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ON TRAIL PERPETUAL MOTION. 4 Only Difficulty He Doesn't Know How to Stop Machine. Greenville county hasn't anything on Richland county when it comes to producing an inventor of a "perpetual motion" device, for R. A. Sligh, a farmer living about three miles out from Columbia, has been flirting with perpetual motion for lo. these many years, has worked perpetual motion to a fare-you-well, knows perpetual motion as a mother does her child, and has refrained from making his machine simply because he doesn't know how to get it stopped once it begins to work, he said. Mr. Sligh saw the story in the State about a Mr. Pym, of Greenville, hav Ing a perpetual motion device. 11 warmed his heart to know that another man in South Carolina was on a trail that has led many a scientist into the darkness of despair, so he came to Columbia, asked about Mr. Pym and will confer with him regarding the machine. Sure it Will Work. v "From the short description of Mr. Pym's machine, I feel sure that his device and mine work on exactly the some principle?that of the falling lever?no doubt of it. I have experimented with it, have destroyed my models, but can rebuild them with little difficulty. I am going to talk over this perpetual motion affair with Mr. Pym and see if his device is like mine, but I am sure that it is. "Why haven't I had mv idea patented? Well, the government won't issue a patent on a perpetual motirn machine?says there is no such thing. But I have it, and it will work on any * plane surface. "The idea came to me about six years ago. I have worked on it a*: intervals and have it now so it will work?it will pull anything. At firs: * ?j ?a if nnllzi/1 in X was WOITICU UCMUOC il iu jerks?like a gasoline engine running on one cylinder?but tliat can be corrected now, and the power can be applied in any number of ways." Has Many Inventions. 1 ? ' Not only is Mr. Sligh one of the two men in Soutn Carolina who claim to have the secret of perpetual motion in their hands, but he is also an inventor of a cotton chopper which he uses on his farm. He has made num- : erous experiments with wood fibre; 1 |&isays his wood fibre can be used extensively as partitioffs for interiors 1 of houses, as roofing, as matting for ; floors and for many other purposes. "If it comes to a pinch," said Mr. 1 Sligh, "you can treat this wood fibre of mine in such a way that it will .serve for clothing; it is soft and pliable, not easy to tear1 and will keep 1 ^ the weather out." 1 Mr. Sligh says he has to wjrk pretty hard to make ends meet and has 1 o; nevei had a great deal of capital to finance properly his 1nveuf.:ons. He ,has always had a turn for mechanics, he says, and hopes to be able to put his perpetual motion device to some practical use. His return from Green d . ville will be awaited with interest by |his friends in this community.?The . Columbia State V -.;' , m , Ml WOMEN BURN BABIES. Is Belief of Police Who Find Victims in Cleveland Home. ' ? - j ^ ^ T?fc * J uieveiana, umo, juiy zi.?ceueveu to have been crazed by their love for two babies left with them as boarders and who were about to be taken from them, police believe two women destroyed themselves and the children on a bed which they set afire in their x home today. The women were Mrs. Eliza Moselman, a widow, 70, and her daughter Tillie, 37. Mrs. Moselman was wealthy and both were eccentric in their way of living, police say. The baby victims were Helen Stankovich, three years old, and her twoyear-old brother, Felix. Felix was burned to death on his second birthday?today?and Helen had celebrated her third birthday yesterday. Clutching the helpless children in their arms, the two women set the bed afire, police say the evidence shows, and when a neighbor managed to break his way into the bed room, ' through locked doors the four burned * * - - ? ^ J. T V.J IV. Doaies were iouna on cue ueu, ^uc arms of the women encircling the babies. The room was damaged but little. The iron bed was red hot and all the bed clothing had been burned away. The children, who were motherless, had been left temporarily with the women by their father. John Stankovich, a former tenant, when he went to Virginia to work on .iuiy 1. Today Mrs. Moselman received a letter from the children's father ashins: her to give his babies into the care of their grandmother. Mrs. Theresa White. It was this letter, police believe, that prompted the tragedy. Police say the evidence delibcated the mother and daughter deliberately fired the bed mattress and killed themselves and the babies rather than give them up. 4 t SHIPPING TOMATOES. YVilliston Interested in Packing of Tomatoes. Williston, July 19.?A most interesting and profitable hour can be spent by anyone watching tomatoes being packed in Williston. Under the j direct supervision of -Mike Harley, large quantities are being packed i each day. First the tomatoes are ! taken from field crates and emptied onto grading tables and well graded, the graded product being wrapped in tissue paper, each tomato separately, and packed into small baskets which are put into an attractive crate very much like an orange crate. These crates hold half a bushel of tomatoes. By the time the tomatoes reach northern markets they have ripened. Very flattering reports are reaching Williston regarding the splendid pack of our tomatoes. .Today the first solid car of tomatoes are being loaded, heretofore they having been loaded with other vegetables. Fully 400 of these crates will move from here today to the northern markets in one car. The market continues to advance, the latest returns being $2 per crate or $4 per bushel. One farmer Dicked at one Picking over 40 crates from one acre of tomatoes. This industry is only a baby, but promises to be one of the biggest crops of this section when the soil has been properly limed and spraying equipment acquired by farmers. The same spraying equipment can be used for peaches, a coming crop in this section. CAROLINA POULTRY AND EGGS Valued at $20,000,000?Equals Valuation of All BeCf and Dairy Cattle. It is almost impossible to arrive at a correct valuation of the poultry crop in South Carolina. The census figures include fowls found on the farms of the state and do not take into consideration the thousands of 3ocks in small towns and cities. These would probably equal, if not exceed, the poultry production on the farms for the reason that the back-yard flock in -the town and city is usually much better taken care of than the rural hen and shows a greater production. Despite this handicap the poultry crop of South Carolina in 1919 had a valuation of more than $12,000,000, according to preliminary figures recently announced by the department of commerce. The poultry crop had a valuation of nearly $2,000,000 mare than the hogs produced in the state. In spite of all this, the hen is often looked upon as a small business unit, \vune iiie uu? is iccnuucu as one of our greatest crops. Taking into consideration the small town flocks and the few hens in the back-yards of the city family, the poultry and egg crop of South Carolina will pass the $20,000,000 mark annually. Still it is referred to as a small business. It is small in one way, yet the total is equal to the combined valuation of all beef and dairy cattle in the State. The production of eggs on the farms of South Carolina in 1919 was 12,812,143 dozens and had a value of $5,S93,586. The small town flocks probably equalled the record. The census figures show that 9,015,952 chickens were raised on the farms of the state in 1919 and had a valuation of $6,311,166. These figures do not include the exhibition of fancy birds produced by the poultry fancier, and which have a per capita market value far in excess of the fowls found on the farms by the census enumerators. The milk and cream industry in South Carolina has shown a wonderful development in the past few years and in some sections is taking the place of King Cotton to a large extent, while in others it is the great supplemental crop and looked upon as one of the principal year-round monev producers. The poultry and egg crop of South Carolina is nearly three times as large as the combined milk and cream production of the state. The farm hen and her products nearly equal the tobacco crop; more than twice as large as the sweet potato crop; equal in value to the combined production of oats, wheat, dry peas and all hay and forage, and nearly twice the value of horses on the farm. The hen, is indeed, is a great producer. Give her a square deal and she will pay you well. The Very Thing. Mr. Headley rubbed his hands gleefully. "Mr. Heape!" he called. Mr. Heape. his assistant, came in from the next room. "Heape.'' cried Headley, "that fool of an office boy of ours has fallen in love with my pretty secretary." "I'm sorry, sir: what shall I do? Fire the boy?" "Fire the boy!" yelled Headley. "Never! I hope he remains true to her. For the first time since he's been here he's always handy when we want him." WAR OX AGAINST WEEVILS. Department of Agriculture Fights Cotton Pest at Firfax. Washington, July 20.?The rapid expansion of weevil poisoning throughout the southern states has made necessary the establishment of a number of new field stations by ho rlonnrfmprnt nf ngrioiiltiiro tlirrmsli the wee.vil infested territory. It was announced today. The stations created so far are as follows: Fairfax. S. C.; Waynesboro. Ga.; Americas.' Ga.; Demopolis, Ala.; Tuscaloosa. Ala.; Brookhaven, Miss.; Victoria: Texas; Denton, Texas; Taylor, Texas. and San Benito, Texas. Two or more men are located at each station, the announcement said, one engaged in research work and the other surveying weevil and cotton coditions throughout the "surrounding districts. A number of men < ???? oosiffnod t o /-I i c t TM P t <3 Tint a PPOC a 1 aooigu^u i,vj uw uwvw j ' sible to the established stations. The delta laboratory of the department at Tallulah, La., is directing the work of assisting the farmers in the work of weevil extermination. Reports from practically all portions of the cotton belt indicate there is an unusually severe boll weevil infestation this year in nearly all portions of the south, the department announced. From a series of surveys made by the department's laboratory at Tallulah during the last seven years, it has been determined that the infestation this year is the heav-. iest which has been experienced in any of the seasons except that of 1916. The surveys made from 1915 to 1921 inclusive, were on 13 plantations in Madison parish, Louisiana, the same points being taken each , year and something over two hundred thousand plants examined an nually, usually during the first week in June. From these observations' ' the number of plants per weevil was computed as follows: 1915, 177; . 1916, 100; 1917, 525; 1918, 441; , 1919, 245; 1920, 221; 1921, 152. The observations, the department said, afford a fair degree of comparison of the infestations developing 4 each season. < "These comments, of course," said < the department, "apply only to the < infestation of hybernated weevils, and this infestation does not necessarily determine the degree of dam- 4 age which will be experienced ? throughout the season, because < weather conditions may operate to . offset this heavy initial infestation i and thus reduce the damage later. However, it simply means this: If the 4 injury by the weevil is to be no more * than normal, the weather must be * abnormally unfavorable to the cot- , ton plant. Thus the -chances are against the farmer at the outset." The Country. The following poem was written by an eight-year-old Blackville bay, and handed to The Herald for publication: Give me the country. Where the pumpkins, corn, and sugar cane grow, Where the birds are singing so mer1 rily And the cool breezes blow. Give me the country Where the Beaver Dam ditch flows, where I love to put whirligigs, and wade in water. And where the good old blackberry grows. Give me the country, Where the cool air feels so good, And where I can ride with "Cato," When he is hauling wood. Give me the country, Where I find large cherries, lAnd take my bucket in the woods, To fill with huckleberries. Give me the country, v Where I can graze my little pony, And wear my overalls, and go barefooted, ' And not try to be "so tony." Demand for Brushes. A young Englishman proposed to a girl, and her father said to -him: "You need not come back until you are prepared to settle $10,000 on my daughter. I am not going to let you marry without a proper settlement." The ardent wooer went away in a despondent frame ofc mind, for though he had a tair income ne naa no money to settle on his fiancee. Xext day he told his story to a friend in the city, -who said: "Suppose you try a little speculation. I'll buy a thousand 'Brushes,' " meaning shares in the Brush Electric company. Ten days later the friend handed $17,000?the profits of the transaction?to the young man. who went straight to his future father-in-law with a check for $10,000. The latter asked how the money had been found so quickly. "Oh. it'? all ric-ht." the lover replied. "A friend of mine bought me some brushes on the stock exchange and they went up in a wonderful way. I don't know if they were hair brushes or nail brushes or tooth brushes, but there was a wonderful demand for them." DE. THOMAS BLACK i DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental department University of Maryland. Member S. C. j State Dental Association. Office opposite postoffice. Office j hours. 9:00 a. m. te 5:30 p. m. ^ PORTABLE AND STATIONARY AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle .Mills, Injec- ; tors. Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts. Pulleys,Belting, Gasoline Engines LARGE STOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Worke,! Supply Store. 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