The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, September 28, 1932, Image 7
This Week
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' France Look* Ahead ,
Snake tod Spider
Sharp-Shooting, New
? The Restless' Philippine^
Berlin 'says Prance Is arranging to
tend one hundred mlllloi# yen. Jap*
anese money, ,to the new ^'republic" of
Manchukuo, where pi Chinese puppet
governs In the Interest of Japan,
Japan would guarantee the* .loan.
Germans believe that Prance considers
It important to help Japan establish
a strong position on the southern
boundaries of Russian Siberia.
The French, are wise in war matters
and able to look ahead.
Tragic happenings In St. Charles,
111. Scientists watched a ten-Inch gar
ter snake held prtsoner in the web of
a black spider. The spider wrapped
its silken ropes, much stronger In pro
portion to size than any steel cable
made by man, around the snake's head.
For 24 days, the snake, alive, strug
gled vainly to escape.
The spider, apparently not strong
enough to kill the snake, dally wrapped
more spider web around it.
Kind "cruelty to animals" sympa
thizers protested and the snako was
freed.
Science said the spider was entitled
to prove what he could do. It was a
small male spider of the Interesting
kind that, according to Fabre, French
naturalist, enjoys a dangerouB honey
moon. The female usually kills and
devours him when the honeymoon is
over, and sometimes before It starts.
A new kind of sharp-shooting Is de
veloped, more Important to this coun
try's safety than anything else, not
excepting sentimental peace talk.
Lieut E. W. O'Cpnnor, army air
corps, establishes a world's record for
consecutive lilts with bombs from a
height of 5.000 feet. He aimed elgl'it
bombs at a small circle on the ground.
Seven reached the mark : the eighth
fell Just outside the circle.
One flykr, with one helper, In a
bombing plane costing .less than $100,
000, shooting as well as that, could
have destroyed seven battleships,
costing $50,000,000 each, destroying
also their crews.
Spain, now building up an "armada
of the air," shows her Intelligence.
She will find that more useful than
the old floating armada sent against
England and Elizabeth.
Our patriotic fellow Americans in
the Philippines seem uncertain as to
their desires. Recently they have been
telling us they would separate from
the United .States entirely, to be free
and Independent... Then It occurred
to some that If they did that they
would not be able to send sugar and
other products here without paying
duty; also that they would Have no
body to build roads and public schools
for them.
Now Gulllermo Capadocla, from the
Island of Negros, says: "We want
to run the Americans out of the Philip
pines." Simultaneously, he, with five
hundred associates waving red flags,
carrying banners reading: "Long live
the Soviet republic I" demands a cash
dole, payable weekly. It Is a compli
cated situation there.
Campers near Elrama, Pa., digging
into a hillside, uncovered skeletons of
human beings that lived in America
thousands of years before the noble
rertman came, supposedly from Asia.
These earlier Americans, according to
scientists examining their skulls, had
more Intelligence than the Indlnns
that followed them. They were "doll
cocephallc," which means "long head
ed," and their skull bone was thin,
which Indicates that they had been
thinking for a long time. Rut their
Jaws were heavy and primitive, show
ing lack of bnlonre.
Invaders from Asia, probably better
fighters, wiped them out,
I
If your boy is "going out" for ath
letic honors In his high school, prepar
atory school or college, determined to
"make" this team or that, you will be
Interested In. an Insurance survey
which shows that college men live
long, but the athletes among them do
not come up to the general average.
He who uses up his heart in early
youth with unnaturally violent exer
? else will not have a good heart to car
ry him through the later years. "Mod
eration in everything." Ton can't use
up your heart, and have it.
The British are wlnft. flandhl, whose
sincerity enables him to rule the mlndi
of millions In India, says to the Brit
ish, **I shall starve myself to death If
yon don't do so and so." Wise Britain
replies, "You must decide about that
bat yoti will not starVe to depth In
onr prison." The British tell OaVidhl
that he tuny leave prison and fast of
starve at his leisure somewhere else.
The wise man knows wheri to give
way.
The learned t?rofessor parwln, now
eighty -two years old. son of the great
Darwin, says our cfvlllxatlon is going
to pieces fcooh, If we do not breiVd s
better race of white folks. The fclnd
produced is about ready to go tfbwfc
ward, as other civilizations have done
-before as. What Ve need, according
to Darwin, Is More tfons and daugh
ters with intelligent fathers and moth
ers, in place of thft present p)un, 1
which leaves most breeding to the
?1o classes.**
Syndicate, Ida
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Many Good Points
for Trench Silos
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Invaluable Farm Accessory
Easy to Construct, and
Lasting;?
Br .JOHN A. ARVT, Dairy Extension 'Spa
clallat, North Carolina 8tata Col
? VlTNU Service.
While do definite experimental work
has been done In testing the trench
silo In North Carolina, Indications are
that this type of silo may be useful
because of the economy In construc
tion and the need for more sllos along
with increasing dairy development in
the state. , N
The trench silo is being used by itn
Increasing number of Georgia, Missis
sippl and South Carolina farmers. I*
has (ong been used in the western
states and has proven very satisfac
tory. I believe the type has a wide
adaptation In this state, especially
among owners of small herds. Every
farmer keeping a few dairy cattle
needs a silo of some kind, for the rea
son that about 30 per cent of the feed
Is lost when harvested and fed dry.
Using a silo eliminates this loss.
Four advantages of the trench silo
may be listed. First, It costs little
to construct. The roof and the labor
for digging are the main Items of ex
pense. The average cost of construct
ing 15 such sllos In South Carolina
during 1930 was 95 cents a ton capac
ity.' On this basis It would cost $28.50
to construct a 30-ton silo which would
hold enough silage for eight to ten
cows.
The second advantage Is that the
trench silo Is easily constructed. The
labor and tools generally found on the
farm may be used. Third, It Is easy to
fill. The vertical filling equipment Is
not needed. Finally. th? trench silo
cannot blow down, regardless of size.
Special Treatment of
Fence Posts Advisable
Cutting fence posts In the \voods and
placing them In .the ground a few
days later, without barking or curing
them, constitutes a great waste both
of posts and labor. Posts should be
cut several months before they are
set, and It Is especially Important that
the bark be removed.
The life of a fence post Is, of course,
Influenced by a number of other fac
tors besides those mentioned, such as
the amount of heartwood and snp
wood It contains, the rate at which
it has grown, the kind of soli In which
it Is set. The most durable woods are
osage orange, white oak, mulberry, red
cedar and black locust. When these
woods are barked and properly cured,
they. will last from 20 to 30 years un
der ordinary conditions. Quicker
growing and softer woods, after being
cured, should be treated with creosote.
When this is thoroughly done, they
will last as long as harder woods.
A fence post from which the bark
has not been removed holds the mois
ture which Is absorbs In rainy sea
sons, thus making conditions favor
able for bacterial and fungus growth.
Moisture held between the bark and
the wood furnishes an Ideal place for
the growth of wood-destroying fungi
and Insects that shorten the life of
the post. ? Wallace's Farmer.
Bean Beetles Common
Ohio has been experiencing severe
attacks In gardens this year from the
Mexican bean beetle, .which Is a cop
per-colored Insect about one-fourth
Inch long and with 16 spots. This
southern visitor which has become
common In Ohio only In recent years
may be controlled by spraying with
calcium arsenate at the rate of one
pound of the arsenate and two pounds
of hydrated lime In 50 gallons of wa
ter, says the Ohio Farmer. The same
poisons may be dusted before bean
pods form on the plants.
Barium fluoslllcate sold under vari
ous trade names is recommended by
Reveral experiment stations. The in
sects feed on the tissues of the under
side of the bean leaf, and hence It Is
essential that the leaves be sprayed
or dusted thoroughly to get the poison
material on the lower side of the leaf.
Fall Planting *
Several readers ask whether rasp
berries and other brambles may be Ret
In fall. This Is practical, and often
more convenient than In spring. After
the leaves have dropped In fall, a plant
Is In condition to set. The earth may
be made very firm around the roots
when setting, which is good advice
with regard to the handling of most
herbaceous plants and trees. One .dis
advantage In fall setting Is that In
very windy places they may bo racked
around In winter before getting a root
hold. Firming the earth around the
roots helps avoid this. Cutting back
as much as the top* will stand also
gives less surface for the wind to
Work on. A forkful of manure scat-,
tered around on the surface Is use
ful, both as mulch and for fertility.?
Rural New Yorker.
Lespedeza Coming North
Korean ltapedeaa Is pushing Its way
notth Into Indiana. Thk common kind
Is reseedlng Itself as far north as In
dianapolis, and the korean as far north
as the Michigan line. This legume, hhs
tts chief value as a pasture crop on
acid soils that are (insulted to Clovers
and hlfnlfa. It Is' neither a substitute
for, nor competitor with, clovers, al
falfa,, or soybeans as far as hay pro
duction or fert!^*y improvement are
concerned, according to Hoard's Dalrf?
man.
'?'v.'-.: ? T":~
Penalty of Succe??
"Success ; knows .no eight-hour
law." : ? ? ? ? '
William C^Puraqt, the automobile
magnate, was speaking on success
at a Klwanjs picnic In. Boston.
"Yes," be went on, ''"success,* Ukp
failure, has Its penalties. ,The Sin-,
'nlcksons, for lnfctajice, ran a small'
boarding house, Wavd villa, a#Oceai\
. City lasfyear, and th61r success was"
very great. One ahernoon .when Mr!
Slnnlckson came home from the fish
market .Mrs. Slnnlckson said to blm:
?"I've rented .the qoalbln to okl
Jake Hodge; Joe. The rest of the
season you?lt have to Sleep In the
chlckenhouse. I'm sure you won't
mind, the chickens.' "
A1 borrowed cat catcheB no mice. J
muMLU'W'*;- . w . v ?
3n|ttl|'i Artificial Leg
[ There Is a seagull hobbling about
at SaultSte., Marie, Mlcb., with the
onljr artificial leg Jn the gull family,
as far as It 'Is. known. Dr. D. B.
Allen, Sault veterinarian, performe<l
the operation . after the gull had
.been' brought to him with a broken
'leg,. Alphonse Scozzafave, a shoe
maker, fashioned a leather socket
and Doctor Allen fitted a chicken
bone as an artificial leg.
By These Preaente ?
"Some one says love is a fcift and
marriage is a token."
. "That bo% Then I suppose divorce
is a souvenir."? 'Boston Transcript.
It is sometimes easier to borrow
money than it is to pay it back.
? City Hall Comedy
Stranger ? Where kin I get ft mar- 1
riage license?
Attendant ? I hate to tell ye. ?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Calibration"
By. the calibration of an instru
ment is meant the checking or cor
recting of the scale readings of the
Instrument. ?
Mental and Sentimental
Barbara ? Isn't Muriel suffering
from mental trouble?
Loretta ? No, from sentimental
trouble. ? The Pathfinder.
It is a great deal of trouble to be
openly unorthodox.
Explaining the Sign
i Near Cleveland, Ohio, a man no
ticed a store with a neatly painted
sign on the front window reading:
"We dress all our own poultry." JJe
low this sign In the window were
displayed summer dresses, hosiery
and other women's apparel. The
mystery was solved when It was
discovered that a meat store had
Just moved out and dress shop hud
Just moved In. ?
Delving Into Unknown
"What Is a psychic bid?"
"Ordering hash In a strange
boarding house."
If xme could hear what people say
behind his back, he would know how
to behave.
to PROPERTY OWNERS
TODAY a tetter came to my desk that
deeply impressed me. It was written
by a woman ? the mother in a, typical
American family. Her little home had
been saved from foreclosure by a coat of
new paint, for which a part of their meager
sayings had been paid.
Those few gallons of . fresh paint had so
revived the appearance and enhanced the
value of the property that the mortgagee
' had consented to renew the loan . . . and
the little home was saved.
I could not help thinking of the thousands
of homes and buildings that are shabby
and unattractive today due to several years
of neglected painting; of the millions of
home owners who, because of reduced
incomes and enforced economy, have been
obliged to sacrifice painting for taxes, in
terest, assessments, to say nothing of food,
clothing, heat and other essentials of com
fort and health.
You have seen these paint-starved houses
and buildings, as have I. They are every
where about you. Perhaps your home is
included. :
Do you understand what they signify? Do
you realize what will happen to wood or
metal that is literally naked of paint if these
houses and buildings face the attack of
another season of rain, snow, ice, and frost?
Never in the history of our country has
the situation been paralleled. Property
owners face an added burden of expense
amounting to millions of dollars for repairs
and replacements next spring.
And the crisis, in my opinion, will be
reached this coming winteSwhen paint of four,
five, and even six years exposure to the
weather will be unable to resist the elements
?when bacjly weathered wood and m^tal
will be easy prey for rot, rust and decay.
Today the big question facing thousands of
property owners is plain. It is "paint or
pay . " Either you tnust invest a little this fall
in new paint or you must take the risk of
paying many times the cost of paint to
repair the damage done by rot, rust and
decay this winter.
Even at the sacrifice of other things, have
your house or buildings completely
repainted now. No investment you can
make will pay better dividends. And nothing
you can buy will make you and your family
feel so uplifted and cheerful.
If you cannot arrange to do a complete repaint
ing job now, at least give the badly weathered
places a coat or two of protecting paint .
Look especially, to the window sills, thresh
. olds, outdoor porches and steps; the joints
of porch railings and palings; the bases of
pillars; the edges of eaves; the roof; the
gutters and down spouts. These are the vital
spots where water lodges ? where ice and
frost settle ? where rot and rust attack first.
A few dollars' worth of good paint, applied
now, will protect these vital spots ? will tide
you over this crucial winter. And it will
probably save you a much greater expense
for repairs fctnd replacements next spring
and summer. ?
Unier existing conditions, you may be
tenlpted to buy a cheap paint because of
its low price. I hope you will not make
this costly mistake.
Even on sound lumber, inferior paint is a
poor bargain. But on weathered wood,
which is very porous, such paint is worse
than useless. It gives you a false feeling of
security and leaves you without protection.
Prices of well-known, established brands
of paint are now the lowest in fifteen years.
Enough good, dependable paint can be
purchased for afew dollars to protect all the
badly weathered surfaces on your building.
Again I repeat, do a complete job this fall
if you can. But at least do the vital exposed
places before it is "too late"
Prttidtnt
TUB SH BR WIN -WILLIAMS CO.
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This message to the property owners of America is spon
sored by the following paint manufacturers and their dealers:
ACME WHITE LEAD AND COLOR WORKS
DETROIT WHITE LEAD WORKS
W. W. LAWRtNCE & CO.
LINCOLN PAINT & COLOR CO.
THE LOWE BROTHERS CO.
JOHN LUCAS & CO., INC.
THE MARTIN ^SENOVR CO.
PENINSULAR PAINT ? VARNISH CO.
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.
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