The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 01, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
WORLD NEEDS THE ELDERLY
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Their Ripened Experience and De- j
veioped Judgment Make Them of J
Value to the Community.
Hardly anyone, if indeed anyone at i
all. holds at thirty-five tnat he was
wiser when he was twenty-five, or says ;
at fifty that he knew more, and had !
better judgment, when he was .thirty-1
five. Yet young men are prone to |
look upon older men as being dis- j
pensable. If a man could live to be two
hundred years old, retaining his mental
faculties unimpaired, '^ading an active
life as a member of a profession or a
roan in business, his ripened experience,
his developed judgment, his vista, j
would make him worth as much as a
dozen youngsters In many respects.
Dr. William Mayo of Minnesota, unlike
Doctor Osier who retired discom- j
on/1 noror raallv OTTtlninpd whPTl i
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be made his famous declaration and ;
gave ro the English language the term j
"oslerized," says old men are the oa- j
tions greatest assets. Aboriginal savages
said the same thing. The aged
Indian at the council fire was worth a
score of young bucks on the battle line.
One of the most valuable uses to
which the experience of old men is put
Is detecting the sophistries of extremists
and resisting agitators who urge
perilous innovation.
- * Doctor Mayo believes 15 years added
to the average life since the Civil
war constitutes a task only half done.
Another 15 years may be added by
medical and surgical science plus education
which will lead to early adoption
of measures to preserve health.
The slogan. "A Short life and a merry
one," shortens life. Doctor Mayo
says and robs a race of a social element?hale
and nsefdl seniors?upon
which a value too high cannot be set
Assuredly, a sane life and a long one
la desirable from the point of view of
both the state and individual.
The man who believes at fifty, or
t?wtv nr covontv fhnt his ludgment is i
better than it formerly was is altogether
right.?Louisville Courier-Journal.
ALASKAN GOLD-LODE MINING
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Already Profitable, the Completion of
the Government Railroad Will Aid
in Its Development.
Twenty-five gold-lode mines were operated
in Alaska in 1918, according
to the United States geological survey,
department of the interior. There
was also a production from seven
prospects?abandoned mines or small
mines that were not in regular operation.
The value of the lode-gold output
decreased from $4,581,453 in 1917
to $3,473,317 in 1918. owing partly to
the disaster at the Treadwell mine in ]
April, 1917, and partly to curtailmeut
of operations, especially in the Juneau
district because of shortage of labor. |
. Southeastern Alaska, especially the \
Juneau district, is still the only cen-j
- ter of large quartz-mining operations
In the territory. Next in importance
Is the Willow Creek lode district. The
\\ production in the Fairbanks district i
decreased materially, as the lode-mine
owners of Fairbanks are still await- j
lug the cheapening of operating costs, :
especially of fuel, which is expected
on the completion of the government '
railroad. In 1918 the average value of
iV ? 'J ollrai. n/intunt? fnp ol]
y lilt; guju auu ?I?CI
siliceous ores mined was $1.70 a ton; ;
the average for 1917 was $1.37 a ton. j '
These averages reflect the dominance
Id the total lode production of the
large tonnage produced from the low- j
grade ores of the Juneau district.
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Absence Sometimes Evidence of Tact, j
Sometimes it's an evidence of tact '
when people absent themselves. Only i
big people can do it. Children and
/childish adults have to hang around !
with open mouths and staring eyes
lest something escape them. They are I
the omnipresent nuisances that make <
X. you want to tell them things. Really
big people can afford to let others do |
a few things without permission. <
What others do ought not to detract i
vitally from what you do unless what
you attempt is so small that it takes
little to overshadow it. Besides it's i
only fair that others* should have an <
opportunity of showing what they can i
do. The world will think more of you j
if you give it a chance to pass judgment
on its efforts. And what is more
mere obstruction won't stop things
anyway. The best way to make things
popular is to furnish sufficient unjust
opposition. The persecution occasioned
makes friends for the other side.
?u^xcnauge.
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Newspaper Printed in 1788.
A rare copy of a newspaper has
come into the possession of the Columbia.
university library. Dr. Carpenter, j
acting librarian, announced, in the pur- j
chase of a copy of the Pennsylvania '
Packet and Daily Advertiser for April
14. 1788, from W. F. Smith of Philadelphia.
The paper, which was published
by John Dunlap and David C.
Claypool ift Philadelphia, is four pages
in size, contains about two columns
of news arid the balance is^filled by
commercial advertising. Of particular
interest is a brief account of Che Columbia
college commencement of 1788. 4
The first name on the list of candidates
awarded the master of arts degree
is Alexander Hamilton, and De
\Vitt Clin;an hslds the same position
ti-iong the receivers of bachelor of arts
diplomas
Garden Stuff.
"Did your garden win any prizes
last summer?"
nolffhhi^a 1
tU'ii; >UJ K .
Cfcickf-ns ti>ck 6rst prize? at the pattltry
show."?London Blighty.
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THE SUCCESSFUL METiliS
OF SWEET POTATOES,
Careful Handling, Curing, Grading, and !
Study of Market Conditions
Necessary.
Clemson.College, Dec. 15.?The successful
marketing of sweet potatoes I
depends on several factors, one of
the more important of which is the
growing in marketable quantities. By
this we mean that we should not grow
small lots, depending too much on
our home markets, all of which are located
in a sweet potato section and
are being supplied at digging time
from the curb. If we have less than
a carload of sweet potatoes and are
able to get a good price ior inese 0111
our local market, we should consider
ourselves very fortunate and at the
same time think of this as an accident
The above applies to the markets
at harvesting time rather than during
the winter months, when one third
of the sweet potatoes grown have decayed
from lack of suitable storage
facilities. Oftentimes the Division of
Markets of the Clemson College Extension
Service is asked to find a market
for 75 or 100 bushels of sweet potatoes
near some glutted market but
some distance from an open market
It becomes an expensive proposition
to ship these potatoes, and handling
and exposure given them when sent
in local lots by freight make their
movement by freig it impossible. But
from the same point it may be a very
easy task to move two or more carloads
of sweet potatoes to some large
market center or coal mining or milling
center.
When all said, it is not the quantity
to be marketed that should receive
the gr ater pajt of our attention
(though we should focus our eyes
on quantity for a time), because when
we begin growing for markets other
than our curb markets we must necessarily
give more attention to the
handling and grading of our sweet
potatoes. A consignment or sweet
pot&toes that reaches its market destination
showing signs of bad handling
never commands the top market price.
On the other hand, potatoes careful-'
ly handled will always receive a
ready sale at prices that will more
than pay for the extra time and labor
expended in careful handling. This
handling process begins at harvesting
time and ends when the potatoes
reach the consumer.
Through careless handling and storing
of sweet potatoes we have been
losing from 50 to 70 per cent of the
crop grown each year. The crop ii
now becoming of commercial importance
and will be extensively cultivated
in the sections of the state
invaded by the Mexican boll weevil;
and all who intend to grow sweet
potatoes for the market should build
sufficient storage hciuses and provide
the best means of handling this now
important crop for market.
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While the production of the sweet
potato has increased during the past
few years, many new markets have
opened up and thousands of people
are becoming belter acquainted with
the southern grown sweet potato. No
limit as to market has been reached
yet and at this time a number of
sweet Dotato dealers and fruit and
vegetable marketing associations are
doing much to advertise the southern
sweet potato and increase the
consumption of this product. The
crop is of a perishable nature, as
stated above, if not handled properly,
and only recently has it been given
the proper handling which enables it
to be thrown on distant markets.
This story is told of the first carload
of Nancy Hall sweet potatoes
that reached Columbus, Ohio, about
tour years ago through mistake: A
certain dealer in that city had been
handling a dry, mealy sweet potato
frown in a colder section of the
country, not as well adapted as this
section to the growing of the sweet
potato, and through a commission
firm in the East they had asked for
a car of these dry sweet potatoes. The
commission house instead, by mistake,
sent a carload of the rich flavored,
luicy Nancy Hall variety from Georgia.
When the dealer discovered that;
he had tfr'e wrong variety of potatoes !
he immediately said, "Well, we will ."
have to sell these at 75 cents less
on the bushel and take a loss." "No,"
s&ld a southern friend, "sell them
%t 75 cents more per bushel, for they
are worth more, and don't fail to advertise
them."
Needless to say this carload went
at that price and, in the words of
the dealers there, "They are still going."
This crop in the past has been an
easy one to produce, and naturally
we have become negligent and have
said to those in charged "Sell the
surplus if you can, if you can't, feed
them to the hog3."
We now know, however, there are
other crops worth more for hog feed
and less expensive to grow, and we
must turn our faces towards a mar
kot. Our policy should simply be
this: those of us who expect to grow
sweet potatoes in the boll weevil
section of the state should study markets,
market preferences, market demands,
periods of greatest demand,
secure proper containers, grade properly,
provide suitable storage for a
carload or more (the most economical
method of handling and marketing
this crop )and work with the marke!
agents end their assistants for noth
ing less than the market price In any
open market
J. *\ Carter B. D. Carter > p TTTOPV
J. Carl Kearse A. IS. U 1 OUi 1
Carter & Carter & Kearse insurance
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I KING'S EARLY BIG BOLL 1
Having accepted the agency to han- EH
die the King's Early Big Boll Cotton B
Seed, I am prepared to take orders H
for same, and advise all interested B
in using them to place their orders H
at once, as supply will be short, owing 2|
to the strong demand because of boll B
weevil conditions. S|3
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H. M. GRAHAM, DR. ROBT. BLACK, W. D. COLEMAN, '
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IEE30LVE, that beginning with today,
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It's hard to thmK of any ailment more annoying
than foot troubles. Every step you
tahe is a constant reminder.
But there are now a number of good remedies
on the marh.et.for affording quich relief
And the price, in most instances is very
reasonable.
We have a fresh stocK ot all the best Known
. corn plasters?bunion pads?foot bath tabletsfoot
powders?and other preparations.
We also can supply you with salves?lini
| msnts - disinfectants?adhesive plasters ?
? ::Vf,es?etc.
Mack's Drug Store
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