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Thursday, January 30, 1930 More And Better Gardens For Health And Economy MeCORMWK MUdSE^GER, McCORMICK, South INTERESTING GARDEN CON TEST TO BE CONDUCTED THIS TEAR CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 27.— A state-wide garden contest for 1930, with four classes and prizes amounting to $1,000, is announced by the Extension Service to en courage' year-round gardens and much wider use of vegetables for health and economy. The State, Columbia; The Her ald, Spartanburg; Woodruff Seed Co., Milford, Conn.; N. V. Potash Export My., Atlanta, Ga.; Hastings’ ■Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga.; The Barrett Co., Atlanta, Ga., and others con c tributing seed and garden supplies are co-operating with the Exten sion Service by furnishing the prizes. To give every gardener a chance at the prizes the following classes are provided: Class 1, those who sell from’ nothing up to $100 worth. Class 2, those who sell between $100 and $500 worth. Class 3, market gardeners who sell $500 worth and over. Class 4, tenant farmers only. First, second, third, and fourth prizes of $100, $75, $50 and $25 will be awarded in classes one and two; $100, $50 and $25 in class three; $50, $25, and $10 in class four; and smaller prizes of cash, seed or supj plies in each class. Tenants will be allowed to com pete in all classes, but tenants winning first or second prize in one of the first three classes will automatically become ineligible for the tenant prizes. The ten ant prizes will then be awarded to the next highest tenant com petitor. . Entries in the contest ihay be made now by communicating with the county farm agents or by writing to A. E. Schilletter, Exten sion Horticulturist, Clemson Col lege, S. C. X Agents Held 5285 Demonstrations 1929 CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 27.— Conducting demonstrations and aiding farmers in selling their produce and in buying farm neces sities were important activities in 1929 according to county farm agents’ annual reports, says D. W. Watkins, assistant director of the Extension Service. Over $600,000 worth of live poultry was shipped from the state and shipments of “demonstration fed” hogs reached larger proportions than ever before and began to assume prominence in some counties. Much of the marketing work, especially with fruits and vegetables, consisted of showing how to grade, pack and load in order to put preferred pro ducts on the c'ompetitive market. Over 800 farm people assisted voluntarily in promoting the pro gram for country life improvement and 250 boys’ clubs and farmers’ organizations worked with exten sion agents. Agents made 36.012 farm visits, received 68,402 office calls and 41,- 472 telephone calls in reference to extension work. Newspapers aid ed greatly in carrying news mater ial relating to farm life improve ment and demonstrations of bet ter methods. Each agent wrote over 100 letters and mailed 75 bulletins per month in response to demands for information. They assisted with exhibits at 71 com munity and county fairs and ar ranged and supervised 36 boys’ club encampments, besides holding 4380 meetings of other types as short courses, tours, field meetings, etc., with an attendance of about 125,000 people. Some of the outstanding dem onstrations were cotton 977, corn 383, oats 116, alfalfa 198, soybeans 197, clovers 198, cowpeas 124, vel vet beans 137, peanuts 428, lesped- eza 292, pastures and forage crops 280, sweet potatoes 198, fruits 208, home gardens 164, dairying 155, hogs 426, Sheep 47, poultry 348, and beekeeping 191. - K_- New Beauty lor the New Ford ANOTHER STEP FORWARD THE NEW FORD TOWN SEDAN In the Town Sedan you tee a distinguished example of the unbroken sweep of line which adds so much charm to all the new, roomy Ford bodies. Radiator, hood, cowl, lower roof liite, fenders, wheels — every point of design reflects the new style and beauty that have been placed within the means of everyone. All of the new Ford cars are finished in a variety of colors. ' The introductioii of the new Ford bodies has set a high standard of motor car value. From the new deep radiator to the tip of the curving rear fender, there is an unbroken sweep of line—a flowing grace of contour gaining added charm from the rich and attractive colors. « « « « You will take a real pride in the smart style and fresh new beauty of the Ford just as you will find an ever-growing satisfaction in its safety, comfort, speed, acceleration, ease of control, reliability and economy. In appearance, as in mechanical construction, craftsmanship has been put into mass production. New beauty has been added to outstanding performance. ««««««« A feature of nnwanql interest is the use of Rustless Steel for the radiator shell, head lamps, cowl finish strip, hub caps, foil lamp and other exposed metal parts. This steel will not rust, corrode or tarnish and will retain its bright brilliance for the life of the car. Here, as in so many other important details, you see evidence of the enduring quality that has been built into the new Ford. « « « « * Roadster, $435 , Phaeton, $440 Coupe, $500 TuJor Sedan, $500 Sport Coope, $530 Two-window Fordor Sedan, $600 Three-window Fordor Sedan, $625 Convertible Cabriolet, $645 Town Sedan, $670 (Alt prices /. o. 6. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumpers and spare tire extra.) UNIVERSAL CREDIT COMPANY PLAN OF TIME PAYMENTS OFFERS YOU ANOTHER FORD ECONOMY Page Number Two The Dead On The Railroad Crossing (From an article by Judge Walt er B. Jones in the Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser.) If individuals, and organizations and associations which should be interested in the matter, would de vote one-tenth as much time and thought to the prevention of auto mobile accidents at railroad cross ings as the railroad companies of the country devote, there would be fewer fatalities and injuries, and less work for the undertakers, judges and juries to do. Every day during the year 1923 seven people died at a railroad crossing and eighteen people re ceived painful injuries which put them on sufferers’ beds in hos pitals and took them from their work and usual pleasures for months and weeks. During the year 1928, 2,563 peo ple died on railroad crossings and nearly seven thousand received in juries. In the past twenty years accidents at railroad crossings, where death was involved, have increased 183 per cent. And you will hardly believe it, but it is so, 21 per cent of the automobile ac cidents at railroad crossings were due to the fact that automobiles ran into the sides of trains! One of the worst features of crossing accidents is the fact that every year people who had nothing to. do with the automobile driving on the track, namely, railroad pas sengers and railroad employes, and sometimes just bystanders, v/ere killed or maimed. And most of these accidents occur because, as everybody knows, the automobile driver thinks he can “beat the train” across the track. The recent decisions of the Unit ed States Supreme Court are not very comforting to the heirs and relatives of a man or woman who drives up on a railroad track, and who is killed by the train. In the Goodman Case, decided in October 1927, the Supreme Court practical ly said that a fellow who drives up on a railroad track at a crossing and gets killed is a suicide and the railroad is not liable. The court said this: “When a man goes upon a rail road track he knows that he goes to a place where he will be killed if a train comes upon him before he is clear of the track. He knows that he must stop for the train, not the train stop for him. In such circumstances it seems to us that if a driver can not be sure wheth er a train is dangerously near he must stop and get out of his ve hicle, although often he will not be required to do more than stop and look. It seems to us that if he relies upon not hearing the train or any signal and takes no further precaution he does so at his own risk.” The railroads are doing all they can to eliminate accidents at their crossings. They place all sorts of signs and signals at crossings, bells, lights, advance crossing signs, wigwags, day and night flasher signals, crossing gates and the like, and their locomotives are equipped with steam whistles and with bells. The railroads are doing their part. If the pedestrain and automobile driver do just as much as one-tenth for safety as the railroads are doing ,then crossing accidents will be about as scarce as the brontosaurus of the Upper Jurassac period is today. XXt Virginia Leads Way In 1928, the state of Virginia ap pointed a commission to prepare a program for the relief of agricul ture in that state. The report of this commission has just been made public. One of its chief recommenda tions is for the extension of con struction activiliy upon farm-to- market roads as feeders for the state highway system. Practically all states are begin ning to realize the necessity for good roads in the farming sections to enable the farmer to transport his produce when market condi tions are most favorable instead of when the roads are passable, and to alleviate the social isolation vhich used to be synonymous with living on a farm. While main through highways ire of course indispensable, lower mst hard surfaced road§ reaching ill farms (so-called farm-to-mar- :ct reads), are equally necessary o an efficient highway system. X Between 10,000 and 12,000 con- entions are hold in the United * fetes each year, which means .•)c 1 lust that many excuses for getting away from home. -r -i