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ifork Started OnTree Belt the Middle West there is a dr> ! Iveral hundred miles wide and * *Uni? for 1.300 miles southward Clf portions of North end South ^ Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma \mvx?< which has tout from 20 to annual rainfall. Theaa ,', ?ilh a total area of 450,000,Sire, are by nature ?reele?a to a extent. Their original, forest ' of approximately 06,000,000 has been cut to about 36,000,? I at* of trees together with iim.al cultivation has caused a JLtly lowered water table. Lack fie and grass roots has permitted fine ?oil to be wasted away by ind and rain. > . To reclaim this region President -Lvelt has issued an executive orJTllooating $16,000,000 to start the Lk of establishing a great tree liter belt, It will be 100 miles in uth and will extend the entire 1,300 ' le8 across the heart of the prairie uteB to '.he Texas Panhandle. The jory behind the project is that the )tce 0f the winds which sweep across w region will be broken, leaving the ne soil undisturbed. Instead of piping olT most of the precipitation ill be retained. Experiments of the orest Service With test strips of planted 600 feet apart have bown that between the strips the ntporation is reduced aft least 80 per lBt, wind velocity from 20 to 30 per .nt'and at least three inches more uter is retained. At present government agents are Bsy selecting the land to be used and n securing leases and options prefatory to starting several thousand irmers to wof-k at once plowing and therwise preparing for commencelent of the actual planting next pring. Collection of seed and estabsbraent of additional nurseries will Ijo be important part of the early ork. The project will be in full ting by 1936 and will toe completed d about 10 years at a total estimated $ of $75,000,000. As much as 90 er cent of this will go directly to the irmers for labor such as plowing, kilting, cultivating, and fencing. The plan will affect some 65,000,000 (res of land although the actual forded area will cover only one and a ?!f million acres since the trees are obese: in strips about 125 feet wide t intervals of about a mile. This gves the land between the strips ree for farming purposes as the pwrnment will secure title to only k actual reforested areas.?The Ithfinder. )il Gains Cotton's Crown In Texas Steady growth of the consumption nd production of oil during "the auimobile age" has finally dethroned king" cotton from the state of Texas ind put in its place "king" oil as the fading crop of the largest state in he union, it is pointed out in the nrrent T. S. Hose review. "Much has been done for the benet of the cotton farmers of Texas rith the hearty approval of the ma?rity of the citizens of the country," ays the review, "but the many helpil measures to the oil industry rhich the National Administration ? sponsored have been criticized in Jme quarters as an aid to monopoly, his is due to lack of understanding ! the nature of oil, which is a crop ut as cotton is, and anything which (nefits value as a commodity helps >*ny more people than it would in fe case of many of our other basic Jmmodities.?Christian Science Mon?r. Mark Arle of Champaign, 111., at andalia. Okla., broke 197 clay pig>ns out of a total of 200 and thus *ame the champion of champions 1 this line of sport. Paul Earle of tarr. S. C., came next by breaking M out of a possible 200. He ran his rst 1 Oo shots without a miss. America's Old-Time ; Spirit-Where Is It? f Throughout the world the governl ing forces seem to bo turning to dicl tatoriul powers. i Democracy may have to take a seat k far in the rear. > iSlavery of mind and body may be i faced in many countries of the world - by future generations. Not the slave. ry of the whip and lash, but enslavei ment that crushes the spirit and de' stroys all hope of freedom. , Italy has shackled the press. Germany?hae?cam out the Jews. And trials have been behind closed doors, exacting the death # penalty, giving out no names. The murder of Chancellor Dollfu&s of Austria indicates the intentions of the Nazis. They are determined to align Austria and Germany?the same combination that faced the nations in 1914. Let us hope that the suppression of this revolutionary spirit will be permanently maintained. 'Russia is under Communistio jrdles which are more rigid and exacting than some forms of slavery. The average citizen has no voice whatsoever; he is merely part of a huge human machine and must obey orders. England and her colonies are still trying to follow democratic principles, but th6y are facing many difficulties in trying to retain these governmental ideals. And in this country, supposed to bo the home of liberty where, it is maintained, free man can develop in accordance with individual ability, shall the democratic principles which have builded a nation of such colossal power be restricted and hampered as in the various countries in Europe? Where is the patriotic fire and fervor of pioneer days? Where is the old time American spirit which we have read so much about? It is largely noticeable because of its absence. In the past we were noted for our courage. The American pioneers were brave"men. They were fighters. On. frequent occasions they had to face emergencies where their lives were at stake. They often had to work in the fields with their rifles at their sides. If we go back two or three generations, we find that the hours of labor in farming districts began at daylight and sometimes continued offer dark. Farm workers toiled sixteen hours or more daily. Today we comI plain about eight hours. Gradually life is being made easier for us. Hard work is no longer considered necessary. And there can be no criticism whatever of this tendency to make life more pleasurable, provided leisure time is used prohtahly. , But we well know t?he popularity 01 many forms of dissipation, and what we call idle time is often worse than wasted. We cannot evade the selfevident truth that is the struggle in life that builds strength. It is the victories we win in combating emergencies which develop self-confidence and power. When we make life too easy we not only become soft and fragile in body, but we lose mental and moral courage. We frequently view with nonchalance costly governmental mistakes, great outstanding evils. In the De#1"" ning of our national life there would have been a hoarse cry of rage from every citizen at deviations from ,governraental rectitude, but today our people? often feel hopeless and hapless when facing these conditions. They are frequently afraid or mdiiferent, and are even inclined to keep their views might have to suffer personal inconvenience if they expressed them too freely. Unless we can find some method of reviving the old-time American fighting spirit we might as well discard dreams of future national greatness.?Bernard McFadden, in Liberty Magazine. The government of Ireland has banned the importation bf pneumatic tires. Draws Curious In Great Numbers Chances are you won't see many timid people around Four-Mile House on the Old State Head north of Charleston, just' cast of U. S. 17. \ In the shadows deepening into night, ghosts may stalk-spectators of ill-fated travelers who had put up for the night and been robbed and murdered. At that time, some years before the first trains on the first rail* road of America were running in sight of the h^use, the wholo peninsula known a^ "The Neck" was infested with white desperadoes who knew no bounds. People avoided it after nightfall because of its unbridled lawlessness. Wagoners and other travelers who found it necessary to pass this way kept rifles and pistols cocked. The most notorious of the dreaded outlaws' haunts was Four-Mile House, kept by John and Lavinia Fishor. Only hapless strangers with no knowledge of conditions* stopped here. The authorities waged ruthless warfure upon the outlaws, and finally the hand ofv-1ho law gripped John and Lavinia. At their trial shocking evidence found in the cellar proved them coldblooded-murderers with robbery as i the motive. They Were convicted of atrocious crimes and some of their ill-gotten spoils were eventually recovered. The community followed the 'Fishers' trial with bated breath, and a great throng gathered when they were led to the gallows. Lavinia believed that because she was a woman, last-minute clemency would be vouchsafed her. When she realized her neck was about to be broken, she lost her insolent calm and shrieked and screamed to be saved. If you are interested in seeing the site of the gibbet on which the only white woman was ever hanged in South Carolina, you'll find it in Charleston on a hill east of Meeting Street about 800 yards north of famous* old Line Street. Out of the hanging of notorious Lavinia Fisher, "master mind" of the slayings at Four-Mile House, myths have grown. One of these is that a woman's skeleton in Charleston Museum is hers. Another is that the majestic" oak in the middle of Ashley Avenue was her gibbet. But the record of Four-Mile House is shocking enough without enTbeliishment with fiction.?Esso Tours. Girl Kidnaped, Then Released Abbeville, Sept. 3.?Sheriff F. B. McLane said tonight his department was following all clues available in the kidnaping of an 18-year-old daughter of a prominent Calhoun Falls family, who was found late today blindfolded and unconscious in a field. Sheriff McLane declined to divulge the name of the girl. He said the girl said she was grabbed by two men early this morning while picking tomatoes in the garden near her home. 'She told the officers that the men blindfolded her and knocked her unconscious. Sheriff McLane said the girl was found about four hours later by relatives in a field of high grass about a quarter of a mile from her home, her hands and legs bound. Nearby was found a pocket handkerchief bearing a penciled note: "We will return her for $1,000." Sheriff McLane said ^ie had few clues to work on and that the girl was unable to say whether her abductors were white men or negroes. She was /reported In ? nfghly nervous condition tonig<ht. Announcement has been made by King George of England, of the engagement of Prince George of England and Princess Marina of Greec< ?the handsomest royal couple o: Europe. ^p??WW?P? Can A Whale Swallow Man? This question has arisen many times in the past, prompted by the Biblical story of Jonah. It is assumed that the physical rather than the miraculous side of the story is what is questioned. George W. Stimpson has discussed the matter at great length and some of his findings are given, here. It is quite possible that fishes and whales of various species can swallow a man whole. Most whales, it is true, have small gullets and the throat of, the blue whale is only nine or ten inches in diameter, i The sperm whale or cachalot, which feeds chiefly on squids and cuttlefish, has a throat large enough to swallow a human being whole. In 1914 Sir Francis Fox was told by the manager of a whaling station in Northern Britian that the largest thing ever found in a whale was the skeleton of a shark 16 feet in length. David Starr Jordan, an authority on fish, stated that a fairsized young sea lion was 1 foun<^ whole in the stomach of a white shark. These fish have vicious .teeth and it is inconceivable that one could swallow a man without killing him. It is also improbable that a human being could be long retained alive in the stomach of a whale. Although the stomach of these creatures is cavelike in dimensions, the high tempera ture, the powerful gastric juice, and the spasmotic contraction and expansion of the stomach would be fatal in a very short time. Certainly a man could not live in a conscious state inside a whale's stomach more than a few minutes. He might be able to live in an unconscious state considerably longer. One authority states that the normal blood temperatifte of whales is about 104.6 Fahrenheit. It is generally the verdict of scientists, notwithstanding numerous reports that such cases do occur, that no man could survive being swallowed by a whale.?Philadelphia Inquirer. Those Two Added Hours Just whose bright idea it was to keep the polls open in Anderson county for two aditionnl hours, or until 6 p. m., in the primary elections this summer, we do not know. But it was an act that was quite unneces- , sary, in our opinion, With a heavy primary vote, such as that which was cast Tuesday, it requires the unofficial tabulators all night to get the results to the public, and with the polls being held open for an additional two hour period, the returns are delayed even more. One of the first acts of our next legislative delegation, and we hope the members will bear this in mind, should be the repeal of this act of the 1934 assembly providing for the polls to be kept open for this additional period.?Anderson Record. I^ewis Douglas, budget director of the Roosevelt administration for a year and a half, has resigned and been succeeded by Daniel W. Bell. It | is being stated in some quarters that the reason for Douglas resigning was because the president insisted on allocation of funds that Bell maintained would overbalance the budget. m There is to be a general reorganization by the NRA to simpify the codes. The 600 or more working codes for as many industries are to be classified into 22 groups, so as to have all allied industries grouped together. William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, asserts that the country is rapidly losing ground in re-employment and declares that unlearn the government devises a plan for relief "We shall find ourselves in a worse problem of unemployment this winter than we bad last year." General News Notes Two 18-year-old college boys paid finep of $20 each at Barnstable, Mass., for stealing traffic signs. They admitted stealing the signs to hang in their rooms at college. The Pacific fleet, which has been in the Atlantic for sevoral months past, will go back to the Pacific, the start for the transfer being set for October 28th. Nineteen bulloons, three from the United States, will participate in the Gordon Bennett balloon races which are to start at Warsaw, Poland, on September 23. Senator Hiram Johnson, running on the Republican, Democratic, Commonwealth and Progressive tickets, has been renominated for the senate from California. A treasury report shows that for the 1(5 months of the Roosevelt administration ending June 30, the government had spent a total of $8,812,112,212. Guy McAlister seriously wounded his estranged wife on a street corner at Yonkors, N. Y., and then committed suicide. He formerly lived at Spartanburg, S. C., and his body was taken there for interment. ' I Experimenters, trying to causo it to rain by dropping bombs from ail airplane, almost lost their lives near Waxahatchie, Tex., when a bomb exploded near the plane and set it on fire. Tho pilot mado a forced landing and the five persons in tho plane escapod. v Operatives of the King cotton mil! ut>-Ajigusta, Ga., voted 1,941 to 16 against the proposed strike of mill workers. Employes at Langley and Bath in South Carolina, voted 1,237 to 35 against a walkout. Chairman Parley of the state Democratic committee of New York, has called a meeting of state committeemen to be held September 6, to draw up a platform and lay plans for tho campaign in New York state. BOBBINS CIRCUS-HERE TUESOAY.SEfT.-WI I ? " . 0 . H vr<*b'' A' - ' 3 aw ; 1 iw i . t ;;n is** - v- > - w^?- ., -,?? ^ ,. ...? - ?. - - ? -: ? PENNEY'S SCORE AGAIN! with ANOTHER WEEK SPECIAL ' '?* IVhat a Chance! Fa sUCuior Wash WSfOCJd \ J So Smart?and Only 44C C How these Ray prints will brighten up your house-frock wardrobe! 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