The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 07, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
"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.
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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
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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.
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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.
Fourteen are charged with complicity
in beating up the negro. All of the
men who were arrested today were
admitted to bail upon the guarantee
of a number of responsible men. The
preliminary will be held tomorrow
at 1 2 o'clock.
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"A farm demonstrator."
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flat case under his arm. Do you suppose
it contains a sample farm?"?
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