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Campaign To End Reckless Driving (From The Pathfinder) C'IlIhh and status aro Joining in the CHtii|>alf<>* end reckless driving. The nation's capital in doing much to re* move tho cureless, Irresponsible and reckless driver from its streets through permit suspensions. And while this permit suspension campmIkii in doing marvelous things for the city and cutting down the traffic toll, much more severe measures are b win ft proposed. The District Comls* slOJiprs have* recommended that Hie maximum penalty for reckless driving he Increased from 1100 or tsu days In Jail to $500 or six months in jail or both. What constitutes reckless driving? Many statu policemen and traffic cops would no doubt have their own definition of that offense, But no one need lake tin* definition of S'tnore traffic officer on reckless driving. The great Cnited Hiatus Supreme Court in 10'SQ handed down its own definition which might he stretched to lit all cases of speeding add dangerous driving. In that decision the court said: "An automobile is, potentially, a dangerous instrumentality, us (lie appalling number of fatalities brought about every day by Its operation bear distressing witness. To drive - such an Instrumentality through the public streets of a city so recklessly as to Endanger property artd individuals that to characterise it as u petty ofe* louse would be to shock the general moral sense. If such an act were to result In death the offender would be subject to indictment for some form of felonious homicide. Such un act cannot be described otherwise than as a grave offense." Grave offense, Indeed! The person driving an auto at a break-neck speed ?which is recklessly because all speeding is reckless driving?not only endangers the lives and property of those ho may run into, but his own life and that of the hapless vlclims who happen to be his passengers. The l'ubllc Itoads Hureau lists "too much speed In the wrong place" as the most important single cause of auto acci... dents. Such accidents, says this bureau. seldom result from mechanical failures or from road defects. The driver is usually responsible and "he < an reduce the number of accidents, which last year resulted |p the death of 116,000 persons." <'ortairily something has got to be done to make people -that is all auto drivers?realize what a tremendous loll they are taking annually with their high-powered, high-speed "dreadnaughts." The nation lias stood this useless slaughter long enough. Now tho tight is 011. All communities, towns, cities and states should continue to war on speeders and reckless drivers, showing no favorites, fix* ing no tickets and sparing none fines or Jail sentences or permit suspensions, until every last one of tho polential muderers has been taught his or her lesson. This little Idea of nutomohilc suspending the speeders' permit for a period of 15 or 1(0 days or longer is one of the most effective weapons in the war on reckless driving It could and should he more widely employed with great effect. Also provisions could easily ho made to roquire all drivers Involved in accidents to take a physical examination before being allowed to drive any more In addition all drivers could l?e required to undergo re-examination ev??r> year or every three years when ' hey apply for permit renewals. The whole traffic problem today seems to be one of disrespect for the rules of the road. True there are traffic regulations enough on the books a I read) to adequately care for any iiid all problems if drivers knew those regulations and. knowing them, abided by them. Too frequently we hear the driver at fault In an accident exclaim "I .didn't know thero was a speed limit or such a regulation." Because our traffic authorities have been Inclined to he too lenient people have actually come to look upon accidents as Inevitable, as unavoidable. The) jauntily say 'accidents will happen " But traffic accidents very rarely just happen." They an* nearly always caused by one driver or tin* other, oven on wet and Icy roadways. Any driver who "takes a chance" will sooner or later meet his tale, or cause someone elan to meet t heirs, I he present campaign for stricter enforcement of traffic regulations, if carried out impartially, should go a long way toward developing universal respect for the rules of the road. The soon* r more drivers learn that our various traffic regulations mean what the\ sa) and are to l?e rigidly enforced the sooner the ever-present dangers of riding in and driving automobiles will l>e minimized. By a vote of 56 to 28, the senate on Friday declared Federal Judge Hal stead I*,. Hitter of Florida guilty of A charges brought against him In an impeachment trial, and the verdict automatically removes the 65-year-old jurist from tho bench. ?L~_ "High?" and "Low?" Mean Much to the Weather Man { Locution* of region? of tilich and low pressure are vitally important to the i weather man. When lie read? hi? own 1 i.urometer, which Is all Instrument for weighing air, lie can see at a glance whether it?'mercury column or Indicator Ih rising or falling. A falling barometer indicate? that the air about it Ik imcoiniiig less de so?lighter?and that an atmospheric disturbance, quite likely u storm, Is on It? way. Tlie old j iouriiicr'* haionu-'ter..^ wunItl* beat, friend. wrltcK John A. Menungh, In the Chicago Tribune, um It 1? the weather mau'K constant adviser, Area? of high and low pressure hre ever on the move over the surface of the earth. These movement? ure the cause of winds, and the winds, coupled with other fnctors, such tia temperatures and humidity, bring about the atmospheric disturb* a noes. Winds affect temperature. Temperature creates winds. Variations of air pressures cause air currents. Air currents shift areas of high and low ...air pressure. All factors are combined In one way or another to create changes. And lawk of the whole natural business of the weather are the rays of the sun, oj)ly,,one two-hllllonth fraction of which reach the earth.Amphibian "Family Tree" Traces Ancient Fossil? A "family tree" of umphihlans and I reptiles, tracing their development from the oldest fossjl records to the present time, and u selection of mount-1 [ ed skeletons of typical reptilians, are shown In an exhibit at Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The reptilian family tree shows that existing amphibians and reptiles represent hut a small remnant of the great numbers which flourished In the post. The first amphibians flourished hundreds of millions of yeurs ago. Like the reptiles they declined greutly. A single group has survived In the form of Salamanders and highly specialized frogs. Reptiles are traced from the Moaozoic era, or "age of reptiles." Several extinct groups, together with uncestors of those living toduy, dominated the animal world at that time, some ninetyfive million years ago. During that period the first birds and mammals were evolved from the reptiles* and their origins are traced on this family tree. Electric Light* Thomas A. Edison is usually given credit for tho first electric incandescent lamp of practical value. After 13 months of experimenting he discovered the carbonized cotton filaments and produced a lamp to burn 40 hours, on October 21, 1870. Other Inventors were working at this time on a similar project, particularly Joseph S. Swan In England. The Hritamilca claims that in 1800 Swan produced an electric lamp with a carbon filament by a method substantially the same as Edison's method in 1870. Another American Inventor, Moses (i. Farmer, In 1850, Invented an electric Incandescent lamp for lighting his house; It consisted of a strip of sheet platinum operating in air. How WHitaun Got It* Nqme Who knows how Whltsun got Its name? Some say It means "White Sunday." Baptisms and confirmations used to he common on that dtty and white robes were therefore plentiful. Another theory Is that the name originates from the old custom of giving the poor what were called "white meat offerings," such as milk nnd cheese. It is also claimed that Whltsun got Its name from the white vestments worn by priests when celebrating mass at this feast. The weather at Whltsun has sometimes been white. The heaviest fa 11 j of snow recorded In this country at j Whit sun occurred In 1888. ? Pearson's Weekly. Firtt Mosaic Ceiling* The ceilings in the Department ot Justice building were made by placing particles of colored sand in plastic concrete. These are the first mosaic ceilings e\or designed in architectural concrete. The seven Moors of the building comprise about 25 acres. Within the building are about two miles of corridors, ten principal stairways and 2b elevators. On the seventh floor of the Justice building may be found the world's finest crime laboratory. Here, keeping tab on the criminal population of the I'nited States. I'ncle Sam maintains rooms for files of more than 4,000.000 fingerprints. "Smokebu?h" I* Deceiving j In some desert canyons of our country is found what is commonly called tin' 'smokebush.'! Travelers are often ! deceived by the bluish green branches I which, from a distance, are easily nilsj taken for the smoke of a camp tire. A j somewhat similar bush Is found In New ! /.calami but in tlds case the hush j r:tn**e?* the ?ant barren mountainside to appear clotted with grazing -beep. It i* tile haastia plant, better I k!iohiv to the natives as the "vegetable | sheep." Famout Gaticral* in Arlington Arlington cemetery, originally the estate of (Jen. Hubert K. Lee. Is now the final resting place of some 23,001) soldiers. Including the hemes of the Maine and about 20 soldiers of the Revolutionary war; among the famous men are Generals Sheridan. Crook. Wright, snd 1-swton. and Admiral? Sampson, Schley and Dewey. * Major Tiller Tours In Interest Of Plan (Monday's Columbia State) j Cheaterfleld, April 19.?Major W. J. Tiller, county farm agent for CheaterHeld county 1m completing his 29th year as agent for this county. At the time Major Tiller began hlu work the extension department was stressing tho value of cover crops, which was something now to the farming industry in this county and at this meeting the advisability of planting vetch was being discussed with Major Tiller by those present. Major Tiller has several bunches of vetch to prove to tho skeptical farmers tbat it could be grown on their farms. However, it was a bold experimentation to say the least and only a very few of the more progressive farmers consented to the crops being planted on their farms. Among some of tho first to plant any of these cover crops were Albert Agerton and son, Townley Watts, A. Arant and J. O. Taylor, all of them being successful farmers, with some of the best land in this section of the country. Major Tiller has just completed another tour of this county lecturing tho furmers on the new farm program that will bo in effect very soon. In the new program the farmers are being paid to plant cover crops on their land to be put In soil conservation and also soil building, following the same lines that took Major Tiller on his first trips around the county. And on his last trip as on his first he found some who were Just as skeptical as to the feasibility of the project as they wore 25 years ago. Major Tiller is the oldest county agent in point of service in the South. When ho first went into office most of Chesterfield county was producing barely enough to live on, the majority of farmers havlntg to buy feed with which to run on through the next farming season, planting Just as many acres as possible to cotton. The extension department then tried to introduce diversification but with little effect. By h^rd work and with the help of aeveral demonstrations Major Tiller was able to Interest some in orchards, poultry, berries and cattle. In 1923 Major Tiller began the poultry movements from this county that have continued every year since their Inception. During this 13-year period 77 solid carloads of poultry have been shipped from this county, having a total weight of 1,269,521 pounds, bringing a total of $254,625.89. Practically every farmer in the county participated in these Bales and every year the movenieirts have been growing larger. Major Tiller was the first county agent to start shipping poultry in this state and this county has shipped more poultry during the 13 years than any other county in the state. Major Tiller then centered his diversification interest on peach orchards, some or the orchards in the county being 16 years old and still producing a fine quality of peaches. Today there are 63 poach orchards in the county comprising approximately 900 acres with 200,000 trees being set out on them. Ten thousand new trees were set out this year. The yield and price of the peaches frorft these orchards average a far greater Income than any crop that could be produced In this Sandhill area.In this same Sandhill area Major Tiller, with the cooperation of the extension department of the Seaboard Air Line railway, introduced vineyards, the experiment proving highly successful, a fine quality grape with a ready market rewarded them for their efforts. Also In this Sandhill section there are Several dewberry farms, about 100 acres of these berries being cultivated every year with a fine yield, more farmers are turning to the dewberry for a ready-money cop during their off-season with their regular farm routine. Some of the best herds of dairy cattle to bo found in this section will be found in this county. Major Tiller lopg ago stressed the value of buying and breeding only registered cattle, tlie only cattle one will find in the numerous dairies in Chesterfield. During all Major Tiller's efforts at diversification he never forgot cotton, chief money-crop of the county. He stressed the Importance of good see<l along with proper fertilization. He induced some of his farmers to participate in the statewide contest for better yield and staple value. This contest was bogun In 1926. Since that time five contestants of this vouiuv finished in the money, two of them winning first prizes. In 1927 P. M. Arant was awarded first prize with a yield of 5.S57 pounds on 11 yq acics. 1 his was the highest yield recorded until 1931, when .1. O. Taylor of Mt. Croghan was awarded first prize with a yield of 6,970 pounds, lacking only 30 pounds of being 12 average bales of cotton on five acres. This record still stands it* the state. Prom present indications more farmeca.wili participate in U?A contest this year from the county than In any previous year. As Major Tiller looks back on the enviable record he has made with the extension department he finds a vastly different Chesterfield county from that in 1?07, when his tours were made by horse and buggy, and later with cars over roads that wore practically impassable. Then it took practically three days to cover the territory while now it takes less than onethird of that time. At the first meeting to discuss the planting of a cover crop not a twohorse turnplhw could bo found in the section of the county with which to prepare the land. A special trip was made to tlnd an old wood beam turn plow to answer the purpose. Now, through tho offorts of the extension department and others one will find model farms with every conceivable machinery, farmers with a different outlook and legions of grateful men who are anxious to show their gratitude to Major Tiller for hta untiling efforts In trying to turn their unfertile acres into the money producing farina they now own. ... **. . . : * . - " . . . - Revised Circular On Feeding Laying Hens ChmtHon, April 18.?Egg production^ makes up 70 per cent of the Income from poultry, and feed coat 1b about HO per cent of the flock expense other than labor. Hence egg production ahd feed coat are the two mont Important factors in deteriplniug poultry profile, says P. H. Gooding, extension poul* tryman. ' * ' Keeping egg: production at a maxl* ~ mum jgjd feed coat at a minimum can bo aCcd^tpllBhed only by intelligent selectwn i*pd preparation of rations unci HyjUeafqtic feeding. The rations and feednifc piethods based on experiments and .pgpkctlcal experience are therefore itapottant to every poultryman. Hence the value to South Carolina poultry producers of Extension Circular 181, Feeding laying Hons, which has been revised by Mr. Gooding and reprinted by the Extension Service. The information In the circular Is well suited to South Carolina conditions and if wisely used will give Increased profits, advises the specialist, .who asserts that South Carolina flockB are as a rule rather poorly fed. The circular discusses briefly feed nutrients and their functions, need of minerals, importance of yellow corn and sunshine for vitaminB, simple inexpensive rations, home-grown grains and green feeds, stimulating winter egg produotlon, etc. It may be had free upon request to the Publications Department at Clemson or the county agents. DEMOCRAT8 LAUD R008EVELT AND DENOUNCE TALMADQE President Roosevelt was warmly praised and Governor Talmadge vigorously denounced at Jefferson Day dinner of DeKalb County Democrats held at Decatur Monday night with former Congressman William Schley Howard, as the principal speaker. Mr. Howard charged that Governor Talmadge "sold out to the Republican party and the Liberty League and has spent more than 150,000 within the past year on farm lands, buildings, equipment and improvements." He cited oourt records on the purchase of more than $20,000 worth of farm lands by the governor since April 21, 1934. The. meeting attended by approximately 100 Decatur and DeKalb county political leaders, adopted resolutions urging the Democratic state executive committee to call a presidential preference primary in Georgia, and also organized a militant Roosevelt For Re-election Club for DeKalb county.?Atlanta Journal, April 15. Many Varieties of Snakes Columbia, April 20.?South Carolina has snakes representing almost half the species of the United States, according to John A. Crawford, instructor of physical education for men at the University of South Carolina. In the State are flfty-two different species (six poisonous) of the total. 117 species in this country, and no poisonous lizards, of which the Gila monster of Arizona and Texas is the only North American representative. Evolution shows that the lizard is even now turning into a snake and also that some non-poisonous snakes are becoming poisonous. This is strange in view of the fact that all snakes originated from lizards. Great Is Lake Murray Columbia, April 20.?Lake Murray does the work of 2,000,000 men. Lake Murray, bom In the mind of T. C. Williams of S6uth Carolina and built by an engineer, W. S.. Murray, according to information in the library at the University of South Carolina. covers 180,000 acres and has 520 miles of shoreline. It is the largest earthern.power dam in the world, is a mile and a quarter long and nearly ! a quarter mile thick at its base. , It can produce 200,000 horsepower ( and as one horsepower is equal to , the labor of ten men, the power is equal to putting 2,000,000 men to , work. i I Carrying To Farmers j The New Farm Plan Clemson, April 18.?The work of explaining the 1936 soil conservation program and its application to individual farmers has gone forward dur^ ing the past two weeks in county and community meetings under direction of the county farm agents and the county committees. It is noteworthy that according to reports from the counties 65,000 to 76,000 people have attended these gatherings, and that in general farmers indicate belief that the plan is superior to former plans. ?"The purpose of the 1936 plan are two," says D. W. Watkins, director of the Extension Service, discussing its basic aims and urging the importance of cooperation. "First, there is the aim to establish types of farming that will result In improving and maintaining soil fertility?the basic resource that lies under all else. The second purpose is to aid in restoring and maintaining the incomes of farm, people to a level more nearly as they were in the pre-war period. "To accomplish the first purpose the procedure is based on the fact that some crops and farm practices tend to wear out or d?8troy the fertility of the soil, while other crops and practices restore and maintain the land. The benefits from soil improvement are not confined to land owners and opefators. In the aggregate, such in- 1 provement has a profound 1 elation to^M community, county, state and nattotti 1 welfare and security. "Most South Carolina fanners knot fl the crops and practices which tend to fl deplete soil fertility and those which J improve it. However, in this progriaB the designation of crops and practice! H is carefully set forth in regttlattoat-B which each farmer should study if fjTfl expects to help accomplish the n* fl tional purposes of the plan in a ma* H ner which will also bring the greillrijfl benefits to himself. "The second purppse, that of''fvfl storing farmers' income, is to be ap H proaclied through grants of fetisfl funds to farmers who practice certftit B specified types of farming. If JheK is widespread Cooperation in the pro- H gram, the total effect incident toM$B general participation is expected to fl be to boost incomes and living stand- H ards of farm people who will in tui*? 1 as was demonstrated under the old I plan, buy more and thus keeep tljjfl wheels turning in the facioriea-otw^H country." 1;'-Joseph McEIroy, 17, tried in a adelphia court on a charge of slatf0* 1 his stepmother last Christmas e*^fl "because no matter what niy sistef did or I did, she'd find fault with it ? was acquitted by the Jury. The ?>u fl room spectators cheered the tertW of the Jury. KING of Them All | " Foremost High/Iyer, 1935 Grand Champion Jersey Bull. I OutifJ by A. H. Goat, The Oahlands, Ann Arbor, Mich. , S There arb plenty of Jersey bulb In America, but only one 9 among all the thousand!, stands out as National Champion. , 1 Foremost Highflyer won 1935 honors at the National Dairy i I Show, St. Louis, Mo.?a maghlficent creature to which Nature /9 gave the vital spark, the perfect natural balance of all the elements ' j that go to make a champion. Wonderful top line, great body, fine neck, shoulders, big barreled, good on hb lege?Foremost Highflyer had cyerythlng! > 9 Most bulb are just bulb, average strong, average good, but just ' plain ordinary bulls. There b only one Foremost Highflyer. He 9 stands out the King of them all?the champion. The champion bull is Nature at her (>ctt?one of Nature's I wonder creations. Favored by Nature, with bar priceless gift of perfect natural babnee, the champion is almosf beyond price, while another bull that may look a little like him?well, he's just \m bull, that's all. ' And here is another wonder-creation of Nature?Natural , Chilean Nitrate. Like the champion bull. Natural Chilean Is ! I favored by Nature with that priceless gift of natural balance? natural blend of many elements such as boron, calcium, ' B manganese, etc., over and above Its nitrogen. Nature gave the vital I spark to this nitrogen fertilizer by blending Into it these vital 1 impurities. Natute hetself aged it, cured it... that's why Natural j fl Chilean is the natural food for your crops. Natural Chilean contains almost ttgp score of major and minor elements such as boronj magnesium, man^a- H nese, iodine, calcium, potassiumt etc.?each a vital element in growth and healthy development of plants. Mitubalr :j (CHILEAN NITRATE 1 OF SODA I WITH VITAL IMPURITIES IN NATURE'S OWN BALANCE AND B1Q0 g CITY LICENSES I ^ DUE | | CENSES FOR BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS AND PR**- ] FESSIONS FOR THE YEAR 1936 FOR THE ClTf Jfl OF CAMDEN WILL BE DUE AND PAYABLE BY ! MAY 1, 1936. I I- JCBOYKItLjIl CITY CLERK AND TREASURE* ?