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| Now is the Time to Plant Potatoes Those w*ho plan to grow a crop of fall Irish potatoes are reminded that now is the time to plant this crop for the best success, and that the Lookout Mountain variety gives best results because of its good yield and keeping quality. The following suggestions are made by the horticulture specialists at Clemson on methods of s v, planting and cultivation: Planting-?Moisture content and previous preparation of the soil predetermine the stand. Preparatory to planting it is well to reopen the furrows and to follow immediately (before giving the soil time to lose any of its moisture) by dropping the tubers or parts of tubers twelve to fourteen inches apart in the drill and covering to a depth of 3 to 6 inches, depending upon the character of the soil?heavier soils being planted more shallow t'han lighter soils. Parts - of cut tubers should be as large as practicable. Packing the soil about the tubers either by stepping lightly with a rubber sole shoe or with the ^5. , _ ^ ^ ^ Dare root curecuy upon me luoer when dropped or by use of a light roller following covering with the plow, insures a much better stand, if the soil is sufficiently well pulverized to prevent crushing the tubers. Sprouting Helpful. If tubers of the spring crop of the current year are used for planting the second or fall crop, "sprouting" c' .. preparatory to planting will be very helpful in obtaining a stand. This is recommended only where it is not possible to get seed that have been held over in cold storage or otherwise, and may be done by drying the tubers by stacking in trays or shallow piles in an open shed excluding the light for a period of ten to fourteen days, and then spreading them upon the ground in a cool, shady place covered with straw to a depth of three to six inches and watering sufficiently to saturate the straw but by no means such as to drench the tubers. Planting should be done as soon as slight sprouting begins. Cultivation. ? Frequent shallow cultivation, either by harrowing across or with the rows, should be given at intervals of one week apart i . or as soon after each rain as soil conditions will permit, until a good stand is obtained; after which culti vation should be such as may he necessary to keep the crop in a high state of, cultivation. Under normal conditions, from 90 to 110 days from planting will be required to make the crop. A PLEDGE FOR CONSCIENTIOUS R|:' CITIZENS. By Maud Wood Park, President National League of Women Voters. Believing in Government by the People, for the People, I Will Do My Best? First, To inform myself about public questions, the principles and policies of political parties, and the qualifications of candidates for public offices. Second. To vote according to mv conscience in every election, primary or final, at which I am entitled to vote. Third, To obey the law even when I can not be in sympathy with all its provisions. Fourth. To support by all fair means the policies that I approve of. Fifth. To respect the right of others to uphold convictions that may : differ from my own. r < Sixth. To regard my citizenship as a public trust. ~? 1 ? _ 1 ? J l A :i a ma la <x siiupic juicuge uuc n iu were taken?and kept?toy a majority of the voters of this country, : we should be much nearer the King- \ dom of* Heaven upon earth than we find ourselves today. Making Both Ends Meet. ??? I You see a baby on the floor, biting its ; tiny feet, i Let it alone, for don't you see; its making both ends meet. < Again, the butcher kills a hog,- and takes the ears and feet. The tail, the nose, grinds them up, thus making both ends meet. The homeless do? will stop awhile, to scratch, while in the street, i Turns rpun'd to bite the festive flea, : while making both ends meet. Arithmetic of Love. I One smile makes one flirtation. Two flirtations makes one moonlight meeting. Two moonlight meetings make one kiss. Five kisses make one engagement. , One engagement makes two fools. Two fools make one marriage. One marriage makes one motherin-law. One mother-in-law makes it hot for you all the time. ILLINOIS MURDERS A WARNING To the Nation Against Radicalism in Labor Unionism. The awful crime committed at Herrin, 111., in the murder of 40 or more innocent men developed a fiendishness perhaps almost without parallel in human history. A young woman with a baby in her arms, so the report says, placed her foot on the body of one of the innocent men who had been shot down?shot merely because he was willing to work? and looking down into his face, covered with blood, and hearing his beg"? ?- J . i<T?n gmg cry ior waier, saiu: 1 xi see you in hell before you get any water." On the road where six men tied together had been shot down as though they were mad dogs, burning with thirst they begged for water, and received from both men and women only jeers for their cries. These are but typical illustrations out of dozens of equal horror reported from a spot where people seem to have given the world a new conception of the awful degradation nf which men and women alike can sink under the leadership of hell. The situation at Herrin, shocking beyond all power of words to express, marks a new phase of human depravity. It is indicative of the spirit which has been created in many thousands of people by the bitter denunciation by labor leaders of the right of men to work untrammeled by radical unionism. It is indicative of the spirit that is abroad through thp teachine of those who denounce our courts and who gloatingly violate our laws. If ever a nation needed to heed a warning which is but a sign of the times, this nation needs at the present time to be called to its senses and face the facts. We need to learn that the domination of radical unionism can give Bolshevism a long lead and still beat it in the race to desperate criminality. We need to learn that the independence of this country from union domination and from lawless men, whether of high or low degree, who violate laws and denounce courts, can only be safeguarded by an awakened conscience of the American people stirred to its deepest depths by the black horror which Illinois has let loose upon our country. That horror is but the natural and inevitable harvest of the seed that has been sown in hatred by radical leaders of labor unions against independent or open shop men. It is but the inevitable harvesting of the seed sown by every man who violates law or who assumes to denounce courts and all legislatures or who gives unbridled rein to his own desires regardless of statute or moral law. The law breaker is a criminal. Law breaking is anarchy; and the fruit of anarchy is death to the nation. Any man who has wilfully violated the laws of his land is to the extent of his influence responsible for bringing about the lawless spirit the fruit of which is seen in the situation in Herrin; and the same harvest is being gathered in every part of our land where murders are rampant and murderers go free. The teaching of radicalism in labor unionism and the hatred thus engendered for all open shop or independent men leads inevitably in final fruition to the spirit which found vent in the diabolism which was rampant when hell broke loose and set its stamp of approval upon the Illinois atrocities.?Manufacturers Record. "Political History." In an effort "to keep the record straight," The Bamberg Herald cites some interesting election figures under the above caption in last week's issue. The article was in response to a claim made by "some people that Blease had carried Bamberg county in several of his races." It appears from the record that the exgovernor did get a majority of OS in that county in 1910, when he was elected over Featherstone. In all of his other campaigns from 1900 down to date. Bamberg went "agin 'im." at times by a majority of 4 to 1. It is also interesting to note in this connection that while .Air. Blease has been a candidate for state office continuously since 1910, with the exception of 1904 and 1 920, a total of nine campaigns, he has been successfully twice. His try-out again'this year makes the sixth time he has run for governor. In addition, he has offered twice for lieutenant governor and twice for the United States senate. It might' he remarked in passing that Mr. Blease's candidacy in Barnwell county .has not fared much better in the past than it did in Bamberg county.?Banwell People. Mrs. Mary McKee and Mrs. Clara Morris, both grandmothers, are walking from Minneapolis to Sioux City, Iowa. WON'T BURN WEEVILS. Negroes in Anderson Say It's Provi- ^ dential Pest. C Anderson, July 21.?Stories are told of boll weevils, but about the 1 latest story is that of the superstition among negroes of this state in regard to burning the squares. E Stories from over the county in regard to the negroes refusing to pick up and burn the squares have been oft repeated. The negroes claim that A the boll weevil is a pest sent here by Providence, and they will not fight _ them. This story was given a new impetus recently when a negro youth A was struck by lightning and killed while working in a cotton field picking up squares. The neighborhood negroes were panic stricken and absolutely refused to assist in any way in fighting the weevil. Anderson county farmers report n that while the negroes will pick the a squares up, they will not burn them. ~ The superstition seems to be that if 1 the squares are burned and the smoke inhaled, it will certainly kill the person inhaling it. Fifteen Years Ago? People were just beginning to be- ^ lipvp wireless teleeraDhv was imDOS sible. They were saying that eggs would never be a nickel apiece. Women who wore only one petticoat were talked about. Skirts at shoe tops were indecently short. The Hague peace tribunal was mentioned on the first page. ^ The "Divine Sallie" was making 1 her "farewell tour" of America. ! People were getting their first * good laugh out of the preposterous g idea of practical submarines and air- i ships. ? The automobile industry was ? staggering on its last legs. Thirty-cent porterhouse steak was . called an outrage. 1 Some foolish women were talking 1 about demanding the ballot. a The death of musical comedy was I announced by critics. J Every man who owned an auto j. was considered a daredevil. d Some darn fool was experimenting I with a fireless cooker. Hawhaw. B m 1 ? 1 m' a A Midnight Catastrophe. f ? A tomcat sat on a moonlit shed, f t While he warbled his song to tne night. ? A gray old sinner of plebian birth, And the hero of many a fight. I \T7Vii1a n trrnii ^>Viv ma r? in whnsp wip.k- I H UUC a 51 V/UVXAJ UAMU .f .. ed breast, No love of harmony dwelt. From his bed arose, in his red nightclothes. Giving voice to the rage that he felt. A bootjack he seized in his vengeful hand, And he hurled it out into space, But a smile lit up through the draw war scars, * On that veteran tomcat's face. Never touched me he cried, in triumphant glee, While a voice of derision he meowed. And that madman swore 'till the stars went out, And the moon hid its face in a cloud. Again did that tomcat raise his voice. In a song to his sweet Marie, While the echo's quivered like current jell, In the thrill of their melody. Then that madman seized his trusty gun, And it belched forth a rain of lead, While that tomcat struggled oin the throes of death, On the roof of that old woodshjed. With a shout of triumph the madman sought, The embrace of his couch again. But that tomcat raised his shotpierced head. And from it shook out the pain,? Saying?I have been slaughtered three times, now,? I have had trouble to beat the band; And tho' slightly disfigured, I am still in the ring And have six more lives on hand. She Knew the Kind. President and Mrs. Hadlev were on a train bound for New York, where 1 aie s president was iu sprutv ueiuic a national convention. He made use p of the hour and twenty minutes he || spent in the train by rehearsing his speech in a low voice, using his hands to emphasize certain passages. A kindly matron who was sitting directly behind Mr. and Mrs. Hadlev, who who had been watching and listening, leaning forward, and. tapping Mrs. Hadlev on the shoulder, said feelingly: "You have my sincere sympathy, my poor woman: I have one iust like him at home." The income value of women's services in hhe United States is estimated at ?18,000,000.000 annually. Never Happened. j like sat upon a powder keg and \ smoked his pipe of clay, _ ome off that the neighbors beg; but' Mike ain't built that way. 'he smoke curls upward round his j head the sparks fly through the vi air, tut with it all he isn t dead?tnerei^ was no powder there. i The End of Time. l11 men were born equal at first, in i I this and every nation, The rich among the poor would be, but for wealth and education. 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