The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 29, 1921, Image 1
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DEMO? ; STR A TION
WORK DEVELOPS
Loca! leadership Among the
People of Any Community
LARGE GAINS IN
COUNTY MEMBERSHIP
Schools Aid in the Movement-Instruction
in Canning
Wanted
Homo demonstration work carried
on by representatives of the United
States Department of Agriculture, cooperatng
with the State agricultural
colleges through an organization composed
of the people of Hie community
was undoubtedly much better understood
at the end of J 020 than it was
the year previous. People began to
have a greater sense of their responsibilities
with regard to the problems
of better living. The relation of food
1 / i li n %Y* n ?l/.4 K...? i ~
vw i i .< . ii i > i j run. n;it\ , u i l()
health and economy, of improved
household conditions and conveniences
to living; standards, appears to have
been more clearly appreciated.
Large (Jains in County .Membership.
The proof of this is the increased
number of rural women who acted as
local leaders of demonstrations or
who lent their support, encouragement.
and personal interest to home
demonstration work in the counties.
Membership in the county extension
organization increased in practically
every state?in several sUites as much
as 50 per cent. All states in the
North and West report work in 1920
in some phase of clothing, nutrition,
and home management work. Food
preservation was a project in every
state but one, health in all but two,
and food production by women, especially
poultry improvement wa.
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earned on us m.icuc - in an
and Middle States, according to Cir.
ITS, Status and Results of Homo
Demonstration Work, Northern and
Western States, 1920, just issued by
the United States Department of Agriculture.
Tiie problems of food, clothing, care
of elti -Iron, the comfort of the home
and the general business of *housekeeping
confront every homemaker
and every group of housekeepers in
all parts of the country. The call for
gi ii'.ar in clothing work in J9'?0
wrs ' o com! pel ling that clothing
sp^c;m1 : -;1 : \1 ere added i.o exter don
stall's of 1 ho agricultural colleges in
a number of states. The circular
pjc in1 - out that rura1 women do much
of the family sowing. High prices
of fabrics and of ready-made garments
increased the amount of home
sewing ill over the country, and farm
women v arnly welcomed the assistance
of t'ie home demot. Oration agent
or state specialist. The fundamental
idea underlying clothing demonstra
Lion nas neon economy or tunc, ellort,
money and material.
Various phases of health work have |
]>eon carried on in every stale in cooperation
with state boards of health,
with county, school and Public Health
Service officers, and in many instances
with the Red Cross. Home nursing,
sar.i'at'on, and various phases of child
care, including nutrition, have been
the projects of major importance.
The circular calls attention to the
fact that Massachusetts has done outstanding
work *n dental hygiene.
Schools Aid Work.
While but little help in food preparaton
has been desired, 1,717 communities
have carried on work in food
selectin, 1,890 have promoted the
serving of a hot dish at noon in local
schools, G03 have taken up work in
child feeding proper, and 380 have
carried on milk feeding demonstrations.
The interest in child feeding
has been due largely to the startling
statistics accumulated during the past
few years indicating the amount of
malnutrition among American children
of school and preschool ago.
Observations reported by home
demonstration agents and nutrition
specialists indicate, according to the
circular, that irregular habits, late
and hurried breakfasts, cold^J.111 palatable
and poorly selected school lunches 1
often only partially eaten, delayed
chores, la<o hours, lack of sufficient]
rest periods, and the common use of I
tea and colVee by young children are I
contributing causes to this prevalent
condition of malnutrition. The country
chid's diet has often boon found
lacking in milk, fruit, and green vegetables.
Sweets and pastry are often
used in undue proportion, while poorly
baked bread and scorched and greasy
fried foods are erved more commonly
than they should be.
Home management, labor saving
appliances, and household accounts)
SHERIFF LEWIS !
GOES TO FLO YDS
sueviIV .las. A. Lewis was called
back into Floyds township Inst wcok
in the matter of the Foley children,!
whose custody was recently ordered
to he taken away from Burroughs
Strond And the children placed in one
of the orphan asylums. Trouble had
come up again in relation to the
changing of the custody of these chil-!
dren and the sherilV had to go up
there to straighten this out.
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\ ero '.riven considerable attention,
Poultry work was the major project
in food production. Gardening, cheesemaking:,
bee raising and small fruits
interested the women in a few states.
Putter making was increased as information
spread on the need of butter
in children's diet.
Instruction in Canning Wanted.
Meat canning with the pressure
cooker was the principal development
in food preservation work. Instruction
in the canning of poultry was
wanted wherever flocks wore culled.
Community canning kitchens, which
were closed following the armistice,
reopened in twenty-one states. Cvmning
in tin und co-operative buying
of canning supplies also increased.
Drying Was stimulated through
samples of standard evaporated prod
nets sent out by the Department of
.Agriculture.
Opinions frr.m all states show that
in home demonstration work 1D1X was
a year of emergency activities, 11)11)
a year of transition, 11)20 a year of
building for permanent work already
under way. The development of
strong local leaders, the part of the
specialists in the program of work,
the general interest in boys' and girls'
clubs, and the outlook for 11)21 are
all discussed fully in t he circular
which is free upon application to the
Department of Agriculture.
CKMFNT WALKS
Last week the town completed the
new concrete sidewalk all the wa.
'" om the corner at the Conway Mcth>'!ist
Church to the" corner of the
; operty of W. A. Freeman, at Heat}
' rret. A hard walk was laid i;
of the churcjj and adds much I.v.
!'o appearance of the property.
CREDITORS MEET
The creditors of Thomas J. Pell
net in Florence, S. C., on Tuesday
of la t week and no claim was- filed
gainst his estate except one by the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pain
for a judgement taken against the
bankrupt some years ago for a fertilizer
debt.
County Demonstration Agent W. O
Davis has been a hard worker in
helping along the movement to sign
up 1he tobacco growers of this count;
;.n the co-operative marketing of that
crow. Il( has put his time and experience
'it wrirk and to him, more
than any one els ? is duo the success
ihat the movement has had here.
The farmerfc of this county are
'ohh.< the best they can to improv
heir farms. They have built new
honfes in a number of instances. In
ofh( r ease thrv have cleaned up ne\
1;'nd, du?r new ('inches and added nev
barns and packing houses. All of
'l is will add to th- income for 1922.
I JICE?)lJTL()OK
I FOR NEW YEAR
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Things Here Point to'Successful
Operations During Year
of IS??.
enterprises"are'
RUNNING ALL TIME
New Manufacturing Plant Under
Construction--Others
in Contemplation
jrf
ho outlook for good business and
hotter times, more like normalcy, . is
very irood here considering the facts
as they appear.
All of the enterprises established
here are running on about full time
so far as we c,an learn. They have
orders and are filling them. Among
these are the Conway Lumber Company,
Veneer Manufacturing Company,
Ward-Bate Company, and a
number of smaller concerns that nevertheless
have done and are still doing
a whole lot of business and a
whole lot of good in the community.
On the river side there is now in
process of construction a new plant
under the name of the W. IT. Winbourne
Company and which will he
engaged in the manufacture of lumber
and wooden novelties. It will
employ many hands to do the work
as soon as it gets in operation. Some
of he best business men of Conway
are connected with this and they will
make it go without question.
Other enterprises are in contemplation.
They have not started consi
ruction and the particulars cannot
yet be given out. They will become
known in time.
Prices of things have dropped, and
while this has discouraged some of
the farmers when selling the products
of their labor, yet it must encourage
them when they gc to buy the clothes
'they need or articles they cannot
raise and must purchase in order 10
have them.
Farmers are going into cooperative
marketing. This groat movement in
the interest of farmers is gaining
rapid headway. Tt is the only way
now for the farmers to do if they
would make a living profit at what
they do.
Farmers are nlso learning how to
live without cotton. It is easy for
them' to do this in Horry County
iiere there are plenty of good U>
bacco lands.
Taking everything into consideration
the outlook is very bright in this
section of the State!
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CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY
HORRY HERALD K
BY GIVING AW
What n Jin-eat many of the farmers
of this county need to do is to read
more. Pick out those who are the
most progressive in any of our rural
communities and they will he found
to l?e the ones who read more than
, the others. They are the ones who
do more because they know more.
Knowledge, when put into action be"omes
power and power is a great
thing on which every man and woman
in the world should figure.
Tho n VP I'M ivp f iivmov innct ? > nrx-l c?
have his county paper in order to
. keep up with the movements that
are being made locally for his advancement
and the advancement of
his interests as a member of the
community. Me needs also a good
farm paper from which he c.un gain
on ral information ab>ut what is do
ing in agriculture. New methods as
well as old are discussed in this from
issue to issue. A good farm paper
must come in for a shore of his patronage.
It is worth many times
what it cost. Outside of these he
can, if he is able, take still .another
newspaper of either state or national
MUCH PLANT
j FOOD WASTED
Through Unwise Methods Used
on the Farms by
Tenants.
STABLE MANURE
AMD GREEN STUFF
Commercial Fertilizers and
Good Cultural Methods Are
Things to Use.
Richness and fertility arc often
opposed to mean the same thing:
when applied to soil, but there may
< a wide fiilVerence, savs the United
Stales Department of Agriculture. J
The lii'ference is one that may mean]
-access or i'ai tne :n crop production, j
; Some Rich Spoils Not Fertile*
T?y fertility is meant the ability of
t'".. soil to produce a good crop. A I
soil is rich if il contains a consider!'!o
(jnantity of each ,f the element
reouired by the plant in the process
of growth. Unless, however, these
elements are available to the plant
and the physical conditions of the
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:><?!! cue such ;t-: to promote plant
growth, the soil cannot ho said to I:<x
Koi 1.i!o. Certain elements arc always
wilable to the plant; others must
oe acted upon l>y certain substances
under suitable conditions to become
available or soluble.
A ten-ton crop of" sugar beets will
require approximately thirty pounds
i>r nitrogen, fourteen pounds of phosphorc
acid and seventy-one pounds of
potash; a twenty-bushel wheat crop
will require approximately forty-o><
pounds of nitrogen, about thirteen
i pounds of phosphoric acid and seven|
teen pounds of -potash; a forty-bushel
corn crop will require approximately
fifty-six pounds of nitrogen, twentyone
pounds of phosphoric acid and
twenty-three pounds of potash; a twotwo
clover crop will require approximately
eighty-three pounds of nitrogen,
eighteen pounds of phosphoric
acid and eighty-eight pounds of potash.
These elements are required by
all field crops, and in addition, seven
other elements are required in much
smaller quantities. These elements
are always present in agricultural
xoils in larger or smaller quantities;
! the only question is as to the quail
I tity of each and whether the elements
are available to the plant.
Soils may be rendered infertile
through natural causes, such as leaching;
and through artificial causes, such
as single cropping, improper rotation
and the improper proportion of live
stock to crop production. One of the
principal methods of increasing soil
fertility is through addition of humus
to the soil, either by stable manure
or green crops plowed under.
I .caching May Waste "Stable Manure
Too much of the fertilizing properties
of stable manure are wasted either
by leeching in the barnyard or by
evaporation when spread on the land
and left on the surface. If the manure
is spread and cannot l>e plowed
under quickly it should be disced, unless
the ground is frozen. If manure
must be left on the surface of the
field it is much better left in piles
and spread just before it is plowed
under. The effect of stable manure
on the land , is cumulative and fre*<iuently
is more marked with the sec(
1W] 4 i ii r*
uiui ituji man wiui me first.
( reon crop's plowed under provide
another source of ofl improvement.
Such crops as peas, beans, clover and
alfalfa are anion# the best for si pplyin#
humus to the soil. These crops
should be plowed under in the fall so
as to have abundant* opportunity to
, DROEMBrR, 29, 1.921.
IELFS FARMERS
'AY FARM PAPERS
. . A
circulation, or both. If ho cannot
take a he can take a weekly or
emi-wcckly.
Farm Paper Free.
Tn onVr to aid in the spreading of
knowlet'vr^ at a time when we need
.mi tiir> inforjnation we can get, the
Hera'd has arvan.'tod to give away a
year's subscript ion to the Southern
Agrieultui is* , 11 ii each yearly subscriptoii
1 tbo Herald, until the num*t>or
or 200 have I ecu used up. This
" as star-ted a ror vceks ago, and already
a part of ti c 200 .are prone.
wp want tho farmers and also business
men to take up the rest of tlie
200 an ! thus the Herald-will have fur
aished 200 copies of a pood farm paper
to its own readers free of cost.
All that is necessary is to pay $2.00
for a* year's subscription to the Herald
.and say that you want * "''ee
copy of iho Agriculturist. T:.c lierald
is furnishing these until the 200
we bought are gone.
Send in your two dollars now at
tho beginning of the now year and
b$gin readin;;- the farm news early.
decay before the growing season begins
the following spring. If a leguminous
crop cannot be grown for
green manure, other crops, such as
oats, rye, barley, or even sorghum,
may be used.
The green crops will .add little material
not already i:i the soil, but they
may bring up needed elements from
a considerable depth and when plowed j
uguer ueposn; mom in soiume form in
the sui face soil. For this reason deep
rooed craps arc to bo preferred.
If the required elements are not in <
the soi or' are not readily available,
Ihe need .should bo supplied by com-lercial
fertilizers. The composition
<>f tae fertilizer used will depend up
requirements of li e cr pi- b
!";own and upon the condition of th<
soil which is used for crop nroduc i n
V sugar beet cop. for instance, should
iv. abundant potash, while for a
wheM or corn crop attention should
be given to the nitrogen supply.
Fit Fertilizer to Soil Needs
| A complete fertilizer consists of ni1
fr ger, pbophone a "id aid potash. j
Materials cont fining these elements
| n 'o mixed in different proportions for
I diO'evont crops av>' >r different soil
| requirements. It i'r .montly appears i
j that a complete fertilizer i-; not rcI
<|uired. For example, there may be
present in the soil an abundant supply
'o'" available potash, but tho supply of
nitrogen and phosphoric acid may be
d'^i'Mont. In that vc:^o a fertilizer containing
the re< mired amount of nitvopon
red phosphoric .acid only should
bo anplied.
Under certain conditions comfnerfvi|
fei'til-";,avs do no* seem, effective.
This may be due to the fact that the
fertilizing elements avo not used in
proper proportions, or it may be due
<o tho nhyscal conditions of <lio soil.
The greatest benefits are obtained
from commercial 'YHirers when the
.oil is well supplied with humus.
There should, of course, l>o a sufficient
sunply of moi -ture to dissolve
>nd hold in solutic > tl-o plant foods
that are already present or that mav
ho umplied in the form of commercial
fertilizer. The benefits arising from
1he use of fertilizers, whether stable
manure, green crops, or mineral coinpounds,
are frequently noticeable over
a period of several years; bonce, in
estimating the value of a fertilizer
the results of several seasons' crops
should be taken into account.
ENGLISH PEAS.
Suggestions to Truckers and Market
Gardeners.
Clemson College?Many inquiries
received by the horticultural division
during the last few weeks in regard !
to host varities of English peas indicate
that Keo;lish peas are going to
he grown in some sections of South
Carolina extensively ,as a truck crop,
and by the market gardeners around
the towns and cities of the state.
Tn selecting varities it is accessary
to secufe those that fire early, productive
and hardy. While there are
many desirable early varities. the
three varities that have given most
general satisfaction aro Thmnas
' "I m. Ma ka. and Philadelphia.
Engli h peas for the early crop
sh?" Id be planted during January gr
early February. The land, after
horourh preparation. is laul 0* in
vows 3 feet wide, and an 8-4-fi ferii'iyeT
i ; nnnlied in the drill. 1000 to
I."000 pounds per aero. Tt is best to
apply awl mix it with tho soil about
too week before the seed aro planted.
When hoavy applications of fertilizer
are made and the seed dropped near
iho fort.i'izor, there is clangor of 'ho
socd being Villed by the ferirentat ion
(' tho ili/or. This especially
rue ir cottonseed meal is used. Two
hv.shols ef FnglMi po.ns are usually
required to plant an acre.
Some grow* rs y.ant in double rows
-paced 0 inches anai t with .SO inches
hot a con each sot of double rows. This
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ivethod seems to he g*r>.! n inin
t -o the 'double rows of vine
r.d to.support a jd hold oa< ;
up. The sii.ivle row system is more
nsily cultivated thru the d no'
? it vetmires about vv
half hushel more peas per acre to
nlant the douole 1 o\v system tlvin it
does the single low.
The seed should he planted in a
furrow nt least 5 inches (loop. They
\vi! tfcrmnate in cool weather and
i^jikcs considerable root growth
netoro mo pants appear above loo
<nr aco o tlio s:t>iI. If the tops of tho
slants aro killed by vory sever.*
!l'oozos they will sprout njrain, and
bo f'v >/,ino; o!T ?<f tho ion he no wa\
injures tho yield. if Ibo seod are
covered only 2 inches there is danger
of severe injnrv to the entire
plant in case of severe freezes. Culti
vat ion should I o shal'ow and frequent
in order to maintain a soil
lTMllch.
I'auviish peas may he followed by
siifb truck cops as beans, cucumbers,
ton .atoes, nepners, etc.
ON SHIPPIM; SWKKT POTATOES.
Clemson Colle.ire.?South Carolina
last season shipped her first sweet
potatoes 1o nv.irket with the exception
of three cars in 1010. In all i
i\ty cars loft the -tale last season. !
The shipments did not bog'in until
January when five or more cars
moved. In February 10 were sent
out, in March U>. in April 10, and in
May 7. Practically all of those wont
Nov'hei'n mm kots, and were packel.
.r.'iauoa .and leaded under the super\ision
of the Kxtension Service
Collej.ro a.: demonstration
shipments.
1>\ ' J1 cp"ofill loa*l>Mjr aul ?>aok
inir of each ear, much was saved the
hinnor.-; last oa or As an illu^
trat'on. one ear was not properly
packed and lo.aded, since it was impossible
for the dem< nstrators to
roach this particular shipnintr point
in time, an 1 as a result ? 1 Sn.OO was
lost on this car alone.
Tho shipments this season have
a ready started anH sever'al will leave
the state in the next two weeks, s.ays
K. 1 i. Harkcy, ajrent in marketing,
who uriros 1 he same care his season
to prevent such losses as referred to
above and to keep up a irood reputation
in the markets.
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\l> S\\eei potatoes snoum ot? nnufully
graded and sorted before shipi???
i>\ i\ll crates should be .well filled
and handled to -prevent bruising.
Before placing stock in the car the
shipper should be certain that the car
is free from salt, fertilizer, and other
injurious chemicals, and is dry and
free from leaks.
BOOTH IS DEAD
AT HOSPITAL
tinners Loncj Time Following
Operation for Amputation
of Injured l ea
N. E. LEWIS IS ~
CHARGED IN CASE
Coroner L. W. Cooper Ho'ds an
Inquest in the Country
nt Booth's Home
Memory TO. Booth, who was lingering
at the hospital at Conway fot
evera! weeks, following the amputation
of his k g, died there at about
o'cio'. A last Ki i<ia> night.
' ains were taken home by
his father, Thomas K. Booth, and
the interment took place in 11?< j
country on last Saturday loiiowmg
an inquest held by the coroner, L.
YV. Cooper.
Booth was injured or. November
20th, 1921, in th course of a difficulty
which he had with Nathan
E. Lewis. Nathan E. LcwLis had
been away from home. When ho
returned on that day, Memory E.
Booth was there and had been
there for some time before the former's
return. Upon his return, Nathan
K. Lewis busied himself in getting
in firewood and was cutting
some wood near the road not fai
from his house when Booth went to
1 iin there and tho difficulty took
place which resulted in tho injury of
Booth. According to witnesses who
were at tho house at tho time, there
were no eyewitnesses to the affair,
.1 doo-; not appear that Booth m!THo
any statement before his death as to
how it all occurred.
following his ia.uay which oi &
I .: 1 < w I I* <i /111 4 i.% Ill ln? .....
. .iwvtl U I It V ' H 111 II" Wil>
taken to tho hospital for an opera
tion. After the operation he ii
proved for a time and it was ihoujv't
that he would get well. On last
Friday night he had an attack oi
heart trouble and died almost at once.
Coroner L. W. Cooper went to the
Uooth hojne in the country and held
an inquest on Saturday about the
middle of the day. The jury found
that he came to his doath from a>
.vound inf'icted i>y Nathan E. Lewis,
in* word* to that effect.
Recently when it appeared tha1
Booth \ii'.'ht die from I lie effects of
the operation, Nathan ll. Lewis wa
!af(d in .[ail to await t.e outcome.
Application will be made by at
:rrj\(\s to obtain bail for him.
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CEMETERY WILL
... ROVED
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Will Become 0 .0 of Most AtV?
a:. - - ? ?
u ctuive an i Artistic
in State
ENTRANCE WILL
EE ORNAMENTED
Two Walk Ways Will Enter
the Cemetery--Plans Made
to Employ Attendant
Extensive improve nents in the
Lakeside Omct? t y of Conway are
n*ow in process of roli'/ition. When
these are accomplished it is believed
that this community will have one of
the most artistic and attractive cemeteries
in this sec ion of the state.
The work is being' accomplished un!er
he management of the Board of
Cemetery Directors, mc lbers of
which are. Dr. J. S. Dusenhury, D.
T. McNeill and C. 11. Snider. Mr.
Snider is in active charge of tho work
and nlans.
Through tho courtesy of F. A.
Burroughs and D. M. Burroughs the.
approach to tho cemetery will he
much widened, sufficient footage on
each side of tho present driveway being*
donated to provide for widening
tho same and for construction of side
valks if desired. The present entrance
to the cemetery will he moved
forward some thirty feet or more
jin'l "i g*ra<*ef.d semi-c?rc'lined with
hed?;e plants and enclosed with a
suiinble fence will extend toward the
front.
The entrance proper will he ornimented
with handsome Egyptian
vases and pedestals of commanding
hoiirht which will serve as) receptacles
for attractive vines. One each of
tho-:o will stand on each side of the
drive way. They will he ci.u'ht feet
ap.ar4 and will lie connected with two
four feet gates of suitable design.
Two walk ways v ill enter the cemet^rv
on each side of the drive way
and the<e will he graced by a Grecian
vase and pedestal on each side.
These walks will be four feet in width
and will be entered through proper
gateways. ^
Four streels converge en the present
center of the cemetery, which is
in the form of a hollow souare. Tn
this center a neatly designed octaoronal
summer house wil be erected.
Vines will be trailed iver this and a
border of flowers will surround the
structure. This trellised shelter will
'and in the center of the hollow
square. Sufficient space will be reserved
surrounding this summer
house to pcvmit the circling: of
hearses an*1 other vehicles.
The present implement house which
iMnd^ immediately on the or the
ontra.nce and wlu'ch has. never been
in keepi:m; with: the natural beauty of
the cc letery has been moved to the
extreme corner on 'he ri'vht of the
front side of the cemetery. This
will make the approach much more
open ar.d n\ iM gave an unobstructed
view of the entire hill side. This
approach, under tli^ plans of' the
hoard, will he very phasing. The
driveway bordered by a lano of water
oaks will ho flanked on each side by
walkways. Those will lead directly
up to the -emi-circulrr entrance in
the center of which stand the artistic
concrete vases which command
the annroaeh.
The hoard plans to have the various
plots iti tho cemetery regularly mowed
and cleaned of grass and weeds.
Those who own plots have been writton
in regard to this matter and asked
to contribuo the sum of three dollars
yearly to defrav tie expense of
this work. This will not include tho
planting or trimming of hedges surrounding
or within the lots. For the
payment of an additional sum the lot
owners may have hedges planted and
kept neatly trimmed.
The plans of the hoard involve considerable
expense. This must he met
largely by owners of lots and others
interested. It is believed that all the
citizens of the town will endorse in a
substantial way plans of the board
t > rive the town a resting place for
the dead in keeping artistically with
the solemn purpose of the place.
Much VP 1 liable tilllP Inst in hunt.
hip; in this county. Wo have known
the time when farmers complained
that th. could not employ farm
labor because the filling lured all of
the women and boy. a^ well as many
of the workimr merf, into the creeks
and vivers. There '; need of recreation
it; thi life of any man ov woman,
but we rea'ize" that many of them
overdue this.
COTTAGES DONE
WELL IS SUNK
The four cottages of W. 1?. Chestnut
hr>\^ m.11 been completed and are
now nil occupied by tenants.
l ''-t w^k :rn artcsi n well was sunk
th? property and has been piped
it s \ ',vood water U- finnished to
Mich of the cottages.
The cottages all front on 3rd Avenue.