The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 02, 1916, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
NOT HARMFUL TO THE BIRDS
Spraying Fluids Have No iii Effect, Is
the Assertion Made by Eminent
Zoologist.
Spraying fluids used on orchard
trees do not kill the birds as well
as the bugs, Prof. H. A. Surface, state
!zoologist of Pennsylvania, recently de
Glared in an effort to upset a theory
encouraged in some important circles.
This authoritative statement from
Professor Surface ought to be regard
ed as conclusive and set at rest the
doubts of many readers of this page.
"I have watched this subject with
the greatest care in thousands of
sprayed orchards in Pennsylvania,"
the noted zoologist said, "and I am
,prepared to say with certainty that
I never have known of a case of a
bird being killed by spraying or hav
ring been found dead under circum
stances that justify the suspicion that
,this was the cause of its death.
"We have examined the stomach of
dead birds and have found no evidence
of arsenic to which their death could
be attributed.
"I live in the midst of one of the
" largest orchards in Pennsylvania,
.which has been sprayed frequently,
and it is full of birds' nests. I am
'sure that if spraying were destructive
'to birds they would not be nesting in
this orchard.
"It is well known that the amount
of arsenic necessary to kill an insect
will not affect or kill a bird, and also
the birds will not eat dead insects. It
would be necessary for the bird to eat
a great many beetles to ake enough
poison to affect it in the least."
BRAZIL GETS A NEW BIBLE
Will Undoubtedly Prove a Great Aid
to the Language as Well
as Morals.
A new translation of the Bible into
'Portuguese has just been completed.
Brazil, not Portugal, is the country
where the larger part of this edition
!will be sent. Brazil is the greatest of
Portuguese-speaking populations, al
though it used to be said that 10,000
users of that language lived around
Honolulu, a city in Uncle Sam's terri.
tory. Maybe they all know English
now.
Aside from its moral values, the
Bible is particularly needed in Brazil,
it is said, as an aid to preserving the
standard forms of language. As a
matter of history, no book has exerted
an equal influence in lands where
English is read and spoken. The
phraseology of the King James ver
sion is interwoven through modern lit
erature. Its general use on this con
tinent, where new conditions and a
strong tendency to slang would make
for rapid change, has had a steadying
effect on our vocabulary.
It isn't likely that the classic beauty
of the English Bible has been paral.
leled in Portuguese. But even a re.
spoctable rendering of a book which
'has proved its universal appjeal it
every land will help in more ways
than one. Brazil is growing rapidly
Every means should be used to pro
serve its moral and linguistic stand
ards.-Now York Evening Sun.
Romance a la Cinderella.
Pretty Miss Edith Mervine of Phil
adelphia is only one of the millions o
,girls who have read the love story oi
Cinderella and then dreamed thal
their love story might be like unto it
'But Miss Mervine is the one to when
the wish has been granted.
Two years ago Miss Mervine los
her slipper at a dance at Atlantic City
Paul A. Kimmins of Charlorol, Pa.
found it on the dance floor. For sov
eral days the young man tried in vaii
to find the owner; he searched ovory
where, but his efforts were unsuccess
ful. Finally, by accident, he heard o
q. young lady who had lost a slipper a
a dance, and he called at her heme
to restore the tiny' piece of footwear
The modern Prince Charming an<
the up-to-date Cinderella both under
went the old, old experience of 1ove
~at first sight. The fire did net dlim
either, for they were married a fev
days ago, and, hidden in the centol
of the bridal bouqugst, was a littl.
satin slipper.
Electric Bug Used for Advertising.
Doesiring a novelty which would en
liven his display windows and at the
same time embody a certain signifl
cance, a Los Angeles dealer In photo
graph supplies ingeniously construct
~ed what he terms a "kodak bug." I:
is made of electric bulbs of differen'
sizes and is provided with highly eel
ored wings of stained glass. The bui
is perched in quite lifelike manner or
the top of a camera in the middle o:
the window display, and is illuminat
1.d intermittently by a flasher. The
device attracts the attention of mana
passers-by.--Popular Mechanics.
Walked Three Miles in Sleep.
Although never rated as a chroni4
sleepwalker, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, wif4
:of a farmer living near Salina, Kan.
rose about four o'clock a few morningi
ago, dressed herself and walked threi
miles to a hospital in Salina, where
still asleep, she fell exhausted on the
steps and was later found by nurses,
* Drank the Soldiers' Tea,
British soldiers, wanting flavor fi
their tea, milked a stray goat by thi
4t-oadside. Then, while they were look
ing for something in which to strali
'the milk, Nanny drank up the tea.
* Beat-Laid Plans.
Madge-If he's such a fine swimmei
'why don't you pretend to be drown
ing?
Marjorie-I tried that once, and the
wrong' man rescued me.
" "
* IN iEMORIAM. *
* John Dorroh Owings. *
" ".
" e" *S " " " e" * * " " "
in venturing to write a sketch of the
exemplary life of our deceased friend
it is attenpted with some hesitancy,
for fear that words penned by me
might detract from a well-rounded and
beautiful life and character; but, ow
ing to the life-long friendship and ina
plicit confidence that have mutually
existed without a single interruption
I feel that I would be derelict in nmy
duty to a friend and his family If I (lid
not say something of his life and char
acter.
John Dorroh Owings was born Oc
tober 12, 1865, and was reared near
Owings Station, lial 'ownship, where
he resided iuntil he moved to this city.
In the early days of his childhood and
youth--it was the tline of reconstrue
tioni--the South had been robbed of its
wealth, and poverty prevailed through
out tihe dolnain; for this reason, his
services Were called, as n(ianhy others'
were, to help restore Ihat which had
been destroyed by war. ierefore, Iis
education was limited to the teachings
of the conimon county school. IHeing
a young nian of deteriination, strong
will power and energy, at an early age
he. to a great extent, assumed the
supervision of the farm in co-operation
with his father, and by their associa
tion he learned the lesson of honoring
his father and uolher, from which lie
ieve' departed; for no (ile ever had
greater love and respect for parenIs
than he, and throughout his whole life
he always looked after their coifort,
welfare and happiness. I have, on
more than on1e occasion, spoken to him11
words of approval of so conuinendable
a virtue and assured him I hat he
would be amnply rewarded here and
hereafter.
In early life he connected hiniselI
With the Methodist church, and for
niany years was a consistent ineiiber
thereof. lie, with the writer, .ioiner;
the Masonic and Woodnien order sev
eral years ago, and Vlore recently the
K. of P. and .Junior 0. A. l., making
a true and faithful Iember, always ex
emplifying the brotherly spirit. and
fraternal fellowship, practicing one of
the great cardinal principles taught
by the craft,--4'har iIy---for lie never
turned hile worthy poor away e('up1i1y
handed.
On January 21, 11907, he married .\liss
Ellen l)runinon I, of this city. who,
with three childrenr---lirucilla, .lohn
ale ald .aies ---survive hint. With the
exception of one yea', when he was
deiluty sheriff, he lived a private life
on the farim until the year 1(18, when
he was elected sheriY of this county,
serving a iou - year terin and was re
('(c'ted in 191!2. As an ollioc'r Ie was
fi ilihful, dischai'ging the duties tereo'
in a mlost elliciell and oteoii ious ma1n
ili'ness ani ('onsi1de1ration, yet never
firnmness and c'onsideratito, yes never
( liiiopre sive. lie was a iiian Of str.ong
convictlons, yet respecting the oplin
ions of others. Hie was not a pairtisan,
but broad miinded, kind and free-hearl
oil. No inan could be fairer anid more
open in his words, deeds and act ions.
It was not his to take uin(ui(' advantage
oft aiiy mani. It was Ihose and other
virtues that iade hiiuii many friends
who hold his miinry in sacred rever
ence. Although Ile was our senior it
wUas 111' privilege to be asso('iatled with
hin In school, on the farts, inl the tfra
tonal orders and in aii ollicial capaci
ty, atnl the lie of friendship, fraterna!
feeling, and good will gradually grew
stronger as the days anad years rolled
by until it blended into a bright. jewel
of love and colipanionship.
And last and best when he was in
fioi'ied by hiis physielat that his ton
ditio ( was siiloius, lie noelulted it in a
calm nail submiaissive way, althiough lit
tering a lpray'er thiat it. anight be ollier
wvise ; yet, If the great anid good God
oh' thle un aiverse so willed that.h lie h
trianisplanited fromn thiis eart ito lie
blessed reahlns abI ove, t hen ''llis will,
not mluie, lie don," lie ineekly3 said.
The'lin lie began ii 4tt1 ig hiIs house in
-ord(er, tirst arranging fori the cinforit
ofi lila faniilyv In Ithei future, a(114 whleu
teinilor'al 1(o spiiual things. (Consiill
lng with one of the liaslors of this
city, lie made(1 dli gen I Io iii iry as to thle
lilan of sal vation11 in ordei' IhatI he
i ght miake hiis e'lectlu ion iur. When
being told of thle slimpililty (If sallva:
ioni,--so simlle t hat. a chilid coiihd nol
cirr ther'ein, having ai truistinig failh in
Godi by believing 0on him i a nil his W\orid
-heii lookedl uip inito the ipastor'sa face
familiar to his friends, ail said in a
calmii and firm iannier, "'I will I iust
Ilimn all thle way."~'
at .lceker, Ciol., as the son was sellting
biehind thle clouided lillianrl If t' mioin
lain, being allendced by3 I wo faithful
and devoteid sisteris, lie faded into( sI
len t, etei'nalI sleep, anad his spiit ie
tourned to God who gave it, to a wait
the general resurrectIon of the Saints.
And thus ended the lif'e of a piatriotlc
cit izen, faithfu nl ollicer', difu i son anld
a ffectiona te fatherci and husband. Anad
wil~e our' deepiest sym pathly goes out1
to Itle aged father, whose heairt. sI irings
are torn asunder, and to his beireaved
wife clildiren and other rel ativyes, yet
theire is 'onisolat ion in the fact that if
we tr'ust the Sav!ous a blessed reunion
awaits us, nIOt in the farn-distant fi
Thben, my fiends, let thue hieart no
longer sob, tihe tears no longer flow;
foi' in the mystic ireachi beyond the
Ifurtheirmosl.t lts of the fiutu re, whiere
canpie of fadeless lightI oveirreachi
the enai'tura edl hosts oif 01lory, all na
fions, famiihlis and generat Ions willI
meet in t he everilasting life and love,
wherie haiippi ness is nupireme. Anil
though
"We muslt shied the piartinig tear',
And our hieaits ar'e sad and cdrear,
Let us look beyond the gloom
\Vhecre trani~spllantled roses bloom.
"iessed I lope our' hieaon light.
That will sline awvay thle night
Never' more to say farecwcll,
lHnt wvith loved ones we will dwell.
"We will never' say good-blye
In that Itonic beyond the sky,
Thiere no partlig words are said,
Thuere 1n0 faircwcll teal's are sheid."
C, A. .
There i*s So eGoing toHappen in
Laurens. Watch Both of the
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oil
When a hunter goes a hunting he loads up his gun and
the old knap-sack with plenty of ammdiiition. Now get wise
fill up the old wallet, and be ready when RED IRON RACKET
BIG FEBRUARY SALE opens up. Watch the. RED IRON
RACKET STORES in Laurens.
There is going to be something doing at both
RED IRON RACKE STORES
In Laurens, S. C.
$466.90 (Delivered) $416.90 (Delivered)
Now is the time to get your order in, for Spring is just around the -+,
. orner. And there'll be plenty of fine days in the matewhnyou+
# can use your car.
+ You will always find that a Foi-d will go the roads at any time.*
There's bound to be a shortage of good cars this spring. Materials
are scarce and prices are advancing, so this is the logical time to specify *
your car and be safe both as to delivery and price.
It's better to buy a new Ford than a big second hand car. Buy a
Snew car and know what you are getting.+
CRAIG AUTO COMPANY
Laurens, S. C. aW. C. WALDROP, Mgr- Phone 334