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"Southern Little Gardens." In the mass of correspondence that has come to me, three questions are asked over and over: "Tell me more ^ about 'Little Gardens:' " "How shall we form a Little Gardens Club for our town or neighborhood?" and "What shall we do with our school grounds?" Then there are a number of brides?but I am going to give them a letter all to themselves next month, for there is nothing sweeter than a new home just starting to take its place in the world and I want to ' be there in it. " "T " ? " HOW "Llllie li?ruen> niai iw. To begin first about "Little Gardens." It started in Philadelphia a ^ couple of years ago as a group of * friends interested in growing flowers in tiny city yards, their only object ^ their own pleasure in blooming things. From that small seed has grown this splendid society of people working to make cities and towns and country-side beautiful; to turn waste places into flower gardens; to , plant trees along city streets and country roads; to have "plant exchanges" so that people who have N more than they want will give to those who have less; to have traveling illustrated lectures on gardening; to hold meetings for members at ^ which ideas and helpful hints may be exchanged. In short, it is an association of people who are trying in every way they can to make America the most beautiful country in the world. Our Soathern branch differs from the others in that we have a working membership fee instead of a money fee, each branch association being al lowed to form Its own regulations. We could do that, because our bulletins are published in the Progressive Farmer, which costs us nothing, so we save the expense of printing and Sv mailing bulletins to our members. Then, too, we need different advice because our climate is so different that we can use many trees and plants that the more northern States cannot, and we can go to our woods ancf-get trees and shrubs and flowers that Northern people have to buy from the nurseryman, so we should be able to do a lot more work than I they. How to Organize a Club. Now for the local "Little Gardens" clubs. Of course conditions differ, and each one wishing to start a club must be governed by local conditions. Generally, however, it is best to make a social affair of the first meeting, and I've never seen any gathering that wasn't helped by a cup of coffee and a bit of cake! Then before the meetings starts, explain the aims, of the society to two or three good (but not lengthy) speakers and ask them to say a few words when called upon, along some special line. Open the meeting yourself by a simple talk tellins: about the society and i what forming the club could do towards beautifying your -town or neighborhood by encouraging more trees, shrubs and flowers, or preventing overly-vigorous aldermen from cutting down trees that are already there; improving school grounds; caring for the cemetery; making out Jf lists of people who will give plants and shrubs to others and what kind; ' another list of those wanting them; holding meetings for discussions of garden problems and forming school children into sub-committees, so they will have flowers of their own and so learn to care for them. Then too the members can club tot gether and subscribe for a couple of good gardening magazines and get ideas from them for beautiful yards and gardens. They can club together for seeds and bulbs and plants. And they can't possibly do better than read aloud at their meeting, Professor Massey's articles on gardens and flowers in the Progressive Farmer; I want to thank him right now for all he has taught me, and it may comI * fort him to know that my life also has been blighted by a kudzu vine which I consider the gilt of Satan ~ /v- A 1 AIM A T?AA?Af A Vll A anu Lilt; original Sill uic ?c&ciauJc world. And keep calling for suggestions from your members and encourage the timid ones to speak out loud instead of whispering perfectly splendid ideas to the next neighbor. < And afterwards send your best to us, X that we may pass it on to help others. And above all, let us utilize our beautiful natural resources?white pine and holly and magnolia and hemlock, sweet gum, willow, oak, tulip tree, dogwood, black walnut, service butternut. and persimmon trees, judas tree, white thorn, rhododendron. The list is endless, and all growing in our woods where most of us can get them for nothing, while our flower gardens right this minute are full of seed that should be saved to give away next spring, and all work for the garden clubs to take told of and win a crown of glory for themselves in this world as well as in the next. Plant Cra|?e Myrtle. Dogwood and * Magnolia on School Grounds. Now the school grounds. There are so many things to consider because of course primarily the grounds must be kept bare so the children can 0 play in them, but in most parts of the South couldn't they be bordered by flowering and evergreen trees and shrubs such as 1 described in my last letter? If those mentioned do not grow in your vicinity, others just as beautiful do, and that teacher would do a great work in her community if she opened the eyes of her pupils to the beauty of their own woods. If the entrance walk could be bordered with dogwoods planted close enough to form a hedge and a row set all around the lot (all work for the older boys some Saturday in November, np^mbpr nr JannnrvK and the walks edged with violets, do you suppose passers-by would stop to look at that school or not, when the dogwoods bloomed? Suppose our schools are short terms now, let us build and plan and plant for the future, when our country schools will be ten months. In our schools is the best place to begin to "make the South the land of crape myrtle and dogwood and magnolia" and to use what is at our door?not waste time wanting what is a thousand miles away merely because it is so far away. And once again, let everybody interested in "Southern Little Gardens" send his or her name to Miss Edwina Lockett, Sec., Winston-Salem, X. C. That entitles you to membership and encourages us in the work.?Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, Winston-Salem, X.. C., in Progressive Farmer. nnnnuriv? I? \ TT THA x iiV7i n rj xn r.iiijjcii/ xw L in.iu, (Continued from page 6, column 2.) he is not big enough for the job. There is a common belief that the Republican party was assassinated at Chicago in 1912 and that the recent signs of life were only the movement of the worms destroying the body. But what about the Democratic party? Wilson cannot run again. Who is there to take his place? The material is not abundant; but "the Lord will provide," possibly, if all goes well for the next four years. There is Champ Clark who was the president's closest competitor at Baltimore and who has been his loyal supporter since his first nomination and election. Underwood cannot come back; Harmon is too old; Marshall will not be available, Walsn would be unadvisable; Glynn could not carry New York, and New York will be more important in 1920 than it was in 1916, and there is nobody left in New Jersey. There are two men, however, in the present cabinet of presidential size?McAdoo and Houston, and as time goes along it will be found that they are both worth consideration. McAdoo has made a very remarkable record as secretary of the treasury, has displayed the greatest executive ability, has more than once proved "himself equal to severe emergencies and has impressed the whole people by his force of character and his unselfish devotion to the substantial interests of both capital and labor. In the direction of the great department of argiculture Houston has made a new mark in executive efficiency, in making new opportunities for the producing forces of the country; in doing the things necessary to make the United States self supporting first, an$ then the store house of the world. He is a very quiet man, a man of vision, of high purpose, of clear understanding of the things that are essential to larger national growth and better living. He does not bother his head about little things, he has not been heard for his much speaking but in his planning and administration he has given proof of his fitness for the highest service to the country. Possibly other men will develop before the president shall close his next term in office: but those two men at least are worth while the closest study of the people who will not wish to stop growing when Woodrow Wilson steps down and out.? J. C. Hemphill. ARRESTS AT ABBEVILLE. Warrants Served in Connection With Lynching of Anthony Crawford. Abbeville, Dec. 4.?Ten arrests were made this afternoon by Sheriff Burts in connection with the recent lynching of Anthony Crawford, a negro, in Abbeville. Thirty warrants have been sworn out and are being served by the sheriff and his deputy. Sixteen men are charged with riot ing on Monday afternoon following the lynching, when a mob visited every negro establishment in the city and gave them orders to close up. 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