The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, June 05, 1928, Image 5
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
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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.
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