- the orator <>1* thq day. 'l'hi Kershaw l'.ra. I (iood I'cach Prospect John ('. Jenkins, local peach growoj, who nas.:i fine orchard sur rounding hi< home. reports that the ro is a huge crop of poaches on his in cs and ihat the other orchards in the vicinity on farms near Ker shaw art well laden also with fruit. This means that we will he able to buy our peaches at home this year, which will effect a saving of both time and the < xtra expense attached to the shipped-in peaches. Mr. Jen kins states that he expects to sell peaches at his garage and at his or* < hard when they begin to ripen. ? Tho is.i rshaw Kra. Man Wanted to run MvN'^s Basin:'** in lv rshaw county. No experience needed. Must have ear ? can make $7, $10 daily? no lay off ? 110 bosses ? chance of a lifetime. Use our capital to start. Write FURST AND THOMAS, Dept. .1, L. t?, Fr< e p> rl, III. TRAVEL BY train THE MOST RELIABLE THE SAFEST THE MOST COMFORTABLE POPFI.A It ICX( TRKION TO ASH ICY' I IXIC, N. ( . A(('()l'NT RIIODODICNDRON FICSTIV Al, SATURDAY. JI NK 2, I92K VIA SOI TIIKUN R All, WAV SYSTKM Round trip fans: ('AMD K N $l..r>0 ( 'oluinbin .... <1.$$ Uancastor <1.00 Propor! ionately excursion fares fro mall other points. Fxcinsion tickets void for all trains Saturday, June 2. Return limit : (iiod on all train* to rearh original starting point hy mid night, Thur day. Jure 7, IH28. RIIODODICNDRON FICSTIV A I, WHKK as/Ii;vii,m:, junk .1 -?> See Ml. Pisgah and Mt. Miteh<ll at height of their seasonal gorgeous splendor. Kxcursion tickets also sold daily, .hinc I to 5 inclusive, one fare and a half round trip. Final limit June 12, 192K. A RARIC AND A PP IC A 1,1 NC OPPORTUNITY For further information apply to Ticket Ag<nts an<l for illua tralive booklets call on: \V. IC. McUFIC. MR. W. C. WALK ICR MR. R. S. ItltO^, Div. Pavs. ,\?ent C. |?. K T. A. hist. Pass Affe..? Colnmhia, S. ('. Charleston, S. C Augusta, (?a. I