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ISix Killed When Tree Hit* Auto B Leaf. Mi"8? March school biidrei? *"<1 th? driver of an autotno- j bile conveying the children were hill- i led new here today when a burning pine tree beside the road fell upon tbo j I car Tw0 ,hll',,cn in th? rear sest | were thrown from the car and suiter- i ed broken leg*, and another escaped The driver, I>ave Dons, and his ? | daughter, Marie, were killed when ti.r tree fell ftcroes the front sent I of the auto, Nettie and Hattie Dots I |?nd another Miss Doss, nieces of i |the driver, and a 'Miss Misell iti the : | rear seat were burned to death. Two , boys suffered broken legs when ' thrown from the automobile and ft |girl escaped injury. I The fhjured were tuken to a Leaf j |hospital for medical attention. The giant pine, which caUght i fire from burning woods three days |ago gave way at the base just as the automobile approached, and felt, a burning mass, upon the automobile party. The bodiea were burned alI most beyond recognition. Afttr persons nrriving on -the scene had | extricated the bodies, they were I placed beside the road for identiflca tion. The children were all utder 16 years of age. The accident occurred |two and a half miles south of Leaf, j'- i * Plant Plenty of 8eed I Clemson College, March 28.?Too | few seed, poor stands, reduced yields. In advising farmers not to stint Bon planting seed, T. S. Buie, chief of the agronomy division, says that although the cost of planting seed ^presents but a stnqll tycfp jft tne total cost of tHe production of a cf6p, far too often a farmer will attempt to secure a good stand I from the use of two few seed. It is just as expensive, he reminds us, to cultivate and fertilise the crop where a poor stand exist* aa where B the stand is perfect. Under our present system of cotI ton culture, many surplus plants arc chopped out, and It m*y therefore I be inferred that fewer seed might be planted. This is not always the case, however, for often a thin seeding will cause a poor distribution of I seed, and the result is a pdor stand. In planting cotton with the ordi tiary planter M. Buie thinks that I not less than five pecks and prefeT able six or more pecks should be planted per acre. It should also be H remembered that the m^rower the ^ rows the more seed at* reqdired to plint an acre. ( * Argument f It ii easy to distinguish between an intelligent man and a darned fool who thinks he has brains. The intelligent man enjoys . dlsI cussion. The darned fool delights in argument. There is a great difference. ' In a discussion, the intelligent man I strives to make hia meaning clear I an otrives as hard to understand | t>le ot^er man's meaning. He wishes I to learn, to get at the truth, to dlsB Cover whether his established beliefs are wrong. In an argument the fool strives to win. He doesnt wish to uftderI *tand the other man; he deliberately | Pret nda to misunderstand, for thus B w ?>n ma^? t^5e other seem foolish. I He tries to rout th* other by means I of wit, loudness, insult. He likes to h?ve an audience before which to I" *me his opponent, de enjoys showB ing how clever he Is. I u H*8 an a,s?nothing else. He I nasn t had an original idea since ho B Z*v b?rn He haft MMy swallowed I ^her people's opinions whole. And ? caso is hopeless* for his ability to; B b?" a[gument8 'beeps him from realisI v he has $he ttlind of a B I!4'; child< belongs ,to that orte# pitlful arn>y of fools who are | constitutionally incapable of perceivI u.;! 1 1 ^Terence between superflcinl | and wisdom.?dfotinUin Inn Tri I Poppy-Garden I TJvA ROOM I ~ lib '-J" " I Refreahing ^iaT V0*' I I b at i ^ . B Women Attack Man Acquitted of Murder Columbiana, Ala., March 22.~TNvo Wd "0"*n, the mother and ?unt of Misa Louise Monteabsro, took he law into their own hand, todny a * frensied effort to bring Juatice to the man they thought was the irirl'a layer. * ' ^ a dramatic climax to the trial of Police Chief H. F. Hlnke of Calera, Ala., for the murder of the girl Mr?. Mabel Monteabafo, 4$, the girl'J mother, and Miss Cecil Tubb*. r.i, her aunt, leaped simultaneously 0n the officer with a piatol and a hunt lug knife just aa the foreihan of the Jury pronounced Bake not guilty 0f the crime. A wild ahot fired by Mix. Monteabaro burled itaelf in the wall above the jury box, Mias Tubbs then plunged the knife into Blake's neck, and the officer fell bafck into the jury box with blood streaming from the wounds. The apcetatora in the courtroom became panic atricken and fled for the doors. In the turmoil, Attorney General Charlie C. MoCall of Ala bama, who prosecuted Blake, slumped to the floor in a faint. Blake was taken hurriedly to a hospital where physicians said he was in "a very grave" condition. He was weakened from loss of blood and physicians aaid he may, in the ev^nt he recovers from the wound, lose the use of his left arm. The two women and A. H. Tubbs, their brother and uncle of Miss Monteab%ro, were arrested on charges assault with intent to murder. They were later taken to the Jeffer|on County jail at Birmingham "bepapse of prdw<*ed jail conditions at I Cqlqiubian?." Both women are widely known and highly respected in Shelby and Dallas counties, "Citizens of Selma, where they reside, said the attack evidently was the outcome of the intense grief under which they had labored and said they would meet any bond which might be set for them. Police and county officials refused to allow the women to be seen. Taking notice of the general excitement at Colurfrbifttia, Governor Graves in Montgomery offered to dispatch national guardsmen to forestall any possible disturbance, but outside aid was declined by acting Sheriff J. J. FaulknerAttorney General McCall, said he had asked Judge E. S. Lyman,~ who presided at .Blake's trial, to call a special session of the Shelby county, gtand jury to investigate the attack/ The charge of which Blake was acquitted was that he fired the shot that killed Miss Monteabaro as she rode alone in her automobile along the Montgomery highway last November 14. Testimony introduced by the state tended to show , that Blake and Officer W. D. Farmer, of ; Calera police department made "improper" rein ark 8 about the g{rl before she started her' auloHHp to Birmingham, and suspected her of having whisky in her possession. ??? ? Died of Injuries Florence, March 23.?Douglas Gardner, 18, who was brought to a Florence hospital Thursday of last week : with hia body practically severed by being caught in** circular saw died early Wednesday morning as a Result of his injuries. T^e accident occurred at a saw mitf near Lake City, Funeral services were held at the home in the Effingham section Thursday afternoon. Mr. Gardner was the son of Mr. and1 Mrs. W. V. Gardner, i who survive him with a sister, Mrs. Burt Hyman of Florence. . 1 Poison For Cutworm , tClemson -College, March 26,-Cutworms do much damage In early garden#, aaya Profiabr F. Sherman, entomologist, who gives the following formula for a standard poisoned halt to ^protect plants which are subject to damage. If tha quantity here suggested is more than needed, the amounts may be reduced lust so the ihgfediente ate kept in the same proportion. Wheat bran, 50 pounds;, Paris green, t pounds; Cringes or lemons, 6 fruits, chopped Ane peel and all. Mix the materials thoroughly and bring to the consistency of * thick dopgh by adding km-grade molasaes with ^uome : water if neceSaary. This Cutworms are the caterpillar-stage oi ' nlghL?gying tabtbs, and these moths often ddme to bright lights in aapeciaJfr if iat# aft*** and fit early fall. Most of the cutniJpjGr&JzfJz wings, and are dull gray or brown ^V?g tfr the \Ipofh takes place fe the r aott. ~ . ~~v ,L - ?? - iL'i i & .? EASTER SHOPPERS' DIREC TORY I EASTER N OV E LTI EJ$ | A very wide and highly attractive as- j || aortment of Easter greeting cards and I | novelties are here awaiting your selec- I 11 tion. I || Send your E&ster greetings early! j I FISCHERS 5,10, AND 25c STORE I II EASTER CLE ANERS || j j I If you don't feel as though you care 11 || to buy a new outfit for Easter?why not || || have your old things restored just like !; ij; new? || || You really don't need to buy new || 11 things if you have your laundry, cleaning i 11 and dyeing done here. Telephone 17. 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