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V Thursday, June 28, 1928 <> AiVl / C a i JbSSEi * GER, iXltCL/KM i l. ;y lU* REHOBOTH NEWS rr The ^hird division W. M. U. held its semi-an. ual meetirg- at Reho- ' both J " e 20th, 1928. The day was ideal, though the crowd was not so large as sometimes. S'ckness and extremely busy time with fanners caused many not to attend. The devotions were conducted by Mrs. J. P. Talbert. After this sweet prayer was offered by our beloved Mrs. H. E. Freeland. The welcome was reijdgred very sweetly and cordially by^Miss Ger trude Culbieath. Respofli® by Mrs R. M. Winn. In her usually sweet manner she expressed the pleasure of the churches in being with Reho- both. Roll call of the seven churches by our splendid president, Mrs. J. M. Bussey. Parksville, W. M. U. report was read by Mrs. Pat Parks. Plum Branch report by Mrs. Geo. Rhearden. Since Mrs. Rush moved away Mrs. Hodgens leads the sunbeams and she made the splendid report c*f their work. Rehoboth W. M. U. report by pres ident, Mrs. J. E. Reynolds. Sunbeam report by Miss A. L. Morgan. There were imports from no other churches. The lovely solo by Miss Louise Bracknell with Miss Cornelia Winn a,t the piano was much en joyed. A piano solo was sweetly rendered by Miss Cornelia Winn. Miss Minnie Pearl Strother gave us a splendid reading. Miss Carrie Lou Strom gave us much to think of in her lovely reci tation, "Just Today.” Would that each of us could live one day at a time. Next, Rev. Gurley gave us a fine address, using as. his subject "Jesus at the WslV* when He sent the woman to tell others. It was appro priate and inspiring. The lovely flowers addod much to the appear ance of the church. Then our beloved Mrs. M'ms gave us a wonderful address. She spoke of the days of long ago when the Edgefield Association W. M. U. was young. This splendid lady has been our president for twenty-three years, and her« work has helped us all over discouraging times. She spoke of her love for the country churches, and gave a history of the life of Rev. John Lake and his work among the lepers. After this splendid address Rev. Hodgens asked for a motion to offer a prayer for Rev. Lake and his work. Pres dent did ndt think it necessary for motion, but asked Rev. H. M. Hodgens to lead it. He of fered a splendid prayer for the work of Rev. and Mrs. Lake. The Rehoboth Sunbeams gave two recitations; first one, "Jesus., Are You There,” by Marie Gilchrist. She spoke beautifully, and Miss Mary Talbert gave us a fine well spoken recitation. Miss A- L. Morgan read Mi's. Chapman's r.otes on the Ruby An niversary. Miss Virginia Strom and Mrs. E. M. Morgan gave us a sweet violin, piano duet, in the afternoon just be fore the closing prayer by Rev. Hodgens. J. D. Hughey, Jr., > from North Augusta is visiting relatives in his old home community. He has grown up to b© quite a young man. Very glad to have with us at di visional meeting several from Parks ville and Edgefield also Plum Branch. Mrs. Henry Reynolds and son, al so Mrs. Susie Winn motored to Red Hill Wednesday afternoon to see Mrs. William Winn, who is not doing so well. Mrs. W. A. Winn, Mrs. E. M. Winn and Miss Carrie Lou Strom, called to see Mrs. Will’am Winn Thursday aftertiocn. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Strom and Miss Florence Culb*eath motored from Atlanta Saturday to visit Mr. S. B. Strom, who has been quite sick. Mies Florcr.ce Culbreath will remain over a while at her grand father’s bedside. M?. and Mrs. W. C. Strom also spent Sunday with Mr. S. B. Strom. The following are a few of Mr. Strom’s ffiends and relatives who called to see him Sunday afternoon: Mr. W]. T. Strom and family, Mr. W. R. Gilchrist, Mrs. Roy Harling, Mr. C. I. Gay, Mr. E. M. Morgan and Miss A. L. Morgan. » Glad to have Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harling in this section fo r the day Sunday. Mrs. Kate Mdultrie visited here Several days last week. Mr. Edward and Miss Mabel Strom were welcome here for the week end. E J*,. .t. 4 Rehoboth, MODOC NEWS The average woman figures she’s happilv married as long as she gets her alimony regularly. Men wouldn’t start having domestic trouble so soon if they would stay single longer. Miss Magg’e Belle Bussey spent last week with friends and relatives at Beech Island and Ha:’lem, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Charley McDaniel from Ccld Springs spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Holmes. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Hornsby, Jr., from Clarks Hill were visitors here Sunday to Mr. and Mi's. T. D. Howie. Miss Maggie Nash from Lincoln- ton.. Ga., spent last week here with her aunt, Mrs. W. M. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Waymon Corley from Cold Springs were visitors here last Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Bussey and M^s. Sam Mdrgan from Augusta were the guests Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Bussey. Miss Maggie Belle Bussey return ed Monday to the orphanage, after spending her vacation here and at Harlem, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. McDaniel, Mrs W. McDaniel, Sr., her two daughters, Misses Lucile and Juliette spent the past week end with relatives and friends up in the mountains of Noith Carolina. Mr. R. E. Bussey, accompanied by Misses Lucy and Rosalie Bussey and Georgia Ella McDaniel, made a short visit to Greenwood Monday after- neon. Mr. W. M . Nash from . Augusta was a week end visitor here to home- folks. Mr. and Mrs. W. W|. Reese of Au gusta and Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Mc Daniel fi<om Greenwood spent Sun day here in the home of Mrs. J. T. Reese. Mrs. Lena Jordan is spending this week here with her sister, Mrs. Georgia Reese. Modoc. :xj MT. CARMEL NEWS BORDEAUX NEWS Quite a number o£ out of town people attended the -funeral of Mr. J. D. Cade Monday afterncon. Miss Gladys Scott is visiting her aunt, Mrs. B. O. Black, in Beaufort this week. Mrs. Paul Gibson, Miss Annie Denmark.. M’ss Grace Cronkhite and others of Anderson were visitors of Mrs. J. D. Cade and family Sabbath afternoon. Mesdames. W. H. Horton and T. H. Seabrook and little Hariye Sea- fcreok were visitors in Calhoun Falk Friday morning. Mr. N. S. Scott was a business visiter in McCormick Monday. Mesdames. Jack Wiliams am Banks and Misses Juanita Curtis Irene Boyd and Alice Wells were Calhoun Falls visitors Monday after noon. Mr. James Boyd of Greenville spent a few hour’s with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyd, last Thursday. Miss Ruby Smith returned to An derson last Friday, after a pleasant visit with her mother, Mrs. Cora Smltn. Miss Nell Simpson of Florence is visiting her sister. Mrs. N. S. Scott. Miss Ruth Clary and Mr. Norris Scott of Augusta were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott last Sabbath. Mr. Baker Tarrant of Greenwood spent last Sabbath with his mother, Mrs. J. R. Tarrant. Mrs. James Hester of Calhoun Falls and Prof. George McCelvey of York arc visiting the r mother, Mrs. Eunice McCelvey. M ss Wilma Williams of Birming ham, Ala., and Miss Elizabeth Will iams of Fairfax, Ala., are the at tractive guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams and Mr. and Mrs. John Williams. Misses Martha Connor and Juanita Curtis and Mr. Ted Barnett were Calhou n Falls visitors Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McKellar, Miss Kathryn McKellar, Mr. Joel and Mas ter Henry McKellar of North Au gusta, Miss Eliza McKellar of Flor ence, S. C.; Mrs. Annie Kate Dupre and family of Walhalla, S. C., were called to Mt. Carmel Sabbath by the death of Mr. J. D. Cade, Sr. Mr. J. D. Cade, Jr., of Spartan burg was called to Mt. Carmel Sab bath by the sudden death of his fa ther, Mr. J. D. Cade. Sr. Mr. Buddie Smith of Greenville spent Sabbath with his mother, Mrs. Cora Smith. X American sardines are the most popular food consumed in British Malaya, according to a consular re- pc/it. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Parpell, Jr v Mrs. L. A. Huffman and Miss Sara Brown were in Augusta Saturday. Mr. Tom Lindley and Mrs. Lill’e Gibert and children spent th-c week end with Mr. and Mrs. Will Parnell of Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hodges of Hodges are visiting friends and rel atives in Bordeaux. Mrs. W. J. Richardson and son, Mr. Walter, of Bethany spent Wed nesday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs B. E. G bert. Mesdames L. A. Hoffman, R. W ! Perryman and J. T. Singleton spent Thursday with Mrs. B. F. Hodges. Miss Pauline McKinney spent awhile Friday afternoon with Misses Eizabeth and Lee Wideman. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lindley and children and Mr. B. F. Hodges and children enjoyed the Hodges icunion given in the home of Mr. and Mrs Jim Hodges of Hodges on Sunday. The marriage of Mr. Pete Mor- agne of this place and Miss Naomi Beard of the De la Howe State School Saturday in Greenwcbd was a big surprise to their friends. We with them much happiness. Wf-i ar^ glad to icport Mrs. B. F. Hodges better at th’s writing. Me ssrs. Clifford and Albert Cade and Mrs. S. C. Cade spent awhile Sunday afternoon in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. M. Lindley. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. * Singleton Sunday were Miss Bennie McKinney, Mr. L. A. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Reid Brock and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dell Weeks and family and Mr. Barney Weeks. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Perryman spent Sunday with relatives in Edge- field. Miss Bennie McKinney and Mr. Henry McKinney were in McCor mick Saturday. Miss Sarah Minnie Perryman of Lincolnton, Ga., spent a few days last wqok with relatives of this place. Bill. IXJ Co-operative marketing of grair has been carried on more successful ly ’n Canada than in the United States. In Canada operations are conducted on a larg? scale with cen tralized selling agencies, whereas in : ;he United States the local elevator ’s the unit. Co-operative ma:noting of gra n is considered in this coun try iirom the viewpoint of the local community, but in Canada the view point is that of the grain industry as a whole. X The popular belie* that lunning water in the mountains purifies it self every few hundred feet and is al ways safe is not accepted by the san itation authorities, says the Forest Service, United States Department of Ag:iculture. In streams used as a camp water supply, bathing or wading is a dangerous source of con tamination. The throwing or durnp- ng of refuse into the streams is frowned upon by the Forest Service which asks the co-operation of its visitors in the National Forests dur ing the vacation season in keeping camp grounds clean and preventing stream pollution. tXl The organist who played "Onward Christian Soldiers” as a wedding mai'ch the other day, should probab ly have played as a postlude, “Just Before the Battle, Mother.” 1XI The automobile business is incrcas- ng by leaps and bounds, and if ped estrians can survive the same way lock what a great country we will have. TXT It used to be that you could tell i Republican and Democrat apart by their discussion on the tariff—but today the tariff is a back number. 1 \X ' To save the baby the trouble of holding—and dropping—his mill bottle, a holder that can be attached to a crib or carriage has been in vented. X Orange growers in California arc protecting the fruit trees from dry deseit winds by planting rows of cot tonwood or eucalyptus trees on ex posed sides. txt The discoverey that pond snails eat the egg of fresh water fish in quantities has explained to some ex- j tent why so few of the thousands of eggs reach maturity. X Canada estimates the value of her standing timber at $3,000,000,000. JXX In reading the dispatches on the war in China, it is just about as hard to understand as reading the simple books on bow to pldy golf. ATLANTIC COAST LINS AND CLEMSON .LEGS LIVESTOCK SPECIAL TRAIN TAKES PROSPERITY IDEAS TO STATE EcUcvcd 'Gtr/ie’c Agriculture Can Net Ce Permanently Prosperous Without Livestock. For tbo cncovragcncnt of livestock farming r.3 a rci.'.ns of diversifying the inccrne and Imnroving sell fcrlllity a livestock development train is being run over the Atlantic Coast Line, the Charleston and Western Carolina and the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens rails in South Carolina June IS to July 17, stopping ^t G2 principal towns and inviting all people interested in.live stock or poultry development aboard to sec tho free ealiibits. With the co operation of the Clemson College Ag ricultural Extension Service, dairy, hog, sheep and poultry exhibits from the college will bo carried and repre sentatives of the extension service and of the Atlantic Coast Line will ac company the train to talk with inter ested visitors and to take part in programs. One poultry car will carry exhibits of desirable type hatching eggs, hens of desirable breeding type, the type of hens to cull and the type to keep as good layers and samples of feeds that are giving good results on the Clemson College poultry plant. A flat car will have built on it a Clem son type brooder house and a Clem- con type laying house, both fully equipped and carrying flocks of live birds that are managed just as good ponltrymcn handle their flocks. Jersey and Guernsey cows of good type, both of v. liich have good milking records, yearling heifers, calves and bulls of each cf these breeds will be stabled on one car with a "piney woods rooter” hog, a pig club gilt, a purebred Poland China sow, a Berk shire boar and a few pigs feeding from a ^pif - feeder in just the way Clemson College recommends for eco nomical pork production. There will bo a 12-pound fleece clipped this spring from one of Clemson College’s purebred Hampshire ewes hanging besido a two or three-pound fleece clipped from an average native scrub ewe. Purebred Hampshire and South- down sheep representative of their breeds will occupy pens, while in one pen a grade ewe will stand with her superior lamb which got its better quality from purebred ram parentage. Another car will carry equipment, feed, disease and parasite pest exhib its: equipment needed for the most practical farming with these classes of stock,, feeds that every farmer should grow and feed at home to good animals, and samples of the disease and pest'^roubles that every farmer must combat, together with advised control measures. A lecture coach is being equipped to give lantern-slide or movie-illus trated lectures to audiences, while a loud-speaker will be used to carry the lecturer audibly to audiences gath ered for some distance around the train, where they may sit in the shade or in convenient places. '* County agents and local organiza tions are arranging programs to be given at each place where the train stops and where visitors gather. The entire train will carry only ideas that farmers can make use of on their own farms. CLEMSON BUILDING FLOCK TO v GIVE STATE BEST OF SHEEP iTo Help Farmers Breed Up More Profitable Sheep and Make More Uee of This Livestock; Leading Shepherd Handling Flock. i Believing that sheep offer excep tional money - making opportunities and arc ideally adapted to South Car olina farmers, Clemson College has set about to develop one of the finest sheep flocks in the country from which stock can be sold into the state to carry some of the best available blood at reasonable prices and improve flocks to greater profitableness. To further this program, Ted Cook, one of the country’s leading shepherds, was put in charge of the flocks and is lending his practical understanding to the breeding program. From Senator Camden, at Versailles, Ky., the College bought one of tho finest Hampshire rams in the coun try, another fine one from tho Uni versity of Minnesota, and from Can ada a Southdown ram of rare merit. These and three superior purebred ewes brought into th£ original col lege flock of a few purebreds and sev eral scrubs that had come from the Coastal plains the kind of blood that is already bringing noticeable im provements and will in tho future re sult in a flock that should bo worth thousands of dollars to South Caro lina farmers. A few young rams have already been sold in the state. Tho flock today has 42 purebred ewes, CO grade ewes and a crop of lambs. Ted Cook, With One of Clcncsn College’s Purebred Rams. POOR LAYING HOUSES TRIM CAROLINA’S POULTRY PROFIT O Records Show Effect of Housing During January Freeze. So popular is the notion that a hen needs little care on the farm when grains can be picked up, the barn loft or manger or the brier patch make an ideal nest, and the tree top or wood shed are good enough for roosting. On tho other hand, records show that birds poorly protected in cold weath er or crowded in hot weather ease up on tho eggs and may take their time about getting started laying again, while those in a good house are little affected by such weather changes..... Records of two flocks in Banvwell county, both about the same size, lay ing about the same number of eggs, show that one of them very poorly housed started down grade on Jan uary 2, when the weather dropped from 18 degrees to nearly zero, and in one week were laying 72 eggs in stead of the previous 219 eggs a day. Still a v/eek later they w r ere far be low normal production. At the same time tl ; other flock laying 328 eggs on January first scarcely dropped be low tt 300 mark on any of the fol io v.dug cold days, and two weeks later had recovered to 306, practically nor mal. During the month of January the poorly-housed hens averaged only eight eggs apiece, while the well- housed hens averaged 16.4 eggs. Many other record-keepers with pocr laying houses hr'I mere violent reactions to the cold v. .'.vo . The Clemson type, open front, shed roof laying house, which is very simi lar to the cue that protected the above hens and prevented any egg-sacrifice last winter, will he carried on a flat car with the Atlantic Coast Line- Clemson College Livestock Develop ment Train and a flock of chickens will go with it over the state to show to the public this economical and sat isfactory building. It *s a common fault of South Car olina poultrymeu that they have too little floor space for their flocks. Crowding is especially undesirable in hot weather. Then, most of them are shed-roof houses, their success de pending upon tightness of construc tion. Poultry Hatchery, Poultry Marketing and Poultry Management for F’rofitS L.-~ ^ ‘ •» ft* Illustrated With This Exhibition on the Llve_8tock *** #*■<> . Development Train Touring South Carolina. . Page Number Eight Don t uso grood feed to produce Lee eggs. Get marketable hens’ eggs n. c t/Gcid. Tlic t ood sucks from a hen is subtracted from the supply available for egg production. Look for body lice, for head lice, and fer feather lice. You can kill any or • 11 by dusting with sodium fluoride. A dozen "pire’ es” c?f powder on each grown fowl will do the business. The application, of sod’um fluoride by the "pinch method” or by dipping, the Department of Agirculture ex perimenters have found, is the best method known of combatting poul try lice. None of the louse “med icines” 1 o be used i i the drinking water will ’control the parasites. It :s not so easy as that, but time spent in teeating lousy fowls with sodium jfluoride is profitable. All the fowls must be treated or the lice will soon spread from the infested to the clean fowls. txt A baited trap often may be used in summer to neduce the annual crop of newly fledged English sparrows. These young birds in their search for food will enter traps that usually are avoided by the adult birds during peric'Js of food abundance. Trapp’ng :s safer than shooting or piosor.ing and has the added advantage that harmless o: 1 beneficial rative birds, if caught in the teap, can be freed. Canary seed, hemp seed, wheat, oats, and bread dumbs make excellent baits, cr a live sparrow may be kept in the trap as a deccy. Trapping may begin at any tme after the young sparrows arc able to take care of themselves, which is usually by July 1. Although English sparrows are widely distributed as a species, one flock generally is attached to Tt single locality, a fact that makes their cent: cl easier. txt Toads often begin the’r mealtime before sunset and continue through the greater part of the night, thus taking the place in the warfare against insects, of the ground-feeding insectivorous birds £hat stop eating after daytime is over. Since toads eat large numbers of insects that are injurious to crops, it can be said that they are of some economic value, particularly in destroying mille-peds, sowbugs, weevils, caterpillars, crick ets, and leaf chafers. Toads also render useful service on the farm by reducing the number of adult click beetles, as there is hardly a cultivat ed plant that is not attacked by these insect pests. Toads are not fussy about their menu and will eat indis criminately any ground-frequenting insect. X Potatoes grown under a paper mulch last year on one of the U. S. Department of Agr’culture’s experi ment plots came into flowering from 5 days to 2 weeks earlier than the plants grown without the paper mulch. The average weight per plant of the mulched plants was 38G grams, while that of the unmulched plants was only 81. This increased growth of the potato plants under the paper mulch was typical of the respenie obtaired with various other truck crops. While the practical use of such a mulch is closely associated with climatic, crop, market, and labor conditions, its possible adoption as a means of hastening the maturity of crops is of interest to growers anxious foi early markets. txi A hog will find shade in hot weather if he can. However, he does rot realize that a shady place often may be too hot and he is likely to stay there and die from overheating. Unless hog houses are high and have plenty of ventilation and air space, it is better to keep them closed in hot weather and force the hogs to seek shade elsewhere. If shade from trees is not available, a good artifi cial shade may be makle by setting pests in the ground and building a cheap framcwoik about four feet high, covering it with brush, hay, or straw. This shade is better than ore made of boards or sheet iron. Dust accumulating under it can be settled by watering the covering; this Will at the same time cool the air under neath. X Artificial rays of radium : n quan tities will scon be produced in the laboratory, a noted physicist pre dicts. X Wood for brierwood pipes comes from* 1 he bulbousl'ke root of a small tree known as white heath, which grows in France, Italy, Algeria and ’ Corsica. t Xt Nearly half the area of New Jer sey, or almost 2,000,000 acres, is now forest land, and the area of wild land is increasing yearly. txt One advantage which the old fash ioned celt on stockings had over the modern fdik ones, is that the girls got morn mileage out of them. 1XI The csi t of a great auk was re cently £ 1J for about $1,700.