PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.
?Dr. O. D. Faust is spending the
holidays with his children in Macon,
Ga.
?Mr. Belton Hair arrived in the
city last week for the holidays from
Furman university, Greenville.
?Mr. Will Brabham is at home
for the Christmas season from Bailey
Military academy, Greenwood.
?Mr. Roy Cooner, of the University
of South Carolina is spending the
holidays at home with his parents.
?Mr. Norman Kirsch is spending
me unnsimas nonaays m uie uij
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. 0.
Kirsch.
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V -?Misses Arrie Free and Mildred
Khig-ht have arrived in the city from
Converse college to spend the holidays
at their honio^.
?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker
returned Sunday from . Richmond,
Va., where they attended the sessions
of the Southern Commercial
congress.
Gardening City Lots.
Back a number of years ago Mayor
Pingree, of Detroit, 'sprang into national
prominence by advising the
people of that city to grow potatoes
on vacant lots. An unthinking: Dub
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lie was inclined to treat the proposition
as a joke, and the newspaper
paragraphers had a lot of fun at the
expense of "Potato Patch Pingree."
But Mayor Pingree had given birth
to a great idea, one that could be
put into operation today with highly
beneficial results.
An enormous amount of food
could be grown on the vacant lots,
and even on the back lots, of every
city in the land. The men who grow
Kit would be benefited, both physically
and financially. A number of
cities have taken up gardening on
vacant lots in connection with the
wtork of public schools, and so far
aS the results are of record they
now;here have been disappointing.
The children have grown vegetables
for use in their own homes and for
sale, and in doing it both their minds
and their bodies have been improved.
It has given them an ap
preciation of nature and an insight
into nature's workings than ever
could have been learned from textbooks.
It has taught them the dignity
of farming, and they are less
disposed to regard as a "rube" the
man who lives in the country.
For office employes and others of
sedentary occupations, gardening on
city lots offers a splendid opportuniNy
ty foi; both health and profit. Flat
dwellers are barred, unless they can
get the use of vacant lots, but every
man who lives in a house that
has even a small back yard can
grow something. The doing of it
will give him enjoyment and beneficial
exercise, and also vegetables,
the quality and freshness ..of which
will be a revelation. If his back
yard is 30 to 40/feet deep and 18
to 20 feet wide he can come pretiy
near to supplying his table with several
varieties of the best-liked vegetables.
Whatever else he grows, he
^ should try tomatoes, for they do well
under adverse conditions, and tomatoes
ripened on the vine are superior
to the best the market stalls afford.
A strip the depth of his lot
and three feet wide would accommodate
a dozen plants, which can
be purchased of any seed dealer in
the spring at 15 to 25 cents a dozen.
The dozen vines should give the av
erage family all the tomatoes it
wanted throughout the season, with
a considerable surplus for canning.
Then, just before frost, there would
be a large quantity of green tomatoes
to pick for preserving.
Two rows of "snap" beans 30 or
40 feet long also would supply a
family. Several varieties, of which
the stringless green pod probably is
the best, will bear all season long
and still will be in blossom when
frost comes. A couple of rows of
lima beans also would be profitable.
South of the Northern Pennsylvania
line, in a favorable season, they will
bear two crops. It would pay to
plant as many rows of peas as there
was room for, because their
is finished eary enough so nta^Pie
ground could be used for somfe sec
ond crop. rne catalogue 01 any
seed house will give the necessary
information as to varieties and the
* time and manner of planting. Just
what to grow is a question each gardener
would have to. decide for himself,
but cucumbers and radishes are
two highly desirable choices because
of their superiority when fresh.
All the tools absolutely necessary
for such a garden are a spade, a
hoe and a rake, and the only really
hard work connected with it would
be the spading up of the ground in
the spring. The cost, aside from
fertilizer, ought not to be more than
$2 to $3. The use of fertilizer would
be benefited by a load of good stable
L manure or street sweepings. The
city man who will try gardening on
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IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Stat? News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
K. G. Sutton, aged 92, the oldest
veteran at the Confederate home in
Columbia, died last week.
J. W. Powell, of Richland county,
harvested 1,000 bushels of sweet potatoes
from five acres this year.
Erick Gambrell, of Princeton, Anderson
county, was accidentally shot
through the neck last week and is
in a critical condition.
A Florida promoter has purchased
the Chicora college property in
Greenville, and proposes to convert
the same into a tourist hotel.
Wade Allen, a negro inmate of the
State Hospital for the Insane, was
killed last week by Ashley McFadden,
also an inmate of the asylum.
J. Y. Cantrell's gin house, machinery
and warehouse, in Spartanburg
county, together with forty bales of
cotton, were destroyed by fire last
week.
The Wesley Bible class of Walterboro,
proposes to erect a class room
on the church lawn some time in the
near future. The class room will be
built by members of the class in one
day.
The Oolenoy graded school building,
in Pickens county, was destroyed
by fire, believed to be of incendiary
origin, last week. The building was
valued at $2,500. The sheriff of
Pickens county is investigating.
George Werts, J. P. L^ng and Arthur
Sims, negroes of Newberry
county, have been arrested and
lodged in jail, charged with setting
fire to the ginnery of M. W. Oxner,
at Kinards, September 24th.
The Piedmont and Northern railway
purchased additional property in
Greenville last week at a cost of
$50,000'. They propose to erect
twelve new warehouses to cost in the
neighborhood of $100,000.
W. R. Bradford, clerk of the printing
commission of the general assembly,
has announced that in future
the printing bill for the railroad
commission will be charged against
the railways of South Carolina.
Owing to his physical condition,
Rev. A. J. Foster has resigned the
pastorate of Barker's Creek, Broadj
mouth and Donalds churches, in Anderson
oountv. He has acceDted a
position as field representative for
the Baptist Courier.
Contiguous Support.
President Wilson could start from
Seattle, Wash., and cross the continent
three times without entering a
single State twice, and keeping all
the time within the boundaries of
States which he carried in the presidential
election.
From Seattle he would go eastward
across Idaho, swing southeast
from Montana through Wyoming and
Nebraska to Missouri, and into Virginia.
After coming near enough to .Washington,
D. C., to hurl a dollar a very
little way into th'e Potomac, he would
pass south into North Carolina, and
westward via Tennessee, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Kansas to tho far
West, taking a direct route through
Colorado, Utah and Nevada to San
Francisco.
Bending southward in California
the return trip would be made along
the southern tier of States, beginning
with Arizona and ending with Florida,
Georgia or South Carolina.
This trip three times across the
continent could be made and still the
president could avoid traversing six
States which he carried, namely,
Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina,
Ohio, North Dakota and New Hampshire.
It is also possible to travel from
Seattle to Washington, D. C., without
crossing a State which contains
saloons, and to make a return trip
through other dry territory as far as
the Mississippi river.?Des Moines
Tribune.
Caring for Wounds.
In the sterilizing process of Dr.
Carrel, tne rrencn-American surgeon,
every part of the wound is
flushed with antiseptic every t*o
hours. After a trial of 200 different
antiseptics, choice was made of a
specially compounded solution of
calcium chloride, sodium carbonate
and sodium bicarbonate in ordinary
water, and this is passed from a container
through rubber tubes carefully
placed and held in place by gauze
packing. The wound is dressed anew
| every day, sterilization is soon complete.
and remarkable acceleration of
healing is claimed.
his back lot not only will have
cheaper and fresher vegetables for
his table, but he will have a lot
keener appetite when he sits down
to them.
Arabia in Africa.
What manner of people constitute
the "body politic" of the world's
newest kingdom, that Arabia forms
the subject of a timely war geography
bulletin issued from the Washington
headquarters of the National
Geographic society. The bulletin is
based upon the-?bservations and experience
of one of the society's correspondents
who has spent many
years in the Near East. Concerning
the Bedouins, the nomadic class in
Arabia, whose extensive camps are
scattered over the interior of the
great southwestern peninsula of
Asia, the bulletin says:
"Of the Beduoins and the Fallahs
(the settled agricultural class), the
former are the more numerous people
and by far the more interesting.
The Beduoin pities the city
dweller because fate has decreed
that he must pass his days in the
confinement of a house or inclosed
city, while the city man congratulates
himself on his good fortune in
being spared the dangers, inconveniences
and exposures that are the
lot of the tent-dweller.
"The life of the latter is an uncertain
one. His tent is home-made,
spun and woven by the women of
his harem from goats' hair, an accumulation
of many years. This tent
cloth is waterproof and a good protection
against the fierce sun of the
desert. It is % very portable and
serves for many generations. Each
camp has its chief, part of whose
tent is set 'apart as a guest room, in
which visitors are entitled to three
days' hospitality.
Prerogatives of the Chief.
"The chief gives the order to
move camp and decides on the new
pitch. Local disputes are referred to
him for settlement, and in the event
of his being unable to adjust the
matter, the disputants must go to
the capital and present their case to
the Emir. This they are slow to do,
for it means a long journey and absence
from home for an uncertain
time, as well as some amount of expense.
The chief, too, is responsible
for the good behavior of the people
in his district and for the return of
the tax due from the tribe.
"The desert which the Beduoin
calls home has to be lived in,
crossed, slept on, made one's abode !
for a time before it can be thorough- (
lv appreciated and enjoyed. The !
boasting of the Beduoins about the
free life they enjoy, and their pity 1
for their city neighbors, confined in <
their close and dark dwellings, can
be excused after a sojourn in their 1
tents. But the desert life is not all '
honey, by any means, for is there not i
always the danger of attack from i
the nothing-to-lose and all-to-gain 1
members of society, or the risk of 1
perishing for want of water, or the
giving out of one's food without the 1
possibility of being able to replenish
the supply? >
"When traveling through inland
Arabia the routine of travel is somewhat
arduous. Up with the day- <
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DreaK ana as soon as pussiuie ioau
the camels; ride for some four or
five hours; then put down for the
first morning meal, which usually
consists of dates and water; then off
again until late in the afternoon,
when a halt is made for the night.
Supper usually consists of warm
bread with an onion or dates as a
relish. Bread is prepared in as simple
a manner as possible. While the
coarse flour and water are being
kneaded into dough, a large fire is
made which provides a good heap of
hot ashes. On part of these the flattened
dough is laid, then covered
with the remainder of the ashes. In
about 15 minutes the dough is sufficiently
baked. It is then well beaten
to free it from the ashes, broken
in pieces and divided among those
who, from their bags, have contributed
?o the meal.
"After the evening feast coffee is
made by some member of the party
and in tiny cups handed round to
each one, as much regard being paid
to etiquette as if al were assembled
in the most spacious guest room in
the largest city in the country.
Are a Social Lot.
"Conversation never lags, and until
late in the evening the men talk,
some telling imaginary stories, others
reciting impromptu poetry, until,
tired out, all except those designated
to keep watch, roll up in their large
cloaks and are soon asleep.
"Most of the houses of Arabia are
built of sun-dried bricks; many of
them are three stories high, and all
have flat roofs. As a rule the interiors
are quite devoid of furniture,
the coffee roaster, pounder, pots and
cuds beins about all that is visible
that savors ''of daily life and needs.
Many of the houses are doorless, accounted
for by the scarcity of suitable
wood.
''Wherever people are found in the
Arabian peninsula with the most
limited number of milk-giving animals,
such as sheep, goats, or camels,
there will be found the national substitute
for the lard of the Occident,
or olive oil of other lands, a very
favorite production called 'semmin.'
This is a butter which is made in
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primitive, simple and unappetizing
manner by being churned in a skin
which has been none too well cured
and does not recommend itself for
cleanliness. The mode of procedure
is simplicity itself, the milk being
put into the skin and then either
swung backward and forward on a
tripod, or rolled to and fro on the
ground until the fat of the milk
forms itself into butter. A favorite
dish to set before the distinguished
guest is a mixture of dates and butter.
"Throughout Arabia there are
many things in common among the
Beduoins and the Fellahs as, for example,
the manner of clothing
among doui sexes; nine uisuuuuuu
is made between rich and poor, and
from a man's apparel it is impossible
to get any idea of his social standing.
"In all homes it is customary for
the host to assume the place of waiting
during the serving of food. He
takes his meals after all the others
have been served.
"As in other Mohammedian lands,
the women in the cities and towns
of Arabia are secluded, but in the
village and camp life they enjoy the
same freedom as the men; the women,
too, do a large share* of the
work in co-operation with the male
members of the family."
Patrolmen Purtell and Mahoney
and Building Inspector Cocoran, of
Ansonia, Conn., claim to have seen a
parrot which manicured its nails with
a penknife. While these men watched,
this bird picket! up the knife from
the bottom of its cage and, holding
it in its mouth, carefully scraped its
toes on the blade. When this was
done to the parrot's satisfaction it
dropped the knife.
Popular and Profitable Peanut.
It grows in the ground, but is not a
tuber;
It used to be known as groundpea
and goober;
The old Southern negroes all knew
it as pinder.
And their love for the groundnut
nothing could hinder.
Throughout the South and in
many of the Western States the popularity
of the peanut has. for the
past few years, been growing with
almost phenomenal rapidity. The
statement was made recently in the
Texas press that Johnson county now
las 20,000 acres devoted to this
crop. At Cleburne, the county seat,
is located what is claimed to be the
largest peanut mill in the world. It
was onginauy duiu as a couonseeu
oil mill, but is now also operated
for the manufacture of peanut oil,
peanut butter, salted peanuts and
peanut cake and meal.
In this day of great demand for
everything in the food line for both
man and beas^ the' farmers of the
South and West should "sit up and
take notice" of the growing value of
the peanut. Not only are the nuts
one of the most profitable crops that
can be grown upon sandy lands, but
the vines also make excellent and
easily cured hay. It is said that
swine will fatten on the nuts in a
shorter time than upon any other
feed and will do their own harvesting.
All domestic animals thrive
upon the hay, and the peanut cake
or meal, after the oil has been extracted,
has high feeding value.
The year 1911 was exceedingly
dry, yet peanuts were grown profitably
in Colorado at an elevation of
6,600 feet above sea level. That
same year this crop matured in Texas
and Oklahoma after forty-five
days of drouth during the growing
season. In Northern Illinois it has
also been found a profitable crop in
dry seasons. Farmers should begin
^ r?T-T-o n era fnr a npPTlllt fTOn
next year. The best land on the
farm need not be devoted to it. The
Spanish peanut, as a rule, has proven
the most profitable variety. Two
cottonseed oil mills in Texas last
season went into the business of
crushing peanuts on a large scale
and shipped out a number of tank
cars of the oil. Others went into the
work in an experimental way only,
but enough has been done to demonstrate
thoroughly that the modest
little Spanish peanut is destined to
soon become one of the most ipaportant
food and feed crops in the
South.
That man is very slow to appre
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ciate tne possiDinues 01 ueveiupujcui
of our most common crops is shown
in the history of the cotton plant.
Cotton, as a fibre plant, was known
to the ancients 800 years before
Christ. When this continent was discovered
it was found growing in
Mexico and Peru as the principal
crop for clothing the natives, who,
by the way, had learned to manufacture
cotton cloth quite well. Our
ancestors began raising it in the
South soon after the settlement of
the first colonies; yet, it was only
after centuries of long acquaintance
with the plant that we discovered it
had other uses than that of making
fiber for our clothes.
We people of the United States
have known the peanut for years
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and years but only as a, plant of! nut experience, Mr. Jones fed his
secondary consideration. Georgia j entire crop to his livestock?the
and Tennessee have long raised the j nuts to hogs and the hay to horses
larger varieties in a limited way,! and cows. For the last ten years,
but it is only within the last few*! however, he has sold the nuts. He
years that the little Spanish variety I will not sell a bale of peanut hay, -
nas received recognition at an in | ior ne says nis cows eat it in preierproportion
to its importance. Here-1 ence even to alfalfa. He claims that
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tofore Georgians have been known; a farmer makes more money on peaas
"goober-grabblers" but from the I nuts at 60 cents a bushel than on .
present trend of progress of the pea-1 cotton at 10 cents a pound. He
nut it appears that Texans wilr here-i thinks, though, that 75 cents a bushafter
be entitled to that distinction, j el ought to be the minimum price for
However, no one State can monopo-1 peanuts and that no farmer should
lize the Spanish peanut. It has been! sell them for less. He estimates
demonstrated that it can be profit-1 that the farmer can realize more
ably grown in Northern Illinois as clear money from them as hog feed
well as in Colorado and other West- than to sell the nuts for less than
ern States. 75 cents a bushel.
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Try a Small Plot. Qn the jones farm the peanut is
In view of the steadily increasing principal crop. He plans to plant
price of all food products farmers, twenty-five acres next year and let
should prepare at once to plant at hogs harvest the crop.
least a few acres in Spanish peanuts. . . T .
..... Another Grayson county man, An
There is perhaps no single crop tnat _
will do more towards reducing the d-v Burf' bas for th? last aeTerl
high cost ot living, both on the farm years p!anted from twelve t0 flfteea
and in the city, than the peanut. It acrf 'n peaDuts> but has nff
is a wholesome, nutritious and eco- sathered the nuts nor put up a bale
nomical food for man and domestic of hay' Hls pIan ls t0 ^vide the
animals. Its production is simple land int0 seCtions' separated by hogand
inexpensive, and it is, from any pr00t wire fencing' turn the cows
view point, a profitable crop. and horses int0 one section at a time
Fine Success In Grayson County. t0 eat tbe vines aad the hogs t0 root
Seventeen years ago W. R. Jones, tor the nuts' He-^ys that bis pea"
an enterprising farmer of Grayson nut Ia4d is the most Potable of his
county, Texas, planted two acres of tarm- He has some , twenty-seven
Spanish peanuts as an experiment. head ?' horses and cattle and about
Finding the hay an excellent feed fifty hogs this year harvesting the
crop for his cows and work stock cr?P- That number of bogs- he ^y3and
the nuts a most excellent crop wiU run tw0 months or more pn
for hogs, Mr. JonesJas continued twelve t0 fifteen acres of Iand and
to plant peanuts?not a two-acre get verJ fatpatch,
but from fifteen and twenty The flesh of the peanut-fattened /
acres each year. Gradually his neigh- hog is f soft, however, and Mr.
hnrs havA fallen into the peanut Burch plants ten acres in corn with
planting habit, until now it has be- which to "finish off" his swine and
come a well-established and import- make them firm. He also plants five
ant crop in the sandy land belt of acres in cane and oats as summer
Grayson county. A "peanut factory" pasturage for them. While he has
has been established at Denison, not kept an accurate account* of the
which buys, not only the Grayson profits from his system of stock
county production, but that of other farming. Mr. Burch estimates that
sections of Texas, shipping the his peanut crop last year was worth
shelled nuts all over the country. from $500 to $550 in hog producThat
peanut growing has proven tion alone, not taking into account
profitable in the sandy sections bor- the value of the pasturage to his
dering Red river is shown by the cattle and horses. "Notwithstanding
fact that in Grayson county the cotton now brings a good price," he
acreage has almost doubled annual- said recently, "I am not ec'ng to
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ly for the last seven years. It is es- quit peanuts for cotton. n ia
tiraated to be twice as large this satisfied with the results of his **esyear
as it was last. ent plan and will stick to it.?Home
For the first few years of his pea- and Farm.
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